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High Contrast Recordings | Cat# HCR052
Released: Friday February 29th / March (Vinyl) 2008
Buy here: https://www.beatport.com/track/on-fire-feat-mc-da-silva-rank-1s-no-this-aint-trance-like-99-remix/508191
Buy here: https://www.beatport.com/track/on-fire-feat-mc-da-silva-rank-1s-no-this-aint-trance-like-99-remix/508191
01. | 136 BPM | C_Min | 07:37 | Rank 1's No This Ain't Trance Like '99 Remix
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Discogs & additional info
https://www.discogs.com/master/170312-Marcel-Woods-Feat-MC-Da-Silva-On-Fire
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Interesting thing to note about And Then... was the fact it was the second Rank 1 release/collab to feature a specific Rank 1 interpretation of the original. Rank 1's own And Then... version was much deeper, harder and rawer than the Electro-driven original: indeed, it had much of a Techno flavour to it. They must have been in a Techno-minded mood in this period as their brand new remix for Marcel Woods - On Fire turned out to be a heavy, industrial-inspired Techno mix. I have always asociated this remix (as well as a few other productions) with my 18th birthday, as my brother bought it for me as a gift. Good times, those. ;) Was it completely different from any of their past remixes? Yes. Did I love it? Hell yes! In fact, in the past 8 years it has not lost any of its appeal to me:
Rank 1's No This Ain't Trance Like '99 Remix
It starts with pretty heavy percussion toms hitting left and right. Some low range bass sounds give of this feeling as if something below the surface is bubbling, cooking, about to burst loose: at 00:57, guided by MC Da Silva's MCing, the beat goes full power. There is some vague sort of thumping in the background and an industrial swoop that echoes away. Da Silva echoes over the track, saying what he will do next, add a little hihat. And indeed, hihats are added to the mix and an incredibly dark groove is created, much darker than you'd expect from Rank 1 (though that Lyteo Remix was pretty dark too). "Can you feel me? I said, can you feel me? Here we go..." Barely having spoken out those words, Rank 1 release some fiendish Techno synths in the background. They follow a monotone pattern truly befitting of this industrial beast. The track now heads into its "breakdown" phase without stopping the beat: it merely tunes down the majority of sounds so the track-opening percussion toms and Da Silva are the most prominent elements left. The toms grow louder and fiercer as Da Silva starts MCing about bringing "the noise" as the track heads into its climax and the percussion toms are heavily distorted before the beat drops and they return to full effect, with Da Silva being stuttered and utilized like a constant synth. At 04:36 the industrial Techno synths return as the toms have their own mini climax. The synths keep hammering until 05:44ish where they slowly fade back into the background alongside Da Silva's vocals. Now only the heavy beat and percussion remain. The track loses more and more elements and then at 07:32 it stops, the toms releasing a final fading echo. That was DARK! An absolutely devious remix that basically has nothing to do with Trance. Instead we get full-on Industrial Techno from Rank 1,how cool is that?! :D
vs. the Original
Even though he had a bit of a hit-and-miss ratio for me, I considered myself a Marcel Woods fan for most of the late '00s. Because when one of his tracks WOULD hit, they would hit HARD (Advanced, Beautiful Mind, Lemon Tree, Cherry Blossom, A Decade etc). Sadly, the original On Fire falls in the "miss" category: the build-up had some of his typically enjoyable percussion followed by MC Da Silva's MCing which inaugurates the bassline and the further elements in the track. I think I understand the MCing-track progression dynamic but my problem with the original is that the production just feels a bit bland. Woods had the ability to make some of the coolest Tech riffs, build-ups and fx out of everyone on the ID&T roster and later High Contrast Recordings crew. But instead he opted for that annoying 2007-2008 Electro-ish style with nagging synths. Honestly, one of his weakest pre-Era Trouse originals :/ It makes me love Rank 1's Remix all the more because the only things they kept intact were MC Da Silva's MC-ing and one of the percussion elements you hear in the final bit of the original. Since they backed said MCing with an industrial Techno production, the remix feels like a tribute to the Detroit / Chicago styles of Dance Music where it was not uncommon to hear MCs or rappers on top of productions. Imo this hardly even classifies as a remix, it's basically a Rank 1 original with borrowed vocals from MC Da Silva!
Final verdict
Regardless, this is a case where the Rank 1 Remix completely eclipses and blows the original out of the water. And whether you compare Rank 1's version to the original or just rate it on its own grounds, I feel it's one of their coolest remixes to date. I am a huge sucker for their Techy work, and this is one of the darkest productions they made in that style. I sincerely hope they will turn to Techno again in the future, I recall reading in several interviews with Rank 1 that the guys love their share of Breaks and Techno. In my humble opinion, now is as good a time as ever to put some "Tech 1" back on the Rank 1 (Discography) Menu. It's a guaranteed hot dish that always goes down well imo. :)
NOTE | This review is part of a larger Retrospective feature:
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Rank 1's No This Ain't Trance Like '99 Remix
It starts with pretty heavy percussion toms hitting left and right. Some low range bass sounds give of this feeling as if something below the surface is bubbling, cooking, about to burst loose: at 00:57, guided by MC Da Silva's MCing, the beat goes full power. There is some vague sort of thumping in the background and an industrial swoop that echoes away. Da Silva echoes over the track, saying what he will do next, add a little hihat. And indeed, hihats are added to the mix and an incredibly dark groove is created, much darker than you'd expect from Rank 1 (though that Lyteo Remix was pretty dark too). "Can you feel me? I said, can you feel me? Here we go..." Barely having spoken out those words, Rank 1 release some fiendish Techno synths in the background. They follow a monotone pattern truly befitting of this industrial beast. The track now heads into its "breakdown" phase without stopping the beat: it merely tunes down the majority of sounds so the track-opening percussion toms and Da Silva are the most prominent elements left. The toms grow louder and fiercer as Da Silva starts MCing about bringing "the noise" as the track heads into its climax and the percussion toms are heavily distorted before the beat drops and they return to full effect, with Da Silva being stuttered and utilized like a constant synth. At 04:36 the industrial Techno synths return as the toms have their own mini climax. The synths keep hammering until 05:44ish where they slowly fade back into the background alongside Da Silva's vocals. Now only the heavy beat and percussion remain. The track loses more and more elements and then at 07:32 it stops, the toms releasing a final fading echo. That was DARK! An absolutely devious remix that basically has nothing to do with Trance. Instead we get full-on Industrial Techno from Rank 1,how cool is that?! :D
vs. the Original
Even though he had a bit of a hit-and-miss ratio for me, I considered myself a Marcel Woods fan for most of the late '00s. Because when one of his tracks WOULD hit, they would hit HARD (Advanced, Beautiful Mind, Lemon Tree, Cherry Blossom, A Decade etc). Sadly, the original On Fire falls in the "miss" category: the build-up had some of his typically enjoyable percussion followed by MC Da Silva's MCing which inaugurates the bassline and the further elements in the track. I think I understand the MCing-track progression dynamic but my problem with the original is that the production just feels a bit bland. Woods had the ability to make some of the coolest Tech riffs, build-ups and fx out of everyone on the ID&T roster and later High Contrast Recordings crew. But instead he opted for that annoying 2007-2008 Electro-ish style with nagging synths. Honestly, one of his weakest pre-Era Trouse originals :/ It makes me love Rank 1's Remix all the more because the only things they kept intact were MC Da Silva's MC-ing and one of the percussion elements you hear in the final bit of the original. Since they backed said MCing with an industrial Techno production, the remix feels like a tribute to the Detroit / Chicago styles of Dance Music where it was not uncommon to hear MCs or rappers on top of productions. Imo this hardly even classifies as a remix, it's basically a Rank 1 original with borrowed vocals from MC Da Silva!
Final verdict
Regardless, this is a case where the Rank 1 Remix completely eclipses and blows the original out of the water. And whether you compare Rank 1's version to the original or just rate it on its own grounds, I feel it's one of their coolest remixes to date. I am a huge sucker for their Techy work, and this is one of the darkest productions they made in that style. I sincerely hope they will turn to Techno again in the future, I recall reading in several interviews with Rank 1 that the guys love their share of Breaks and Techno. In my humble opinion, now is as good a time as ever to put some "Tech 1" back on the Rank 1 (Discography) Menu. It's a guaranteed hot dish that always goes down well imo. :)
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