Remix Friday

February 18, 2022 — Leave a comment

The crossfader breaks (when the music cuts in and out) are the sparkle in your China …

“If I had to sum up the Ministry of Sound, it’s got to be the night Tony Humphries played and had a slate of a mix that Pete [Heller] and myself had done of Boy’s Own licensed track “What Would We Do” by DSK. The place was really going off and THAT system was at its finest. I think that was the night a lot of London DJs started to really give us props. Tony and Frankie Knuckles were really instrumental in getting the Fire Island/Roach Motel remixes to break in the UK and the USA.”

— Terry Farley

• DSK – What Would We Do [Eight Minutes of Madness Mix]


• DSK – What Would We Do (Original)

• DSK – What Would We Do (Hurley’s Dub Mix)

• What Would We Do (Hurley’s Extended Remix)

Bonus Sample: Wiley – Wearing My Rolex

Random Wednesday

February 16, 2022 — Leave a comment

This performance makes perfect sense when you read this:

“Nina Hagen was born in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen, a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer. Her paternal grandfather died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and growing up, she saw her father infrequently. At age four, she began to study ballet, and was considered an opera prodigy by the time she was nine. (Wikipedia)”

• Nina Hagen – Naturträne (Rockpalast)

Remix Friday

February 11, 2022 — Leave a comment

I’m not sure if Take That was serious or taking the piss with this video. And, of course, the Dan Hartman version is better. But whatever this was, the fact is that a boy band covered Dan Hartman’s Relight my Fire and didn’t totally bollix it (and had Lulu on the track) so … take that.

• Dan Hartman – Vertigo/Relight My Fire (feat. Loleatta Holloway)
• Take That Cover