Shakedown - At night (Kid Crème remix) (2002)

Do you ever get that weird feeling when suddenly, out of the blue, some random long forgotten tune just pops in to your head starting an avalanche of memories? Well, the exact same thing happened to me a couple of days ago. I was doing some irrelevant, mundane household chores when this great, great house classic invaded my head spawning a massive grin of joy on my face.

I know most of you probably heard this song (though not necessarily in this fantastic remix), and the aim of this blog is to showcase rather non-mainstream stuff, but nevertheless - it's definitely worth to check this tune out one more time and take that trip down the memory lane.

The original (made by the Swiss duo: Shakedown, comprising of two brothers: Stéphane & Sébastien Kohler) first appeared in 2001 on Naïve, an independent French label and already a year later was re-released on Defected - an iconic british label started by Simon Dunmore in 1999, which has now become the epitome of quality, mainstream house music. (BTW, one of Dunmores' first releases on Defected was Bob Sinclars 'I feel for you' - an amazing track which captures that fantastic 'french touch' house sound of the 90s, when bob used to make good music).

Anyways, 'At night', in its 2002 Defected release, got two remixes - one by Mousse T and and one by the belgian Kid Crème. The former ('Feel much better mix') is a bit deeper, electroey with a wobbly, heavily synthesised string running the melody. Cremes 'Funksta remix', however, really hits the spot. It has everything you need from a house banger: a great, driving beat with a heavy, thumping bass kick, a 4-bar funky guitar loop, which, together with a rather simple, yet thick, bassline (both guitar and bass credited to Daniel Romeo), gives the track a fantastic groove - exactly what you need in good house music! Add to that a little bit of spoken word by MC Shurakano and a beautiful vocal from Terra Deva and you got yourself a smasher!

Don't believe me? Well then, just see for yourself:

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