Wonderland - Movin’ Around
Less than 25 of these left and then, I dunno, maybe I’ll find external hosting and post a mix or liveset every week, that’d give me another… 3 years. Gah.
Sy & Unknown - What Is A DJ (remix)
I saw a DJ playing actual vinyl at a club the other night and I was like “whaaaaaat?” And then he started to scratch and I was like “!!!!!!!’
This remix is from a Bonkers mix. Come to think of it that might be where that Toytown remix came from too.
I don’t know what to make of this, honestly.
Celtic FC Green Brigade - Discoland
Tiny Tot - Discoland (remix)
I have no idea what this remix is. Downloaded it a long time ago and it was just labeled “remix”. I’ve listened to all the official mixes on Youtube and none of them sound quite right.
What I did learn, however, is that Celtic FC uses Discoland as a terrace chant.
wut.
Triple J - Wonderful World
this song will make you happy. what else is there?
Kaos - Eternal Flame (Huxley & Kaos remix)
DJ Seduction - Sub Dub (Storm remix)
The vocals come from an English folk song called “Bushes and Briars”:
Through bushes and through briars I lately took my way;
All for to hear the small birds sing and the lambs to skip and play
The internet attributes this particular sample to either a Maddy Prior recording of the song, which I can’t find online, or to Bumble’s West In Motion (Haunted Mix), which sounds right but might be a Prior sample for all I know.
Vinylgroover & Trixxy - Can You Feel It
Prime Recordings, 1999 [PME001]Trixxy - Sunrise
Blatant Beats, 1999 [BB-10]It’s like they made a song and Trixxy said, “You know what would be really cool? If we put Tubular Bells in there.”
And then Vinylgroover was like, “No dude, that’s totally gay.”
And Trixxy was like, “I bet if I put Tubular Bells, it’s gonna become a massif rave anthem and popular as all shit. It’s going to be the song that signifies the end of the decade and welcomes happy hardcore to the new millennium.”
And then Vinylgroover was like, “Psh, whatever. Go make your own track then.”
Then Trixxy was all, “Fine then, I will. Same echoing vocals, same strings, same chords, same synth. I’ll even put the little chiming bell thingies. Just, y’know, Tubular Bells.”And then Trixxy did, and then all of his prophecies came true.
Nakatomi - Sing (happy gabba mix)
Until I checked Discogs just a few minutes ago, I thought this was the goofiest, most cringeworthy thing Nakatomi ever released. Turns out no.
Nakatomi is Alice Deejay.
And also Vengaboys.
Wut.
LP - Dreams
Oh man this was a tough one to fact-check. Discogs had nothing and I had to do some detectiving. Made harder by the fact that the line sampled has been used in like a jillion different dance tracks. Ended up doing some Wayback Machine work.
So the story goes like this: in 1970, Tim Buckley released a track called Song to the Siren. In 1983, Cocteau Twins did a cover released under the banner of the This Mortal Coil project. In 1992, Messiah sampled this version for a choon called Temple of Dreams that became a big rave anthem. From there on everyone covered/remixed it. This version by LP was only ever released on mp3.com from late 1999 to mid-2001. We’re talking about this LP, for the record.
Sy & Demo - Devotion (Sy & Demo ‘98 remix)