Kinda happy to roll with another little flashback from back in my day. This was initially one of those many many many lost club jams that smash you to pieces on the night, though are then seemingly lost for eternity in a sea of daily new releases, and no way of ever ID'ing the big records that are working your local dancefloor.

Just a slightly different slant on the OG 1982 version, though a nice little mix up it is too with additional strange sampled bits laid over here and there, and all in all it makes for a bit of change. And after all, a change is as good as a holiday, or so I believe the saying goes! Talking bollocks now I think.

Super dreamy lush techno in effect today. UK DJ Lee Burridge put together an amazing mix for the Resident Advisor website this time last year, and from that mix this was easily my standout track. The problem was no tracklisting was ever put together for it. Bummer. So yeah fast forward to today and it's while playing said mix again that I'm reminded to go in search of "that," track.

Ey yo! Always one to enjoy showcasing new sounds and musical influences from people and places that I greet along this path called life, and I return from a triumphant New York trip armed with a bit of just that today in the form of this super nice little mix of the Chordettes 1954 classic : Mr Sandman. Thanks Christina!

Bit of random buy for me this was. Literally a case of browsing through the Top Ten sales chart on the Drum & Bass Arena website, going straight in for the number one spot, and hitting the play button. Job done. Ordered! Typically I like to feature the more jump-up style of D&B, though this is liquid-funk little number does the job ooooooooohhh so well. Mixing the more laid back sound with some equally laid back vocals provided by LTJ Bukem's fav vocalist : MC Conrad.

Another often mentioned Annie Mac Radio 1 show heads up for me today. Ms Mac dropped this as a worldwide exclusive about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and it's looking set to be proven as another very high profile remix for the 20yr old electro-pop songstress, what with having followed in the footsteps of what is quite possibly going to be THE remix of the year - namely one Skream's Let Get Ravey remix of the immense "In For The Kill," as posted on these pages earlier this year. Wishing La Roux all the best. So far so good for her it seems, as she's seemingly all over the intenet, the telly and magazines, and all this way before her album even hits the shelves! Fans can expect the full self titled La Roux album to be out on the 29th of June! Pre-orders via the Amazon link below. Check it! And as is usual I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that both subject artists have a number of live performance dates for British audiences to get stuck into. For a full breakdown of these dates and locations, it's best you get onto their Myspace pages via the links ...

Repping young urban UK with this. A friend showed me the video a couple weeks back, and I because of it I think I got to liking the tune more than I might have had I not watched the clip.  Always appreciate the DIY ethic, and 1.7million views on Youtube since it's drop late last year must mean something. Reminds me of the DJ Mujava video a little, not sure about you.

Been wanting to throw this up for a while now, though each time I come to post I'm reminded why I hadn't done it previously. Basically there's just nothing to link. No news, no vids, no nothing... nada! And I myself dont have any related stories, so it's going to be a quiet one from me. Credited heads up to the magnicent Optimo crew on this one. Just one of many many many killer pieces of music that they've turned me on to.

I thought of sitting out a post for today, though that was until I checked out my stats for Sunday so far. It turns out that I'm sitting on the best performing day's readership figures since T.S.I.D went live in September!! Currently 285 peeps from various places and cities across the globe have stopped in to see what's going on. Welcome one and all.

Towing a slightly different line with the Dance uploads. Instead of my Dance Mix Up collections here and there, I'm going to look to stick with only single track uploads of what I feel to be my idea of a premium dance tune. See how we go! (Have I said all this before?!) And so over to 2002 we go, for what I feel is a stunning remix from US super DJ/Producer extraodiniare : Felix Da Housecat.

A little round up of some of the music that passed through my headphones a short while ago. With some actually still playing as I type this right now. Of the lot posted today, the first track is the newest, with the others coming in from various stages of the past few years. As always, not the freshest stuff, but hey... Hope you like it.

Well how about this then! Caught this stunning remix only around about a month or so ago when over at a friends house. He casually loaded it onto the player, and I, not quite so casually, freaked out!! And yeah, only 11 or so years late, though definitely a case of better late than never, that's for sure.

Not a good track for driving through your busy town or city center, believe me. The car hooter / horn noises scattered through the tune sound very real, and had me and a mate turning our heads for a while when this came on one night. Anyway, you're not going to find too much adventure while driving the TSID disco highway unfortunately.

Decided that as I was playing this for myself anyway, I may as well share a few choice cuts with you too! Music from various stages of the past 2 or so years. Killing it on the dance floor!

Something kinda newish here. Heard quite a bit about Late of The Pier a earlier on in the year as they tried to go about their business making their way into our consciouness with the release of their new album, as well as all else that goes along with it. Production duties on the album being covered by TSID fav Erol Alkan, left me with  high hopes that he'd be able to help the band on their way while all the while translating some of his all encompassing musical knowledge and supreme coolness into their sound as well.

Merry Xmas all! Not sure what you're up too today, but soundtrack it with this tune and you're set for anything. Honestly up there in my top 3 records for life this is. It's quite unlike any remix I've ever heard before, and is basically just the greatest thing ever! If you dont already know it then grab it now!! Peeps around the world have stood united in unanimous high praise of this single record since it's release, a staggering 21yrs ago, back in 1987! I found a great little video on Youtube, that actually breaks down all the original samples used in the making of the track. See below if you're interested. When all is ready, I throw this switch! MP3 : Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix) (Mediafire) / (Zshare) Buy Album - Amazon (£10.29) Myspace - Coldcut Website - Eric B & Rakim

Super dope remix from 2005 here. The track comes from a remix EP, that followed the original album (Geuro) release, and should actually be listed as "Ghettochip Malfunction," instead of the original track name "Hell Yes." I wasn't sure how I should upload it here today, though decided to go with the way I had it saved on my computer. The robots (QRIO's) pictured above were actually used in the original Hell Yes video.

Soulwax come correct on this remix, as they do with ALL their remixes, however this one also has arguably one of my favourite guitar riffs of all time! OMG did they do a great job with this. I liked the original anyway, however this just took it to a place that Ladytron could only ever dream of. Copped off of the Collette mix album that the Soulwax lads did a few years back.

Kicking off with a belter from last year. Not stopped loving this since the day I heard it. This tune really is murder on the dancefloor! Rocking guitar in the backround, before the switch to an awesome electronic sound that forms the basis of the track, and banging bass beats bringing up the rear... That electronic sound (lame description, but not sure what to call it..) picks it up even more towards 04:30mins, and locked in for the home straight!

Well well well... only my best performing site visit day ever! Crikey, last I looked and I was showing a record high 99 visitors for today. Chuffed! Admittedly about a week ago I was a little down on the fact that peeps weren't leaving any comments, and readership levels were low, and this was actually the true cause for the dip in recent regular positings.

Listening to the ridiculously good Zero Machine earlier, got me to thinking that it might be worth packing up tonights post with a few other random rock tracks that had been remixed, or reworked in a similar fashion. Above all I do have to say that the Zero Machine tune is my best of the bunch... though all are pretty impressive. Mostly coming from the more intense maximal side of dance music, so house types might best start on the Speaker Junk tune, which keep's it funky...

Got what I'd think to be a real peak time dance record here. Dating back to 2002, this version is the Vitalic remix. He of the slamming "La Rock," record from around about the same time. La Rock would definitely fall under my "fav dance tracks of all time list," if I ever did get around to making one. If you know Vitalic then I recommend you give this a listen. Likewise, if you enjoy this tune, then I recommend you follow up on Vitalic. La Rock will find itself into a T.S.I.D post in future. Believe!

Was this Ratatat's attempt to show the big dogz that they had the skillz to pay da billz in the altogether more lucrative world of Hip-Hop?? Not sure, and if so did it work? Again, not too sure. What they did do is a cracking job at putting a fresh spin on a whole albums worth of Hip-Hop tunes. A real triumph! Attached here is my fav from the bunch, and you can expect more from the album as this blog progresses. Download and enjoy!