As Freaks, Justin Harris and Luke Solomon have released some of the most enduring House Music of the past two decades and none more so than their perennial classic Where Were You When The Lights Went Out.
Since its original 2003 release on their own Music For Freaks imprint, this House anthem has been a constant presence in the sets of the world’s best DJs and now this November it gets reissued on U-Boot Recordings with what may just be THE definitive remix package.
Updating things for 2011, this new remix package reworks the track into myriad new forms from Adrian Lux and Blende’s foray into jacking bass territory, dark club music at it’s very best, to Canadian producer Hirshee’s dubstep remake, a genre that was still finding its feet when the track was first released.
Rainer Weichhold takes the track in a techno direction, chopping the vocals into pounding samples for that 4am effect, whilst Tim Weeks delivers a lush piano-drenched house edit, for those atmospheric end-of-the-night, hands-in-the-air moments.
Justin and Luke revisit the track themselves, with a revocal from their fellow co-writer and singer on the original 2003 version, Stella Attar and supply three of their own Redux remixes - their subtle updates highlighting just what a classic production the original is, luscious dubby disco house of the finest order.
Finally completing the package is the original itself, still sounding as fresh as it ever did. A timeless house track, it’s snake-hipped beats, bumping bass line and Stella’s soulful vocal mantra equalling pure disco heaven, it will still be igniting dancefloors 10 years down the line.
You may know the original but these edits are modern classics, guaranteed to introduce Freaks to a new generation of clubbers and keep that killer hook embedded in your brain long after the lights go out.
Championed and played out there by Aldrin / Zouk, Singapore, Thomas Tuft , Jacob Plant, Slugz, Dan Beaumont / Disco Bloodbath, DJ Paulette / Radio FG, FR, Kyle Wilkinson / Star FM, Mr G, Russ Cuban, Tomoki Tamura / Four:Twenty,
Arveene, Rawski / Polskie Radio, PL, Ed Solo, Jona, Lazaro Casanova, Luke Walker / Gung Ho!, Tom
Austen / Urchins, Andy Mac / Cream, The Aston Shuffle, Southmen / 925-Digital / Yoshitoshi, Le Petit
Belge & Le Cheval, Streetlife DJs / eames, Will / Urchins, Piergiorgio Parigi / Reset! , James Lavelle c/o
Charlotte Orsborn, Jagz Kooner, The Freestylers, Sammy Jo / Scissor Sisters DJ, Malente, Barnabas
Hodgson / FBI Radio, Aus, Bert (Last Robots), Matt Darey, Ed&Kim (Studio Brussels), Colin Peters (Ibiza
Rocks), Cutline, Garnica, Tim Richards / George FM, NZ, Napt, Gorillaz Soundsystem, Andy Gardner /
Plump DJs, Chris Lake, Drumattic Twins / Shades Of Rhythm, Dave Whelan / Juice FM, UK, Markus
Schulz, Ben Mono, Tonka, Elisa Bee / Radio 2 RAI (IT), Goodwill / MOS / CR2, Micky Slim, Sharooz,
Kingpin / Kane FM, Huxley, Harper / BIS Radio, PL, David Dunne, Shake Aletti, Mace / Reset! , Okain ,
Oh Snap, Freq Nasty, Keir Tyrer / Shogun Audio, Tittsworth, Ridney (Defected / Azuli / Size), MiSK,
Chris Goss, Les Calvert, diskJokke, The Finger Prince / Bang Gang DJs, Zizzed / Reset! , Douze, Chris
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RTE Radio, IRE, Severino / Horsemeat Disco, Lifelike, Tom Budden, Flash Brothers, Q-Burns Abstract
Message, Baunder / Soundexile, Ben Drumsound, Reuben Keeney / Toolroom Records, Russ Chimes,
Stylophonic / DeeJay Radio, IT, Damon Martin / Disco Bloodbath, Larry / Granite & Phunk, Reset Robot,
Raymundo Rodriguez, Skyve / Studio Brussels, Lee Mortimer, Chris Fortier, Greg Oreck / Thugfucker,
Omid 16B, Paul Oakenfold, Anderson Noise, Ashley Beedle, Kruse & Nuernberg, Switch / Solid Groove /
Major Lazer, Ben Pistor / Disco Bloodbath, Dave Seaman, Ridney (Defected / Azuli / Size), Hector Romero, Luke Walker / Gung Ho!, Andy Mac / Cream, Andy Gardner / Plump DJs, MANDY c/o Sergej Gorn, Dan Beaumont / Disco Bloodbath, Lazaro Casanova, Rich / Waifs & Strays, Bert (Last Robots), Kyle Wilkinson / Star FM, Baunder / Soundexile, Tomoki
Tamura / Four:Twenty, Ben Pistor / Disco Bloodbath, Chris Duckenfield, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Tim
Richards / George FM, NZ, JD Twitch / Optimo , Garnica, Logo , Skyve / Studio Brussels, Pendulum,
Chris Fortier, Ed&Kim (Studio Brussels), Christian Homan / RTE Radio, IRE, diskJokke, James Lavelle
c/o Charlotte Orsborn, Jason Pepperell / Juice FM, UK, Douze, Raymundo Rodriguez, Anderson Noise,
Mark Ronson, Omid 16B, Flash Brothers, Severino / Horsemeat Disco,...
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