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Rhythm Masters - 21-Feb-08 02:09 PM
I am in absolute awe of the Rhythm Masters. I cant recall ever hearing a bad tune with their name on it. There style was pioneering and copied by many. They were a common solution to boost a weak tune in to a worthy dancefloor cut. Looking at their extensive catologue, I have to wonder how they managed to produce and remix so many tunes in just a few years. They must have never left the studio! These guys really have made an outstanding contribution to music.

Happy Clappers - I Believe - 30-Jun-07 08:42 PM
I'm not sure if we are supposed to take the Happy Clappers that seriously in terms of dance music contribution, They seem to have ended up as a commercial outfit with a few hits to their name. But the track 'I believe' was another one of those turning points that was reached in 1995. The 'Not Loveland Mix' is a mass appeal radio track that has several feel good verses of "I believe were equal.." lyrics. This in itself merits the success that this track deserves (and has Lovelands distinctive sound all over it!), However take the '12" Master' track (which got the club play), this just has the most catchy piano riff over and over, with the lyrics just cut down to mere samples and you have a monster smash of 1995 that spawned several other copy cat records (some of these also by the Happy Clappers!). This tune would make people almost have fits on the dance floor.

Tinman - Eighteen Strings - 13-Jun-07 02:43 AM
This record is an absolute stomper! It was a fantastic idea to drop the heavy guitar break from Nirvanas' Smells like teen spirit on to a house record. The rest of the elements used in the song fit in well adding to the build up. Back in the day, people used to go mad to this record. It was the first dance record (certainly to hit the top 40) to be based around a heavy guitar drop and I remember that a few other copy cat records later followed by other artists. Its amazing that Nirvana ever allowed this to be released, but fortunately for dance floors they did.

Ken Doh - Nakasaki EP (I Need A Lover Tonight) - 23-Dec-06 11:57 PM
This record was a landmark tune on the UK club circuit in 1996. For a commercial track, the tune features a rather long break down in the middle of the track. The tune builds back up again to one of the best climaxes of the era, The pianos kick in, and the vocal mix features (unusually again for the era) a male voice singing "I need a lover tonight..". The tune was a very big hit and exposed a lot of clubbers familiar only with top 40 club hits to a formula that would later prevail much more on the underground circuit. The quality of this piece was such that the non vocal piano mix was the usual track to get the club play.

Todd Terry - Keep On Jumpin' - 18-Dec-06 09:48 AM
It was the Rhythm Masters mix of this track which got all the club play back in 1996. The A2 mix also stands out and is similar in toughness with its chopped up beats and 'bedroom' production feel, but the Rhythm Masters mix was the club favourite as it was much longer and took all the great elements of the 'Original unreleased edit' such as that wicked bassline and made a full scale production of it. Tune!.