This is a set I played at our new party, the Past Futures Festival. Past Futures policy is no line-ups, no hype, no advertising, just a weekend of back to back good people, amazing music, in the most beautiful of settings. If you read this, love dance music, and are interested in coming along, we go again next year. Follow on Insta for details.
The music theme for the festival is future-looking dance music, from the past, the present...and the future! With that concept in mind this is a set of house and garage related music that take classic tracks and updates them... remixes, refixes and rerubs. This works as a companion mix to my recent 1990s Jungle & DnB Classics: Remixed, Refixed and Rerubbed mix. I've put some brief liner notes in the tracklist for this. Big dedication to the Past Futures family.
House & Garage Classics Remixed Refixed Rerubbed! The Past Futures Mix
Mikus's Feel The Power of the Voodoo Love Ray Bootleg
~An edit I made of Deee-Lite's Power of Love in combination with a Grant Nelson bootleg of Voodoo Ray, made especially for Past Futures.
Sterling Void feat. Paris Brightledge - It's Alright (Adesse Versions remix)
~Adesse brings this 1987 Chicago house anthem up to date with real class. The lyrics kind of sum up the Past Futures philosophy...The year 3000 may soon come to pass, But the music shall last....I can hear it on a timeless wavelength.. Never dissipating, but giving us strength...
Steve Bug & Cle - House Music Transcends (Mikus Edit)
~A new tune, not a rework this one, but so faithful to that 80s Chicago house sound is it that I think it fits the bill for the mix - a slightly more DJ friendly edited version played here as opposed to the original mix released on Nu Groove.
Kerry Chandler - Bar a Thym (Themba Remix)
~Bar a Thym is a certified classic and personal all time favourite, originally released in 2005, here remixed by South African house Dj and producer Themba to give it some 2020s afro feeling.
-Jungle Brothers I'll House You Acappella
~Classic 1988 hip house vocal acapella in the mix.
~E-Dancer - World of Deep (Heavenly Revisited Mix)
Originally released in 1994, Kevin Saunderson revisits one my favourite tunes of his. Incidentally check out my World Of Deep 90s techno mix here if you like this kinda tune.
Todd Terry & Marshall Jefferson - Party People (Dolby DZ1998Mix)
~1988's Royal House - Can You Party is an absolute cornerstone of house music, originally produced by Todd Terry, and here reworked by Todd with help from Chicago house legend, Marshall Jefferson. Heavy update.
Speedy J - Rise (Mikus's Mo Drums Edit)
~An underground anthem from 1991, Speedy J hails from the Netherlands and this uplifting tune smashed US, UK and European dancefloors alike. This version is just remastered and lightly re-edited by myself, but is otherwise faithful to the original.
Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body (Doorly Club Rub)
~This original Chicago smash from 1986 was one of the tunes that broke house music to the world, somewhat improbably getting to number 1 in both the UK and Irish charts and getting high in the charts in the Netherlands and Germany too. Doorly does a great job of reworking this classic.
Terry Hunter - Madness (Emmaculate Mad On Acid Remix)
~Original slice of 1990 acid house reworked in 2020 by Terry's fellow Chicago partner in crime Emmaculate. Terry Hunter and Emmaculate continue to work together to this day.
808 Sate - Pacific (Will Bailey Remix)
~The original was primarily produced by A Guy Called Gerald as part of 808 State, and was another of those tunes that became an anthem in 1990, infiltrating commercial radio and underground raves alike. A few people have had a go at revisiting this, but Will Bailey's 2010 tech mix is my favourite to date.
Inner City - Good Life (Inner City Edit of Carl Craig Remix)
~1988 Detroit crossover anthem that smashed Europe, here remixed and re-edited as part of Kevin Saunderson's KMS Records 30th anniversary compilation.
Nu Yorican Soul - The Nervous Track (Harry Romero Remix)
~Masters at Work bossed the 1990s New York house sound, and The Nervous Track - so called as released on Nervous Records - was one of a string of all-time classics, here reworked by heavyweight and fellow New Yorican Harry Romero, for a series of Nervous Records reworks called Nervous Rewinds.
Jack Back feat CeCe Rogers - Freedom (Harry Romero Remix)
~Jack and Harry take the vocal from the 1990 released CeCe Rogers tune All Join Hands, and rework it into this monster tune which despite me rinsing it I just can't get tired of. Always drops so hard. Harry Romero makes some of the weightiest house tunes.
Cajmere - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Unreleased UK Refix)
The original from 1992 is a tune that seems to never fade and still gets played a lot to this day, and this unofficial and unreleased bootleg from a top UKG producer who shall remain nameless just adds a bit more oomph to the original.
Hardrive - Deep Inside (Shadow Child Remix - Mikus Deeper Edit)
~Louie Vega's 1993 anthem was expertly reworked and fattened up by Shadow Child in 2015, and I've re-edited his mix a bit for this version. Shadow Child does a really good line in revisiting classics, worth investigating if you weren't aware of his catalogue.
Blapps Posse - Get Busy (Smokey Bubblin B Rework)
Smokey B takes the beats and samples from the seminal Hackney 1991 breakbeat rave track Buss It by Blapps Posse and reworks it into this heavy-on-a-soundsystem NuKG slab.
Dr Shemp - As We Enter
Not a direct rework this one, but its built on familiar elements of older tunes, sampling the sax line from Guru Josh's Infinity, some much used breaks and drum rolls from early hardcore tracks, a little speed garage bassline, all the hall marks of a past futures track...and released on the Time Is Now label, who encapsulate the looking back to look forward mentality.
MPH - Overrated
Finishing on a killer upfront NuKG track, which is built around the classic chords of Pepe Bradock's 1999 deep house classic Deep Burnt - though it should be said Pepe originally sampled jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's 1979 version of Little Sunflower for those chords, so thats three generations of music coming together on this one!
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