naturally this one came to me with the fact one of deep forest remixes (ice cold @ the equator) was featured on sasha & diggers northern exposure set. as much as that version is good i think the other deep forest remix (trans-afrique life extension express) is better.
the second one is a bit more funky and i think the first one just seems to redo the ideas from the original and/or the rerub on the rumble ep and i think that one is much stronger but hey, if it wasn't played by sasha then it's now worth tracking down...
"liquid cool" is one those pieces of music that can be classified as progressive house or trance. i'd say it's the former because it's not quite the kind of trance that was made during the time even though it does share it's idiosyncrasies. it's kind of the trancy house with atmospheres that seemed to be reinvented about 8 years after that.
the track seems to revolve around this buzzing low-key bassline and the hypnotic chord sequence played on a piano and a few synth patches. but the other striking feature is it's reverbed out guitar that is much ignored on all the other versions except the future sound of london remix (which is the best remix of this song besides version on the rumble ep).
it's quite a subtle track and it's weird when apollo 440 as a production team are associated with all these big breakbeat and techno productions and remixes. this one is quite a gem and the way the vocals have been treated really emphasise the ethereal mood that they nailed. from elizabeth gray's hazy "fade away" to noko's speech parts.
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i should give a short word about the other remixes since i mentioned three or four of them. i'm torn about jah wobble's remix since i like all the ideas he put in and especially his bassline but i don't think it was executed well. the two space versions are the longest and the beat one is decent but the ambient version which is 24minutes in it's entirety really doesn't fill the time well.
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