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 my extended mix for #ververemixedfirstladies

Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto (Flume's Jackin House Mix)

I got the opportunity to officially remix this classic song to coincide with the release of a new Donny Hathaway box set. I was given the original multitrack master of the studio version (different from the live version)and it consisted of 8 different instrument and vocal tracks (as opposed to the more usual 24 tracks) 
When I take on a remix, my first goal is to make it work on a current dance floor. I like to stay very close to the originally recorded sound and In most case there's plenty to be reworked on the multitrack master to achieve this. 
This case proved a little different as there were few rhythm elements I could use to fit within current standards of club loudness levels. So I decided to take a slightly different approach, and add a new set of (acoustic) drums,  to bend the original Soul vibe a little towards Disco territory. 
This remix is exclusive to my soundcloud page and free to download as a 16bit WAV file 

#FreeDL - Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Dimitri From Paris Inna Disco)SC Exclusive

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Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Bootleg by UCP Berlin)

Lyrics:

Who would have thought,
that after ten years bound in vows,
she’d chase the butterflies again…
with her hidden flame?

A child, a home, the days in line,
yet something in her chest would pine.
For trembling skin, for honey’s taste,
a spark she thought the years erased.

It wasn’t lack of love,
it wasn’t fading light.
It was hunger for a kiss,
that stripped her soul in sight.
A gaze that pierced her quiet frame,
and set her blood on fire again.

Time reshapes what we adore,
but silence burns behind closed doors.
And she, within that secret flame,
carried her charm to guard her game.
Her husband…
could never guess her name.

That afternoon became the spring,
each petal trembled, blossoming.
Beneath the hands that drew her near,
and called her soul with just her name, clear.

A tear that fell was not of grief,
but overflowing sweet relief.
It slid like truth upon her face,
confessing joy, her hidden grace.

Nothing waits, yet some things stay,
etched like fire that will not fade.
She knew exactly what she craved,
the wish, the flame her soul had saved.
And her lover… barely guessed her ways.

She hid it deep beneath her skin,
a sacred fire, a sacred sin.
It cannot be told, it cannot be planned,
it can only be felt… through every strand.

(It can only be felt…)
(It can only be felt…)

[Outro – Soft piano, suspended strings]
For the lover they all thought she betrayed,
was the husband who had always stayed.
The one who knew her, flesh and soul,
the only man who made her whole.

[FadeOut – Whispered tone]
(And she smiled…
for the fools who thought they knew,
when all along, it was always him.)

And she smile

"She kissed like a promise and left like a storm."

games-master

Sextant

Hidden Shadows

Foursider

For What It's Worth

Tracks from our live concert at JazzClub Rorschach (8.6.2012.), which was broadcasted live by Swiss Groove. http://www.swissgroove.ch/

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