for my next number, i'd like to go way back...

monday afternoon, and since i'm not at work, i've got my whole catalogue to choose from - today that means dance tunes, going reverse chronologically:

"Disco Cubizm (Daft Punk Remix)" by i:cube -- c. 1996, this was i:cube's first single, and one of daft's first published remixes... the piano riff is all i:cube, but the weird shuffle-tech beat (a la kompakt anyone?), the canyon-deep filters, and the weird synth sound that comes in about halfway through the song is even more-so classic techno-style daft. this 12" is out of print, but the song appears on a handful of mix albums, as do tons of other i:cube tracks - check his 2000 album Adore for even greater diversity.

"I Called U (but you weren't there)" by Lil' Louis & The World -- c. 1989, the cheese factor on this one is pretty high, with the bad spoken vocals and the v.v.early simple-house beat and piano rolls, but there's something still very appealing about this song. FYI this lil' louis isn't half of Masters At Work, that's lil' louie. rather he's one of the progenitors of chicago house, having djed since middle-school, played out at some of the first house parties there, and worked with other big names of the early scene, like marshal jefferson, byron stingily and larry heard - this particular rip comes from a european 7" version, but originally the song appears on his album From the Mind of Lil' Louis which is now out of print, but you may find it here or on gemm.com.

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"Rocket To Your Heart" by Lisa -- c. 1983, here's a Hi-NRG/italo-style classic, but unfortunately i've been able to find out next to nothing about Lisa, moby dick records (who released the record), aside from the fact that it appears on a handful of 'top dance songs of the late 70s-early 80s' lists, random discographies, and her best of cd - i just know it is totally awesome.