25 Years Since....November 1999

Wow 25 years since the last year of the 20th century, these were the tunes I was enjoying then:

Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining

Bob Marley seems an unlikely name to have a big dance record in the summer of 1999 given he died 18 years prior and never lived to witness house music being a thing. Obviously this wasn't how the record sounded when he recorded it, Danish producer Funkstar De Luxe made it the record it became. 

The Honeyz - Never Let You Down

It had been just over a year since we had the Top 40 debut from the Honeyz. In that time we'd seen Heavenli leave the group and get replaced by Mariama. This was the first single to feature Mariama but a year later she would have left the group herself and Heavenli would return. This was all about the breakdown, when my and one of my housemates would have a conversation whilst listening to this we would be silent for the breakdown. Turns out lead singer Celena isn't a fan of this record, but I am.

Five - Keep On Movin'

Normally I would listen to tapes in my car at the time instead of the radio, but one Saturday morning for some reason I opted to listen to the radio instead. This appeared on the radio that day, it wasn't the first time I'd heard it but listening to it at that moment I realised this is actually a pretty good tune. You could probably say guilty pleasure, but seems like many agree.

Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun

After reviving "Not Over Yet" by Grace earlier on in the year this was the follow up record for Planet Perfecto. It was all basically Paul Oakenfold using different names. Whilst a lot of the dance records I'm featuring at this latter stage of the year are tunes I remember from the summer that charted later, this is a record that I remember being after the summer was over.

Mauro Picotto - Lizard

Many of the Italian dance hits of the 90s had some involvement of Gianfranco Bortolotti. This record is no exception but this time the artist is Mauro Picotto who had previously been a writer on other hits Gianfranco Bortolotti had been involved in. This however was the first that felt like an authentic trance record.