Jaydee - Plastic Dreams

Plastic Dreams, the 1993 super dance floor blast hit. We are talking about here of the history of Dance Music: this is one of the best dance music tracks ever made. The "Original Long Version" it a 10 minute climb into pure ecstasy, slowly growing with patience: pure energy into your brain! I believe that the texture and patterns used were innovating for those days, and touch geniality. I had the opportunity to see Mr. Jaydee live (playing this music at 5am!) at a rave party at an ancient Portuguese castle.

Boom Boom Satellites remix is one of those tracks that spun my head a couple of times around it's axis the first time I heard it. it's a very original interpretation and bring alot of new elements while blending in the wellknown organ, the drums & bell pad.

The bassline is beefed up hard and backed up with a downtuned distorted guitar, a key element in most early BBS productions. Some rock drums have been added along with Jaydee's classic drumrhythm. Track builds up pretty hard and then the organ is introduced but it isn't played in it's usual melody, BBS have rearranged the phrase and it's well executed.

Looking at the track 10 years after it was released it's a very big-beat influenced sound to it, both Norman Cook & The Chemical Brothers used to do remixes like this and it's hard not call it dated since the overwhelming backlash of 'Big Beat'. But I don't really care since the remix is that well done and it stands head over shoulders with the countless remixes that have been done of this classic over the years.

Never has there been a dance record with such a wide appeal. This is loved by just about everybody who is into Garage, House, Techno, Progressive, Tribal or Trance.

The Original Mix is 10 minutes plus of pure class that with its trademark organ, seems to have its roots in early 1960s pop music - think 'House Of The Rising Sun' by The Animals.

Every record collection needs 'Plastic Dreams'.

Jaydee - Plastic Dreams is a Milestone!

Short Comment: 2003 Video is better then the original from 93 i think!

I like to watch the Video and i like to hear and hear the good House Music yet. Please let me tell shortly some examples why the song is so good. Its the dominant Hook Hammond Organ Line, a Instrument that was created by Charles Laurens about 1930!!!

I think the Breakbeater's Bodies looks like they consist of Plastic and perhaps this could be one reason why this song is called "Plastic Dreams". Great Remake!

Plastic Dreams is a great sort of semi-live song. Of course I prefer the long version. The synths and the "organ" and everything are excellent. But this release has a kind of hidden gem in "Try To Find The Rhythm". It's got a subtle, laid back feel with awesome synth noises but it culminates in a very abrupt ending, leaving you wishing for more. It's rather like the feeling of a premature ejaculation. Oh, come on guys! You've had one! Don't feed me that shit! This is vintage early techno at it's finest, and it definitely deserves more attention than it ever got.

Nice Remixes from club classic track "plastic dreams". David Morales Mix is a long club version with large piano break in middle of track, Shinan & Simon increase speed and make it pumpin´. Angel Moraes did it smooth and trancy with original track elements.

Jep, yet another re-release of Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams", surprise surprise, ehh... Any cop then? Well, yeah! It's allways nice to get a fresh copy of the original mega classic, 5/5 that's for sure! The A-side 2003 re-fix is a massive Big Room house track. Here Funky House, Progressive House, Progressive Trance and early 90's elements are mixed with the original soundscape. Basically this mix wants to hit you so hard the first time you here it, that you'll never forget it again. In my opinion it would have been much more interesting if the sound was much more played down; mix the existing 2003 mix one2one with MAW or Dimirti, then you would have a 5/5 instead og off a (I don't know) 3-4/5.

The video for the Radio Edit is fantastic;
Nothing more than a series of silent, colour-treated, juxtaposed shots of 'Elvis Country' in Americas deep south during (what one must presume) an Elvis memorial festival.
Apparently, Jaydee used to be an arm-wrestler, before he started making tracks...

The original long version (over 10min) has since I heard it the first time been a major fave of mine. This promo release hasn't changed that. David Morales provides us on the A with a less trancey more housey mix, and funky too it is. The B is more or less a simpler version of the A. If you love the original plus is into house music then this deffinately could be a missing gem in your collection.
On Hard To Find Records you can get another 12" right now containing the DM mix, you often can. So go get mate. It's still possible (2003) to get hold of it on CDS also, if you insist a bit, but it often comes with some less interesting tracks. Especially the Shahin & Simon versions are crap. 'Plasic Dreams' was never a commercial sound, but S n S makes it excactly that. Shame on Shahin & Simon for making 'Plastic Dreams' sound like the worst out of Central Europe. Other good remixes from around 1997 came from: Mr YT, Boom Boom Satelites, Angel Moraes, The Smart Mob and Peshay.