Thank You began with a single trumpet stem from an AI generator. It became this. I wanted an afro house Nora En Pure-esque track and to have some energy in it. I think it does, but eye of the beholder and all that.


Thank You

Hugo Cantarra's Edit was the basis for this rerub and all the credit is his and Claptone's. This version is shortened, chopped up and heavily processed so it can be played in sets.


No Eyes (feat. JAW)

I made this one New Year's Eve and whilst the fireworks were going off, I was reworking a new bass guitar into the back of this track.

I was fascinated by the [music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlAoemc2yT0) and all that stick spinning they did in those tinfoil outfits. So I made it because I liked the original and it'd be great to give it some gentle beefing 🥩 so if you really wanted to tack it into an accessible house set, you could. It is sample heavy, but there isn't a great deal of vocal intentionally.

This version was quite popular on Soundcloud whilst it was there.

The original by the French pop singer Sheila and B. Devotion, produced by the very talented Mr Nile Rodgers of Chic, was released in 1979 and it reached 18th in the UK charts.


Spacer

The stabby computer game sound came first. It was inspired by the video games of the 80s and once the stabby riff was made, the rest sort of came together quite quickly. I don't love the track, but it's different and original, so out it goes...

Don't Talk To Me

Before you ask, the vocal came from AI. I liked it, the lyrics and tone are good. Originally, it was part of a downtempo, lounge song, so I beefed it up, added a growly bass, elements and drops and you've got this.

I wanted something a little Jerome Sydenham - Sandcastles, or Swimming Places by Julien Jabre. I can't say I've got that at all, but you can possibly see the influences nonetheless.


Mosaic of Us

Let's go back to 2004, or at least slightly before when DJ Falcon and Thomas Bangalter _may_ [have released a house track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-fMiEJBrH8&t=0s) using Steve Winwood's "Valerie". Yet, in all the confusion, two other producers also released similar work; famously Eric Prydz and less-famously Red Kult. Confused? Well, [we all are](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qetW6R9Jxs4).

In all the confusion, Huse Monfaradi released the [infamous music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qetW6R9Jxs4) for Eric Prydz's Call On Me featuring Deanne Berry.

Twenty years later and it was time to pull that sample back out. There are young people who weren't around for the first time. With that, this track is a compilation/mash-up of no-less than 12 other tracks and samples (from Fisher to AVH). Most of the credit goes to [Mr Lasty from Italy](https://soundcloud.com/user-513870668) as large parts of the drum work and drop were his work.

This Clapcat version is compressed, adds the original Steve Winwood sample back in, has Armand's "U Don't Know Me" re-sampled and dropped in and chops things up so it sits in sets and compliments other tracks.


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