Although the original is an r&b tune (and quite a good one actually), the Basement Jaxx producing stands out on the housey remixes on the other side. Houz Mix is one for the funky house floor, while Luvvdub really takes off after the first piano-stabbed drop, driving into pure jaxx-ish madness of crazy looped samples and rhythms.

This was the first drum&bass vinyl I ever bought, and I still play it out. "Repertoire" is a track still suitable in the soulful sets due to it's bouncy beats and lush atmospheric vibe, simply ingenious. "Shiatsu" is one for the darkside, capturing a Source-Direct-meets-Photek kind of feeling, sinister, massive, and yet, very intelligent ... which cannot be said about most of so-called dark d&b tunes produced right now. These tunes don't intend to "sound phat", but clean.

Well, to be completely honest, I bought this record, because every house deejay was playing it at the time - silly me. Now Joey Negro doesn't usually go that dark, however, his remixes of I Need Somebody are all that - tribal-like echoes guarantee the remixes have more of that "Twilo"/Danny Tenaglia feeling to them, while not completely losing the disco-house touch. IMHO they aren't bad, quality production et cetera, but ... I found the acappella much more useful than the remixes.

"Serenade" is D.Kay's best tune at this point, period. It samples some cozy '20ies/'30ies/'40ies jazz tune I cannot recognize, and crosses it with liquidfunk, the result is pure bliss. The flipside is something which reminds "Martians pt 2" at some point - heavy drums, twisted-out reeses, beautiful melodic intro - in total, better than average, yet no anthem.