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Year of release – 2000

70’s Disco has always been a huge influence on me so it stands to reason that is reflected in a lot of my tracks. I never tire of going through old obscure Disco records to find a nice loop that can be cut up and messed around with. Back in 2000 while Chicago was known for Disco House music it was of the heavier kind with rock hard beats reflected in the music of legends like Derrick Carter, DJ Sneak etc.  Around this time in the U.K. producers like Full Intention were coming out with a lighter more up tempo sounding flavor of the genre reflected here in this track.

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Year of release – 2000

One of the first tracks I ever produced was back in 1998 called ‘It Must Be Love’. The original is hard to find now but in 2000 I remixed it for professional club play on the large Martin Audio sound system we had at The Temple of Sound club in Limerick, Ireland.

Influences on this one are easy to pick out and I can see I was going through a huge Daft Punk, DJ Sneak, Glenn Underground vibe back then. The whole funky Chicago House sound was the basis for this track.

As for the ‘love’ part..well I’m afraid I can’t remember who she was !  I didn’t go ahead back then and mention her name but it was to be the start of naming tracks and remixes after girls over the years who made an impact on me one way or another 🙂

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Year of release – 1999

When digging back through the archives of over 12 years of music production this one showed up from way back in 1999. Upbeat Disco house was my weapon of choice back then as a DJ and especially the type with a good pumping beat. Key influences here would have been Armand Van Helden, Olav Basoki & The Rhythm Masters. I played this one regularly in the Temple of Sound club where I was resident from 1999 – 2001 hence the mix here (“Da Temple Mix”).

I also got to feature this live across Ireland on 2FM radio when DJing as part of the 2FM Sessions Tour supporting Robbie Nelson & John Power.