Top 25 remixes of 2017
Some of the best tracks this year have, in fact, been fresh takes on old material. Not only offering a whole new way to enjoy a tune, plus that kinky little nostalgia hit from an instantly recognisable synth or vocal, remixes and edits bring the dance music scene closer together through collaboration, appreciation and breaking genre boundaries...
25. Noisia ‘Tentacles (Ivy Lab Remix)’
Vision Recordings
24. Mr. C ‘Stand Up (Jay Tripwire Remix)’
Superfreq
23. Pastaboys feat. Osunlade ‘Deep Musique (Rampa Remix)’
Rebirth
22. Herbert ‘Brand New Love (Special Request Remix)’
Hypercolour
21. Shield, Robytek, Sal P, Dennis Young ‘Now (Paranoid London Remix)’
Rebirth
20. Roger Taylor ‘Two Sharp Pencils (Anna Wall & Corbi Mix)’
Music For Freaks
19. Sully ‘Helios (Philip D Kick Remix)’
Astrophonica
18. VEDIT03 ‘Side A’
VEDIT
17. J. Majik ‘Your Sound (SB81 Remix)’
Razors Edge
16. It’s a Fine Line ‘Cardiogram (Dollkraut remix)’
Kill The DJ
15. Mumdance & Logos ‘Move Your Body (Perc & Truss Remix)’
Tectonic
14. Joe Goddards‘Home (Morgan Geist Remix)’
Domino
13. Trance Wax ‘Trance 5’
Trance Wax
12. Daft Punk ‘Drive (Slam Modular Interpretation)’
Soma Records
11. Soul Clap feat. Nona Hendryx ‘(This Is it) (Hot Toddy Marimba Message Vocal Mix)’
Classic Music Company
10. Shai Spooner & Jordan Dessar ‘Balanced Diversity (Fabe Remix)’
Entity London
09. Mathew Jonson ‘Decompression (dB’s Raw Edit)’
Freedom Engine
08. Will Clarke & Bot ‘Techno (Not Techno) (Solardo Remix)’
Food Music
07. Mandingo ‘Universe II (Melchior Productions Ltd Remix)’
REKIDS
06. Unknown Artist ‘A Scene From The Future (Manfredas Edit)’
Les Disques De La Mort
05. Reform ‘Checkmate (Amelie Lens Remix)’
Etruria Beat
04. Sam Binga & Warrior Queen ‘Wasted Days (Sully Remix)’
SBSLS
03. ‘Adrift (Avalon Emerson’s Furiously Awake Version)’
Honey Soundsystem Records
02. Cassegrain ‘Trappist (The Mover remix)’
Arcing Seas
01. KH ‘Question’
By speeding up and scuffing up a break from Bobby Powell’s 1971 soul classic ‘The Question’ and adding a four-four and a killer drop, Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) delivered his most piping-hot house potato in recent memory. After remaining a mystery throughout the summer while it got heavy rotation at festivals from Jackmaster et al, it eventually got a limited vinyl-only release under Hebden’s more elusive KH alias, and immediately sent the Discogs community ballistic. While the ‘Question’ (of who it’s by) got answered, what’s mattered most since is the track’s fun, unpretentious, party-starting simplicity. ‘Question’ proves Hebden can cook up a bootleg DJ tool sensibility as impeccably as he does the emotive electronics and esoteric, boundary-teasing techno of Four Tet.
