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I’d been out of the prog scene for a little while so had hardly heard of this  Ned Shepard character until I heard him on the Progressivehouse.com progcast last year and since then he’s become a bit of a hero of mine.  We’ve all done it, heard a mix and tried to buy every tune on the mix in a vain hope of being able re-create something half as good.  It turns out he and is partner in crime Sultan operated under the name Jiva, so I had heard of them before but not known it.

In fact one of my favourite tunes of the summer of 2006 was Timelapse, which featured a beautifully turned out vocal from Rula.  It’s a perfect summer house tune, blissed-out,  completely accessible to even non-dance people and would a be a perfect summer boat party or Ibiza anthem.  The intro and outro are effing long and it’s a VERY mixable tune.  As I sit here on a sunny Friday afternoon thinking of BBQ’s  banging away in my headphones and I want to go and party.

The version I wanted to link to can’t be found so here’s a half decent remix that’s got all the elements, especially the cracking vocal.

Let’s Get Physical on the other hand. samples the ulitmate 80′s workout track, featuring Olivia Newton John.  This electro house remix is excellent and really works well in a trance/progressive set, and although I’ve not heard it played out, it’s gotta rock a dancefloor or festival.