Glenn Underground - Five stars from a true classics enthusiast such as myself. Martin Ikin - Some lovely music here, very nice! Lovebirds - Great work - Patrice Rushen is my fav Its been over two years since the first instalment which topped many sales charts on its release so now the remixes that made up that album have. Z Records is starting 2016 with the follow up to Remixed With Love. its amazing Well done again to Mr Joey Negro Remixed With Love By Joey Negro Vol.2 from Z Records on Beatport. This project is about utilising some of those fantastic original parts in a different way that takes advantage of many of the songs classic status subtly teasing in familiar elements and dubbing them out. In many cases the drums have been changed, percussion added and sometimes more keyboard parts but he’s not totally ditched the original structure of the music. Rather than remixes in their modern definition this is a body of remixes in a re-edit style with the tracks given a new dimension to make them more relevant and playable for today’s dancefloors. With such dedication comes results and the result is impressive.
One multitrack was even under the producer’s bed. “Often you end up speaking to relatives of the person who actually made the record and unfortunately I heard the line all too often, “I might have a copy of the vinyl somewhere but I definitely don’t know where the master tapes are."Īs a fanatical music collector and enthusiast Joey found himself meeting up with ex-label reps and relatives of the artists leaving no stone unturned - searching through boxes and in lofts. The album features 18 tracks all remixed from original session tapes some more than 30 years old which was “A headache” to source as Joey puts it. Remixed With Love is Joey Negro’s dream project and most definitely a labour of love. Joey Negro is a true master at work – Ashley Beedle Joey Negro Remixed With Love has been on constant rotation at home and at my gigs. Great job on Mass Production – John Morales Patrice Rushen is so good – Gilles Peterson Loving Mass Production, sounds dope - KonĪMAZING! A true master at work – Tommy Musto In total 18 spectacular remixes… A must have - Danny Krivit.
Albums include Make a Move on Me, Do What You Feel, and Balance 008. Joey Negro’s name is consistently on a lot of classy music and Remixed With Love is up there with his best. Joey Negro discography and songs: Music profile for Joey Negro, born 18 June 1964. Out: Begins shipping from Z Records this week elsewhere on March 11 2016.Always love Joey! Master producer!!! - Carl Craig Best of all, given the essential slipperiness of our age: “And the creators of the original tracks are getting paid too – as they damn well should be.” This is also an officially licensed and legal compilation – no sketchy SoundCloud strikes and public apologies here.
Among the delights discovered as Joey worked over the original multi-track recordings were some never before heard pieces on the cutting room floor, like Grace Jones doing some kind of Jane Fonda Workout instruction (shades here of the Melodiya Soviet Italo compilations I wrote about last year). TITLE 'Remixed With Love by Joey Negro Vol.3' PERFORMER 'Joey Negro' CATALOG 5060162574417 REM DATE '2018' REM DISCID 8C12720A REM REPLAYGAINALBUMGAIN -8. The reworkings, well, work: you’re going to recognize instantly George Benson’s “Love Ballad,” Lose Change’s “Straight From The Heart” and The Trammps’ “Can We Come Together” (the latter given a delicious “Philly Dub Excursion”) hooked up to a disco defibrillator and jolted back into naked, screaming life. From one of the most eclectic and vast record collections in the world, disco archaeologist Joey Negro combs through a pile of one-time hits and obscure rarities for his first Remixed With Love compilation in over two years. Behold: a twenty track double LP/double CD with a tracklist that reads like one of DEL’s Foundations columns.