The original mix is just about okay and I’d skip it to be honest, the Marcus Schossow remix is where it’s at with a much more proggier and sophisticated angle. I love a hands in the air breakdown, but with so much trance music it doesn’t really sit comfortably with the rest of the track. This tune is ace.

Get some cheesy but brilliant house. Strings of life was one of the biggest tunes of my youth, and here’s a wicked, though short, remix.

Steve Bear Sas – Strings Of Life (Jaimy Remix) [Mile End] by DJJaimy

Intensified December is particularly awesome. I love the way Jody blends deep, progressive, tech house, and even a bit of techno so well.

INTENSIFIED December 2010 by jodywisternoff

1 Jody Wisternoff Shivver
2 Vector Lovers Melodies and Memory (Marquez III mix)
3 J.Philip & Julio Bashmore Aquarium
4 Way Out West A Sheltered Place white
5 Douze Doxology
6 David Lynch I Know (Sasha remix)
7 Dino Lenny & Jenny Bae Montecassino’s deep Symphony
8 zdenko grbavac aevum (chymera remix) ftw recordingz
9 Silver Columns Brow Beaten (Kings Of Town) Moshi Moshi Records
10 Anthony Rother Man Up The Hill (Gui Boratto remix) Clash Music

I have to admit to not really having noticed much from Nuno Dos Santos before, but on the strength of this track alone I’ll keep an ear to the ground.

TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos – The Deep End (Album version) by Nuno Dos Santos

Disappear Here – Trance remixes

Maor Levi – this is the best trance remix and probably my favourite all together tance treatment.

Andy Moor has done two mixes, the ecomix and a dub, and while good, neither bkows my socks off. The Dub has no vocal, and the ecomix cheeses it up a bit too much, but only a little bit. Although I’d love to see what it would do to a dancefloor; good things I think.

Disappear Here – Progressive mixes

Hybrid Soundsystem. Most Hybrid stuff, Disappear Here included is made for progressive house and breaks lovers, so it’s no surpruse this is where the tune works best. It’s full of classic hybrid twists and details. A slight air of menace in the riff, great production and an awesome breakdown.

Antix Mix. Weaker of the prog remixes for me, but still very listenable. I’m just not sure about the vocal snippets.

Disappear Here – Breaks

Losers remix. Losers remix really doesn’t cut it for me; far too down tempo and a bit slow for the first two mins before it gets going properly. When it does get going it’s messy and a bit rough around the edges.

Orchestral Armchair Version. This very downtempo version appeared on a few of the early album lauches and really demonstrates what Hybrid do best; epic orchestrals, with great crossover appeal.

A well built intro phrase gives way to one, very simple, building break down. No frippery with a little intro break down in the first quarter of the track; no just a stonking break in the middle, like in the olden days.

Sander Van Doorn has been using his bootleg remix of the XX’s track to introduce his live performances for a while (I seem to rembmer hearing it nearly a year ago).  The track is now fully produced and has just been released on his Doorn label.  This track has been a huge anthem this summer getting played by a broad church of DJs.

I like Sander Van Doorn’s stuff, it somehow feels more intelligent than a lot of house and trance which just gets banged out.  His attention to detail is fantastic.

Sander Van Doorn – Intro (XX Booty Mix) by Free House Music

Here’s the original guitar track

Senegal follows a standard prog/trance structure which is no bad thing. A well produced riff gives way to a gentle building break which is just the right length and intensity for the pace of the track.  I do think that the break could’ve been a bit more epic, but I’d still buy this tune and really like it as a mid set prog tune, or a builer in a trance set.

Arrow & Bow (Marek Hemmann Remix) by marekhemmann

Wicked vocal progressive warmer of a record. Listened to it about three times this morning and it’s made me smile every time. Sure it rocked every dancefloor it was played over the summer.  Love the Mark Hemmann treatment.

I’ve even thrown in the artwork