with most of my musical purchases over the years i have no real distinctive memory other than as i bought it. this falls into the exception as i remember the transaction quite vividly and it comes back as a memory whenever an event like this happens again. i believe this took place in 2006 or 2007 and a few days prior to this event i was in the recordstore at hand. i found the cdsingle for keoki's "majick" as i went in there just on a whim because it was on my route to my usual recordstore.
for the time at hand i didn't have more money at my disposal so i left it there but hidden in a special place so i would go back another time and grab it. sometimes when i'm digging at recordstores i'm quite of an anorak and really not interested in talking to anyone as i'm trying to remember stuff. remember this was before having cheap internet access on your phone and having discogs at your disposal.
as i entered the store, i did actually greet the proprietor of the store in swedish and then i went down to business and started looking. i picked this up along with the cdsingle of the '96 rerelease of the future sound of london's classic "papua new guinea" and some other item. the clerk then starts talking to me in broken english and i just stood there frozen and wondered: "hey, i greeted you in clear swedish about five minutes ago, why are you speaking english to me now?"
sometimes i've haven't cared about the incident but for other times this has happened, i have replied with a witty response in swedish. i understand that sometimes it is a case of tourists walking in and doing the shopping. however seeing as i'm of syriac origin and look the part with black hair, brown eyes and a big nose i am going to cite stereotypes as they have spoken to me in english.
never the less i did take this home and still think about that incident time to time again as i listen to it, also think about how dated certain sounds can be. i knew about the latter thing but i was expecting more than one mix to be playable (without editing that is). the original has it's moments but keoki's vocals ruin the fun electro vibe of it. yum yum's remix is a textbook example of proper driving trance music on the epic edge, even the breakdown with it's telltale sounds of it's time works well.
when i found the single at hand i had a hunch that it was to be the lasting tune of the pack and i wasn't wrong. love the subtle acidlines, the small melody parts and the driving bassline. even keoki's vocals work as yum yum only used the whispered parts. i've certainly had use of this in my sets over the years and i still think it's proper. right on.
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