:: Order New Order ::

I’ve just managed to download the Sander Kleinbergen remix of Mylo’s ‘Muscle Cars’. I ruined my 12” copy last night by accidentally dragging it across a butterfly catch on a flightcase. Doh! Sander’s full 8 min ‘Pace Car Mix’ is a genius piece of work (IMHO) and it is a great example of how a talented DJ/producer can turnaround the fortunes of a weak album track. Yep, I said it. Mylo isn’t Midas. Everything he does isn’t necessarily transformed into a gold disc! For me, ‘Muscle Cars’ is a weak album track and it’s only saving grace was the original reshaping by Freeform Five and this work of genius by Kleinbergen.

Incidentally, the two 12” releases of the Muscle Cars remixes get the award for best sleeve design so far this year. Brilliant! They’re right up there with the original New Order ‘Blue Monday’ 12” sleeve, and the artwork on The Beatles ‘Sgt Pepper’s LHCB’.

On the subject of New Order, they’ve gone mad and are set to re-release an abundance of new and original 12" remixes this month. For my money, this is a far better prospect than the new whacko Jacko singles collection. Buy a £10 empty box and remember to purchase each of the singles to go into said box? Madness! MJ must be short of cash. Please don’t get sucked into this multi-purchasing trick. Download the MJ tracks from iTunes and make your own box from an empty cereal packet. Decorate said box by downloading MJ images via Google Images. Sorted

:: Hot Tracks ::

A few hot new tracks to check out: Faith Evans ‘Mesmerized’, remixed by industry favourites the Freemasons; Juno ft. Danni ‘My Pressure’; ATCFC ‘Reach Out’; and the awesome Troublesoup breaks remix of Todd Terry’s ‘Can You Party. I’ve been playing the latter with my breakbeat bootie of Coldplay ‘Clocks’ and the Jungle Brothers nod to Todd, ‘I’ll House You’. The response has been great. More and more house fans are getting into breakbeat, although mid-mix I was asked for R Kelly ‘Ignition’! Give me strength!

:: Small World ::

My radio shows on the worldwide station MIX 24-7 have been expanded. I’m now live in the mix on Wednesday’s from 7pm and Friday’s from 8pm. The MIX 24-7 is growing rapidly and is a very exciting venture to be involved in. It is really weird DJ'ing and receiving emails from people in other countries listening to your choice of music and rubbish chat. A listener in Jamaica recently emailed the MIX 24-7 studio in the middle of my show. For about 20 seconds I stared blankly at the screen, whilst my brain registered how small the planet becomes when you have access to the World Wide Web.

Join in the fun and log on to the MIX 24-7 as much as you can as Paul and the gang are doing a marvellous job in a web full of mediocre online audio streaming.

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