this one came to me through discogs and youtube because i was looking at van helden's backcatalogue and seeing what other eurodance songs he had reworked. i've already talked about his version of urban cookie collective's "the key, the secret", but he also did rednex's "cotton eye joe" and cappella's "move on baby".
the universal theme in most of these remixes is that he used a little bit and then did what he wanted to do. in the remixes of rednex they are more of a hard house thing, the short version called the "dosey-doe mix" uses the full hook and the strings set to a backdrop of stripped down chicago hard house. the "funky trance mix" works around repeated vocal stabs and a jacking beat in that "witchdoktor" style.
do they hold up? no, not at all and they are more just a fun artifact but his remix of cappella still sort of works and is a bumping piece of music. armand's uses of the original is a sound effect and of course some vocal stabs. it's one of those 90's big room pieces that's a little bit to epic for it's own good. on the track itself armand works the usual repetitious rhythms across.
i still get a kick out of finding when certain names did remixes of artists that aren't credible, especially early on but i know with armand it was a story of he took on most of what was given. van helden has said in interviews that he doesn't know many of the poppy artists and don't care who they are and will remix things like this or sugababes and others.
it's because this was at a time when remixing often meant quick money and many producers / dj's take on anything just because. he's a bit of a paradox because while he is known for doing edits (for x-mix in the early days) and remixes, van helden claims he doesn't like remixes himself. anyhow
buy here (beatport)
note, while it says "tell me the way", it's "move on baby". armand's remix was done for london records and as a promo on the side. but was given more exposure on the "tell me the way" release.
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