for some reason the name "donna dee" popped into my head a few days ago and it wasn't even on a garage kick type thing. first time i heard about donna dee was through swedish tv-channel ztv back in '98 or '99 and they interviewed her as dee was playing in stockholm. it was probably in promotion for the album "spellbound" that had come out and dee also talked about garage or speed garage.
at that time i had no clue on what that kind of music was and i've stated this before but i didn't get it then, and wouldn't understand it until many years later and by then 2-step was a thing of the past. now that doesn't stop me digging up things and when i was doing my research and looked if dee was still active, i noticed that in '08 most of her backcatalogue was put up digitially.
it included the album "spellbound" as mentioned and an album released called "breaks in the heart" with material that came after the album. also another compilation that is pushed as a greatest hits but is more as the alternative version of "breaks in the heart" along with some odds and ends. there is also an acoustic ep that saw donna stripping down and playing some of the hits on guitar.
apart from that i haven't seen much activity but it did lead me to check out the catalogue and from the album "spellbound" comes "i want your love" which i liked a lot. it's very much a classic garage houser and was one of the album singles. a punchy four on the floor kicks along with some light keyes and elements and build up quite nice until the bassline and the vocals hits the track.
true to the genre the bass is quite subby and sound somewhat muffled with headphones and other systems but it booms really nicely in the bottom end. rhalia birch who also would up singing on donna dee & ils' "lurvin' you" and a few of the songs on the "breaks in the heart" does a stunning job with the vocal.
buy here (junodownload)
note that most of the songs are mistitled on juno and elsewhere.
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