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<\/a><\/p>\nThe quality of all his releases and his dedication to where it all began -DISCO- is as Lincoln put it, self-evident.\u00a0 But if you\u2019re reading this you already have a good idea about Mr Dave Lee and his giant balls! \u00a0Well, he must have? \u00a0To give himself arguably one of the most\u00a0controversial\u00a0words of the last three hundred years as his last name. \u00a0Negro, yes if you say it the right way, it’s fine. \u00a0‘Neg-ro neg-ro neg-ro’. \u00a0See! \u00a0Apart from thinking. \u2018Holy shit, that guy\u2019s last name is Negro\u2019 it has another connotation. \u00a0Could it be that those first clubbers back in the late sixties and early seventies just so happened to tick the box for every minority voice without one. \u00a0And could it be that Joey Negro is\u00a0highlighting\u00a0the fact that clubbing and \u2018its\u2019 deep dark roots stem from groups of gays, blacks, and all the other so-called society outsiders who\u00a0ritualistically\u00a0gathered week after week to feel secure, at home, safe and normal.<\/p>\n
And could it be that by choosing such a word he is highlighting and forcing the population of Earth to look hatred, discrimination and bigotry square in the face, \u00a0usurping the shackles of domination, those same shackles that bound countless slaves and who were forced to hear ‘that word’ over and over, century after century as a foul derogatory\u00a0term . Hailing empty but prevalent\u00a0boundaries\u00a0between races who should neither have nor feel any ill will toward one another. And finally, is he asking us wholeheartedly and simplistically to\u00a0confront and be little\u00a0one of the twenty first centurie\u2019s greatest taboos?<\/p>\n
Or maybe he just thought it was funny.<\/p>\n
Either way it was his first of many\u00a0genius\u00a0strokes on a dance music production canvas that began in 1993 and doesn’t look set to slow down. \u00a0Under the guys Akabu this time, Dave has very cleverly selected the vocal skills of Alex Mills. \u00a0I can’t wait to mix this track and hear Miss Mill’s crystal clear vocals sing the word ‘everybody’ as it is chopped and repeated in sections to form one of those crowd pleasing monster intro\u2019s. \u00a0Laid over an almost haunting simple chord synth pattern replete with subtle guitar chord flecks that appear intamitantly. \u00a0A good comparison would be \u2018Hardsouls\u2019 \u2018Back Together\u2019 and their epic organ style intro that floods over the beginning of the tracks like a pair of heavy set curtains being drawn across items strewn on the floor. Back Together was released on Soulfuric in 2003. 2003! Ten years ago and that has hung around for ever.\u00a0 I suspect Dave had this at the back of his mind when creating Everybody Wants Something, especially as many attributes that made that song great are present here.<\/p>\n Alex Mills has a Youtube page that is short on subscribers but populated with cuts from a November 2012 release of \u2018No\u00a0Artificial\u00a0Colours\u2019. \u00a0 Her voice is presented on a plate of plucky guitars and live drums with aplomb. \u00a0I particularly like ‘54321’ with its vast array of\u00a0percussion\u00a0and a\u00a0bass line\u00a0that brings to mind any 80’s classic movie soundtrack. \u00a0This appears to be her first dive into the murky world of house production and the line ‘forget the truth just learn the rules’ is both infectious and holds true for a women in her position, as she is about to be consumed by offers of collaboration.<\/p>\n So where does this track fall down? Nowhere really, if you ignore the lyrics that sound as if they have been copied from a Magic 8 Ball. (Don’t speculate on give and take.) \u00a0But I really am nit-picking. \u00a0This is dance music, the industry that popularised the line, “I’m as serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer”. Silly and entertaining lyrics aside,\u00a0we have come to expect a standard set by this champion of disco house, no matter the mantle on which Dave has chosen to position himself, he still manages to\u00a0conceptualise the current decade\u2019s interpretation of a genre of music that was first\u00a0conceived\u00a0almost 60 years ago. \u00a0This industry goes through more reinventions than I care to care about. Who remembers ‘UK Funky’ or just recently, \u2018Trap Music\u2019?\u00a0 It comes as no surprise to me then that as I write this \u2018Everybody Wants Something\u2019 is sitting pretty at No 1 in both singles and tracks chart on Traxxsource. \u00a0And I haven’t even mentioned the big electro-tinged bass line that floods your ears at around 45 secs in; bound to engulf many a dance floor just as it has engulfed the minds of the true house music enthusiasts, all of whom have been Discotized, it seems, by Dave Lee.<\/p>\n Available here:\u00a0Z Records Store<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAkabu feat Alex Mills “Everybody Wants Something” Joey Negro Strip Mix<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n