i think i discovered this back in '04/'05 when i got a cd-sampler with various tracks and copied them to my minidisc (as mentioned in a previous post i was still using a minidisc until '08). i didn't label the tracks and for a long time i didn't know what it was called because the disc was unlabelled.
for all i cared it was just that dark techno track with the distorted vocal. i think i didn't figure it out until a few years after when i was listening to the disc and went on the intarwebs and googled the lyrics. it was a remix of humate's "choose life", a rather big dancefloor hit if i remember correctly.
i believe the original versions and the thomas schumacher versions was most played by dj's. this version by rob rives was meant for the us market when deep dish licensed humate's original from superstition onto yoshitoshi.
this version isn't something i'd usually associate with rob rives as i know him for his spacier and soulful efforts along with françois k. his main version channelled the melodic bits from the original along with rives' own spacy touches.
the dub however is just murky & banging techno and it's luscious. i think it's on par with humate's own gee shock mix in terms of the techy rerubs and that version is excellent as well. i think what attracted me to this version is the fact that the vocal is sparse and i like the fact that he ran it through a vocoder since it sounds better.
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