steady-j, Jun 25, 2007
Not a bad release, but a disappointing one nonetheless. The remixes on this don't really seem to get to grips with what's needed to update this massive tune. Of the 2 UK- Garage style mixes, Altern 8's mix fares better than Edzy's to my ears, but falls a long way short of what I expected from such a collision of old skool rave acts - where are the horns, the crowd noise, the OTT stabs? The Supernature version adds strings and a more housey vibe, but tellingly the best version is the 1989 Reconstruction, which simply takes the classic original and bumps up the tempo to a more usable (for today's dancefloors) 130 bpm or so, while not changing the pitch and key.
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