i had no relation to "crazy love" before buying the cdsingle two years ago, unlike "sincere" it was not a song that i knew. i had a clue that it was from one of the biggest selling garage albums at the time but i did not own that. probably had to with something that i've told before, i really did not get garage for a long time.
chances is that if i had found the single before that i would have gone more ape over michi lange's house versions, which are well done, really classy and worth writing about. then again this single didn't have any weak versions but for me the standout was mj cole's own rugged & bass heavy dub.
this was obviously meant for the clubs as the original goes on the lighter side as the drums are more compact, the strings play regularly and elizabeth troy's vocals dominate the track. i purposely wrote it like that as the changes are mainly at those three aspects.
i really love what mj cole did to his own track and how he shifted the focus from the top of the aural spectrum to the bottom. the bass that comes right after a vocal drop with troy's vocals repeating "don't leave me lonely" is thick and hits perfectly. as the strings are cut up it is also the melodic aspect as the bassline plays the chords of the string ostinato
the only thing that bugged me with track was why cole took out the first kick, in a listening aspect it didn't bother me at all but when mixing it really did. i kept forgetting that from the top it starts on two and that's not the first time mj cole has done that as his dub of valerie etienne's "misunderstanding" works in the same way.
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