new order - blue monday (andrea remix)

i remember i heard this version right around the time i discovered hardfloor's awesome remix of the original. back then i was not a fan of either two versions by jam & spoon but i slowly was turned around. it had to do with me not understanding dub at the time.

but infact i didn't like jam & spoon's main dance mix (called the "manuela mix") either since i didn't like how they transformed the original into a german trancer. but this concept with jam & spoon taking on a remix and turning in a dance version and a slow version wasn't new. 

they did it also with moby's "go" where the slow mix mix is a two parter with first section being psuedo-ambient and the second section being a dub reggae section. that second direction is the better of the two parts and i even extended that for an edit, but i also sped it up from 60bpm (or actually 120bpm halftime) into 90bpm.

the section part of the "go" remix is how this version was approached, it introduces the bass almost upfront and then shortly after the riff slowly creeps up but in an synthy organ type patch. additional soundscaping is brought on such as pads that were from the original but tweaked a bit here.

i'm happy that i turned around on this because i would have been lost a great version of this classic. i also really like how the one phrase that jam & spoon used isn't completely the line that is associated with the song. "how does it feel" is how this song is known but then it goes into "when your heart grows cold". which is the ending lines but of the song but jam & spoon introduce the vocal with this line.

listen here (youtube)