utah jazz - runaway

as i was listening to some 2-step and garage nuggets, after i read some piece or list with classics, i discovered a few tracks that had gone missing through my monthly cravings of classic garage. one of them was wookie's "runaway" and it kicked off with some nice beats but then came a moment of recognition. as the chorus played again i stopped the playback and thought of how i knew the vocal or the track in general.

naturally as anyone does i went on my usual search on google, discogs and whosampled to see if i found anything. as i found nothing i was close to give up to the frustration and give it a rest. googling the lyrics didn't help nor did any other blogs. discogs didn't help that much either so i maybe thought it was a unknown rejigged r&b track as it wasn't uncommon within garage that time.

then it hit me that it was from utah jazz and it was something that i had listened to quite a bit thanks to my friend ian who used to bum the nu:tone remix in his sets. like many tracks it fell into the back of mind as i somewhat got bored with liquid funk for a short while. but with this rediscovery my liking of the track came back definitely. has a vibe for homelistening but also for the body in motion depending if you mix and work it right.

wookie imagined his song as an r&b song originally and the two versions on the record are in this style with one being somewhat uk and the other more american. the garage dj's got their version on the flip and if i didn't make myself clear prior, i did like that alot. but i did notice in my search that the r&b versions got much more attention on blogs, forums, mixes and such. you would guess that is probably why utah jazz's version leans more to them than the 2-step version.

luke wilson aka utah jazz maybe recieved the vocals from wookie or he got elrae escorcio to re-sing it but i think it's former. for a short while i thought he maybe sampled the british sounding r&b mix in full but after analyzing the tracks in question, it was out of the question. especially since wilson used some hefty chunks from dionne warwick's version of "move me no mountain". what led me believe was the guitar licks but they definitely came from the sample.

i do like how used two or three different parts from the dionne warwick song along with elrae's vocal. it brings a good contrast and there's some of that american 90's r&b vibe embedded along with the use. proper nice soulful drum & bass

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