Amuka - I Want More (Cling On To Me)
Apr 3, 2020 1:12:11 GMT -5
Post by π ³π Έππ ²π Ύ on Apr 3, 2020 1:12:11 GMT -5
This one has a really complicated release history.
It was written in 2005 and the original version was produced by Offer Nissim with his then production partner Yinon Yahel. Offer released his first artist album with Maya Simantov that year and for the Israeli edition of it, there was an additional CD featuring a continuously mixed set he did with a number of his remixes and productions that he had done that year and before and this was a part of that. The set rip of the song began to spread all over the file sharing networks.
It was supposedly going to see an official release on Star 69 Records which had released the previous two Amuka/Sheila singles.
Then it was announced it would be coming out on Kult Records. Sheila had released a song called "EQ (I'm An Effect For You)" on that label several years prior. Additional remixes were commissioned and they began to be promoted.
For whatever reason, Kult had Amuka re-record the vocals and their in house producer Eddie Cumana (of Dynamix) produced the vocals. Some of the commissioned remixes from this point on had the original vocals that Offer and Yinon had recorded and then others had the new ones.
When all was said and done, there were nearly 30 official remixes that were promoted/released covering everything from big room circuit to Trance, to Tech House, and even regular House.
It went on to peak at #1 on the Billboard Club Play chart. Meanwhile "Craving" which was another single surfaced too. That was on another label.
Offer Nissim Original Mix
I was a huge fan of the Offer mix and was shocked by how long it took to come out properly. I did check out all of the other remixes and was disappointed by the vast majority of them. Joe Bermudez & Klubjumpers did a mix in a similar vein as the original but it was softer and in their current House style at the time which worked well for a mainstream audience. Junior Vasquez did a remix but it wasn't as anthemic as it could have been. He played a mix called the Fast Ellis mix which used his own "Brazen (Weep)" riff in it but that was played once and never released.
It was written in 2005 and the original version was produced by Offer Nissim with his then production partner Yinon Yahel. Offer released his first artist album with Maya Simantov that year and for the Israeli edition of it, there was an additional CD featuring a continuously mixed set he did with a number of his remixes and productions that he had done that year and before and this was a part of that. The set rip of the song began to spread all over the file sharing networks.
It was supposedly going to see an official release on Star 69 Records which had released the previous two Amuka/Sheila singles.
Then it was announced it would be coming out on Kult Records. Sheila had released a song called "EQ (I'm An Effect For You)" on that label several years prior. Additional remixes were commissioned and they began to be promoted.
For whatever reason, Kult had Amuka re-record the vocals and their in house producer Eddie Cumana (of Dynamix) produced the vocals. Some of the commissioned remixes from this point on had the original vocals that Offer and Yinon had recorded and then others had the new ones.
When all was said and done, there were nearly 30 official remixes that were promoted/released covering everything from big room circuit to Trance, to Tech House, and even regular House.
It went on to peak at #1 on the Billboard Club Play chart. Meanwhile "Craving" which was another single surfaced too. That was on another label.
Offer Nissim Original Mix
I was a huge fan of the Offer mix and was shocked by how long it took to come out properly. I did check out all of the other remixes and was disappointed by the vast majority of them. Joe Bermudez & Klubjumpers did a mix in a similar vein as the original but it was softer and in their current House style at the time which worked well for a mainstream audience. Junior Vasquez did a remix but it wasn't as anthemic as it could have been. He played a mix called the Fast Ellis mix which used his own "Brazen (Weep)" riff in it but that was played once and never released.