Tracks 1 & 2: New remixed versions of "Ex-Terminator" (retitled "Exterminate!") taken from the album The Madman's Return. Published by Hanseatic / Songs Of Logic.
Track 3: Published by Hanseatic.
UPC#: 743211069625
ledjfab, Nov 27, 2006
When Thea Austin and Turbo B left Snap!, The producers couldn't release another single out of their "Madman's Return" album. So they went back in studio with Madonna's vocalist Niki Haris to re-record "Ex-Terminator", which became "Exterminate". What can we say about the single? First, very nice sleeve by Sascha Lüönd. A colorful, futuristic pop-art concept, attractive to the eye; without the usual clichés - girls, shining sun - we might have find on the cover of a dance single. I wasn't very pleased with the 7" version. Melodically, this is not Snap's best effort, although it was played a lot and introduced Trance to a lot of people in North America. The fake pan pipe was previously over used by Enigma two years earlier on their hits "Sadeness" and "Mea Culpa". The extended mix, not included here, can be found on the US Arista version of this single. The A.C.11 12" mix is my favorite on this. A dark and mysterious rendition of the original, with less vocals. A similar version exists: the D.G. Mix. Remixed by Doug Laurent and Torsten Fenslau, it wasn't released properly in 1992, but was featured on their remixed "Greatest Hits" compilation in 1996. The album version ("Ex-Terminator") is a very good track, somehow very different from what the single version turned out to be.
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