first time i heard of this was in the shape of max graham's remix and then i thought it was actually a remix of the norweigan act frost. that is actually per "mental overdrive" martinsen and aggie peterson and this is from danish dj asle bjørn and featured vocalist anne k, to my defense they have similar voices but not really. anyhow, the single had jimmy gomez 6am mix and graham's remix, where the former worked as the de facto original mix.
it was released uk label oven ready and there was talk on graham's remix at the time because of it's bassline and by the time i heard about it, the single wasn't easy to purchase and i missed out. henceforth i grabbed the remix disc on t.u.s.o.m., a sublabel to d-formation's beatfreak recordings. here the version that was given top billing was simon & shakers version.
they took a more trancier route in general but still on the drummy progressive house sound that was coming out of spain at the time. it was called the iberican sound but that in general it focused more on the drums than this. there is the common contrarhythms in the remix, but i hesitant to call it tribal because they used more than one drum loop.
simon & shaker also added a tougher beat and changed the bassline into a more rhythmical one, instead of the reverbed out reese warbles or resonant saws being sidechained. the former however take shape in the midrange synth sections as pads reprise them instead. the synth hook that that is from jimmy gomez version appears in a much bigger shape as they break out a mighty fine epic trance melody that makes this work in a modern trance set as well.
after years has gone i rate simon & shaker's remix over graham's version. i mean yes, graham's version has the awesome bass but that's about it. the rest isn't that interesting. i still play simon & shakers remix with the breakdown shortened and it does wonders in a trancy set.
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