Phuture ‎– Rise From Your Grave

In 1993, just one year after 'Rise From Your Grave' was released on Strictly Rhythm and on R & S Records, Renaat Vandepapelière put out some remixes of it on his Belgian label, this time on a 12 inch format.

These versions were different from the ones on the original pressing. Morley's Universe Mix, made by the brilliant David Morley deserves the higher credits, for it put this magnificent tune a step further - with futuristic effects & changings, specially on the opening, making of it a ground-breaking Techno-House combination. Suddenly, an amazing House masterpiece was turned into high-quality Techno.

The Morley's Universe Mix was included on the same year of 1993 on In Order To Dance 4 2LP/1CD second release compilation (different from the first one of 5LP/2CD of 1992 that had the Wild Pitch Mix by DJ Pierre).

"Rise From Your Grave" got the status of a standard underground House tunes from the early nineties and surely among the wickedest from Phuture. The composition belongs to Earl Spanky, Roy Davis Jr. and DJ Skull.

The difference came out through DJ Pierre's Wild Pitch Mix - he made a special trip of insanity and excellence, with a weird-hypnotic atmosphere, and two incredible basslines, one of them sharp acid, oscillating during the version. "I just did the Wild Pitch Mix on this tune, where I took the vocals out, changed the basslines, the drums", said Pierre on an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, years later.

The version result was far away from the usual house tracks of that time, and got a huge release on Strictly Rhythm, from New York. 'Rise From Your Grave (Wild Pitch Mix)' also came out on the 'This Is Strictly Rhythm vol. 2' major compilation. Later in the same year (1992), the Belgian label R & S Records released it on ‘In Order To Dance IV’ 5LP/2CD compilation. This is a timeless, avant-garde tune that definitely represented new perspectives to the house music universe.

Awesome dark Wild Pitch burner - 'this is cocaine speaking...' vox & Altered Beast arcade game sample - 'Rise From Your Grave. First hearded this at The Ministry of Sound (in the first year or two while the music policy was still good - it died with the demise of the'Open' nights IMO) & it blew my mind.

Phunky House-Techno from the originator of the term 'Acid music"

Deep dark nastiness from DJ Pierre, Roy Davis Jr and Spanky - my money's on the instrumental London Radio Edit. Released in 1992, but would still work in a set today.