i have no knowledge on how thought of turning the korgis' 80's ballad into a club track but there were none other than three competing versions in the early 90's. later on there would be a few more but the most known are nrg's version from '92 and the baby d version from '95. where as the nrg version was a hardcore track sampling the original the baby d version was a combination between a redux and a version tailcoatin on nrg's version and biting some ideas.
the ray keith version however has nothing to do with any of the versions, well apart of the use of tr808's and amen drums. i always wondered why ray keith named his version as the "no sell out mix" but listening to the track gives a few clues. it starts off with reversed piano chords and a huge chunk of the vocal also reversed. it then goes into some tr808 drums and eventually some subby bass and a really rugged amen.
i also thought the title of his remix might have eluded to the fact that ray keith did a remix of previous baby d his "let me be your fantasy" but i fail to see why anyone would have given him slack for that since he did his remix in '92 with the original release. also his remix was amongst the best in the bunch and while it's quite early 90's jungle it's a quality version. as is this version which gives the dj something to work with as it shifts between the pulp fiction style 808's and the amens.
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