Had this classic pop up on my phone today off an old Bad Boy Bill mix:
Title: Can You Feel it (In House Dub) Artist: CLS Label: Strictly Rhythm
Genre(s): House, Rave Techno Year Released: 1992
Who can not forget this classic anthem? From the moment you heard that vocal and those synths, you were hooked. Funny enough how this b-side dub was the tune that captured many over the more vocal house versions originally put on the 12″.
For those who don’t know, CLS was yet another alias for legendary house producer Todd Terry. Who knows why he used an alias, but Can You Feel It was one of those seminal tunes that transitioned the world from the blasts of Rave and Hardcore into the new era of house music brought into the mid-90s.
Remixes of this tune have come for years, even the infamous L & V Remix Todd Terry released a year later. Makes it hard at times to pick which one to play.
Okay, here is one of my favourite remixes ever. Technically it’s of The Disco Boys’ version of “Born To Be Alive”, but since they don’t use any of the vocals by “RB” (aka at least in Germany pretty famous entertainer Roberto Blanco), you can also see it as Remix of the Patrick Hernandez original.The only problem when you play it, is that you might get accused of filter overuse, but who cares?
Artist: The Disco Boys feat RB Title: Born To Be Alive ((Felix Da Housecat’s Chicago Tracky Glitz Remix) Label: Fuel Records Year: 2001
A pretty similar track is this one. Celvin Rotane’s remix of the Magnum theme is pretty okay, yet slightly cheesy (I blame the uninspired rap vocals), but the Future Breeze Remix still holds up.
Artist: Celvin Rotane Title: Theme From Magnum (Future Breeze Remix) Label: Orbit Records Year: 1997
Let’s finish with some mid-90s UK Breakbeat awesomness. Got not much to say about this one, other that I instantly fell in love with it when I heard it the first time and that its piano part is oddly similar to the one in DJ Hooligan’s “Rave Nation”.
Artist: Ratpack Title: Captain Of The Ship Label: Logic Records Year: 1995
Title: Remember Me Artist: Phil Jubb Label: Urban Collective / Kool World Records
Genre(s): Breaks, Trance Year Released: 1994
I first heard this tune off someone’s mix cassette, and was emailing him (he put his email on it) begging to know the name. From there it was a chore of literally ordering it from Europe through GEMM.com. It’s funny to think of “cassette” and “email” at the same point in life, and yet even then DJs were able to get music from around the planet.
As for Phil Jubb, I really have no clue who he is, but his tune is a wonderful example of the beginnings of trance breaks. Just something about the main bell-like synths and synth-guitar sounds that captured my attention.
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