Classic Cuts: Prince Language
I remember finding this 12" in some bins of old records that Sasa from In Flagranti used to stock at his old shop Timtoum on Orchard Street in NYC, sometime in the late 90s. These were the Organic Grooves days, for all you new jacks out there. Anyways, it was a hot summer's day in the city, and from the moment those big, jubilant synths came cascading in, I was hooked. The mix creates this amazing sonic space for all of these sounds to just run around in, and you get the feeling they are so happy to be bouncing around like fools. Paul Simpson is really one of the underrated geniuses of 80s dance music, and his use of dub techniques and delay madness has few peers. Records like this are what really helped define Larry Levan's dubbier sound at the Paradise Garage. It's definitely had an influence on my own production work, and I think you can hear traces of it in my remix for LCD Soundsystem and my "Fierce Dub" of Azari & III's "Into The Night."―Prince Language


















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