I kinda feel like the Drum Club get overlooked. They didn't have a huge output, though they were part of the first wave of techno artists that really helped build the scene and define trance music. They split up in 1996, and neither member had much output after that, I think they both went into the business side of music and labels. Honestly, I wanted to do this mix just to express my adoration of the remixes they did for Lush and Chapterhouse.
The first mix starts off with a self-remix, ending with wonderful use of Hildegard von Bingen, which should be easily recognizable as their peers Orbital made good use of this in their track Belfast from the same era. Next is a remix of New Fast Automatic Daffodils covering Consolidated, from a double disc of remixes called "This is Fascism." Well worth picking up as every track is solid and the list of remixers will astonish. Then Curve, making ample use of the 303. Then we have the Lush track I mentioned. Goodness all three are incredible on the promo only release. I love this one for its bare bones deconstruction of the song elements. I wish I had a better copy; the vinyl is rare and not many copies available stateside. Next up is Chapterhouse, the other track I referenced earlier. Another solid reinterpretation/deconstruction of a shoegazer band. Jah Wobble transformed into a standard trance tune. This is a new one for me, not surprising with how vast Psychic TV's discography is - I would never have guessed this was a remix of their music. Ending part 1 with Dreadzone, and a slow builder of a remix typical of the style and era.
The second mix begins with a favorite of mine, the Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia. I played their CDs so much back in the day, never really liking their music being tagged as "tribal." Still, great work, and love the continuation of the sound with Exquisite Corpse. Then Loop Guru, which a friend blindly bought me the CD back in the 90's because she knew I'd be into them; she was right. Up next is a self remix of Alchemy which I first came across as the Orbital remix on Dub House Disco 2000. This is a very well done digi-dub remix of that track and is quite enjoyable despite sounding 20 years old. Another Psychic TV remix, because I couldn't choose between this and the one on the previous mix, both great in their own ways though this one does sound more era appropriate for Genesis and his band of merry minstrels. When I saw that Drum Club had remixed the Fall I just had to include this track. Not what I ever expected to hear Mark E Smith's voice with. Works well for this style. Transglobal Underground seems like a natural fit with the Drum Club's tribal/trance output. Ending it all with Killing Joke because of how awesome they, and this remix are.
00:00 The Drum Club - De-Lushed (Stars Above The Campfire Mix)
05:00 Consolidated - This is Fascism (Difference Mix)
11:25 Curve - Half The Time (Honey Tongue Mix)
17:33 Lush - Stray (Hole In The Sky)
24:19 Chapterhouse - Don't Look Now (Sitar Trance Mix)
30:34 Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart - The Unspoken (Drum Club Remix)
37:02 Psychic TV - Tribal Consi/Dance Mix
45:08 Dreadzone - Fight The Bower (Drum Club Mix)
00:00 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Exit 23 (Drum Club remix 3)
09:06 Loop Guru - Shrine Spiritual Break (Drum Club Remix)
16:35 The Drum Club - Alchemy Dub (Guerilla in Dub)
24:47 Psychic TV - Troublesome Guru Mix
33:24 The Fall - Middle Class Revolt (The Drum Club Prozac Mix)
40:29 Transglobal Underground - Earth Tribe (Earth vs Technology mix)
47:37 Killing Joke - Millennium (23 Minutes to Midnight Mix)
photo credit: https://www.progressivehouseclassics.com/post/drum-club-dancefloor-production
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