It was a great honor to have been part of this CD with The Reese Project 👍

The Balearic Gabba Soundsystem is back, back with a new EP that features three more leftfield remixes from curious electronic specialist Enzo Elia that have all been licensed officially by Irma Records. The source material for his three unhinged reworks is a track by 90s Italian house duo Soft House Company and two from cult Italian DJ and producer Don Carlos.

Soft House Company released only two EPs, both in 1990, but made a big impact with them: pretty much everyone has heard ‘What You Need’ and that’s the track that gets remixed here. Elia turns it into a slightly more bouncy and disco leaning cut with raw silvery drums, huge vamping piano chords and those classic vocal cries and already Eddie C and Gerd Jansen have been playing it. At the breakdown there is the sound of waves breaking on a beach before pianos go wild: It’s a freewheeling and sure fire party starting track that still does the trick nearly quarter of a century after original release.

Don Carlos was behind such seminal club tracks as 1991’s ‘Alone’ and produced five studio albums in the nineties and naughties. He fuses Afro rhythms with deep house vibes and has DJed all over the world since the 70s. The first of his to get re-worked is ‘Overture’, which starts with tropical bird cries, whistles and loon calls. It’s the sound of a humid jungle that gets slowly consumed by lush pads, delicate piano melodies and stirring string sounds. With a truly magical atmosphere and uplifting joyousness permeating the whole thing, it cannot fail to make you feel on top of the world.

Finally, Elia tackles ‘Chicago’ (a track that’s already been supported by Soft Rocks) and does so with swathes of mesmeric effects. Organic hand congas, breathy vocal snippets and a bristling nebula of synths, pads and strings all dance around each other in reservedly euphoric symphony.

This might just be one of the most beautifully and bizarrely Balearic releases yet from the ever unhinged Balearic Gabba Soundsystem.

Soft House Company - What You Need (Enzo Elia Balearic Gabba Style)

Turntable Orchestra - You´re Gonna Miss Me (Fingerman´s Classic Edit)

Roach Motel   Movin On  Fire Island Mix

Victor Simonelli Presents Solution - Feels So Right (Solutions Original Mix) 1993

Out now on MURK 

Beatport:
https://pro.beatport.com/release/been-a-long-time/1602047

Traxsource:
http://traxsource.com/track/2742816/been-a-long-time-original-mix

The Fog - Been A Long Time

Centric House - Alright Alright (Seaside Mix)

Its Just Another Groove - Mighty Dub Katz

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NY's Finest prod by. Victor Simonelli - Do You Feel Me (Club Mix)

Produced, Mixed and programmed by Oliver Stumm

Sound Engineer Dave Darlington helped me mix this version.

This song got into the top 20 of the official UK singles charts in the U.K in 1996. This was a remake of the 1986 version with the same singer Billie. 

Black Orpheus

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