Crazy P – Heartbreaker

You've got to hand it to Crazy P really. I remember buying A Nice Hot Bath With… from Replay Records in Bath back in 1999, but as fine an album as that was, I'm not sure if you asked me then if I'd still be talking about them 13 years later, what I'd have said. But now here we are, and clearly I am.

Specifically, we're here to talk about a set of new mixes of Heartbreaker, taken from recent album When We On. If you didn't pick up the album yet then in its original form, Heartbreaker is a typically lavish, midtempo slab of Balearic-leaning, soul-drenched nu disco, while the new mixes of it come from Huxley and Mark E. The latter goes down the 'less is more' route, transforming the track into an epic slo-mo chug aimed at spangled late night/early morning floors, while Huxley's rub sees him doing what he does best and serving up a slice of funk-driven dancefloor deep house with garage-y overtones.

Basically, this is every bit as good as you'd want it to be… and with a line-up like that your expectations are gonna be pretty high!

Out: This week

About: This comes on 2020Vision, which has been pretty much the former Paper artists' home for the past five years or so. 2020 should need no introduction from me but here's their website, Soundcloud and Facebook.

DJ Dove – Come On [Ralph Lawson's 20/20 Remix]

Not sure how much reviewing I'm gonna get done today, gotta go out later, so we'll start out with a nice easy one cos there's just the one mix!

But there's a story to go with it as well. DJ Dove's Come On originally came out on Milk N' 2 Sugars (as it was then) way back in 2000, complete with this Ralph Lawson remix. But somewhere along the way the masters went missing, with the result that the track's never been available digitally.

Until, as they used to say on Tomorrow's World, now. Because said masters recently surfaced on an unmarked DAT when one of the MN2S crew was moving house, and as a result, this sumptuous slice of languid, soulfully-tinged deep house – which has something of a paddy, west coast-y feel to it, unsurprisingly given that back in 2000 Naked, Salted and Om were as red-hot as [insert hipster label of your choosing] are today – is now available for your digital purchasing pleasure.

Which is nice.

Out: This week

About: You can find MN2S at their website or on Facebook.

Simon Baker ft Debukas - No Pressure

The world and his brother seem to be going mad for Simon Baker at the moment, so I'm gonna keep this super-brief and just say that this is indeed rather good.

The original's a rolling, funked-out affair with something of a 'contemporary boogie' kinda feel and a Prince-ish vocal. Art Department's mix is a bit trendy Hoxton skinny jean for me but will play well to such types, however the killer for TIWWD's purposes today is Mr Baker's own Upstate Dub, which ups the dancefloor ante considerably with dubby horns, solid kicks and lingering synth washes a-gogo. Niceness.

Out: This week

About: This is of course on 2020Vision, and taken from Mr Baker's debut album Traces. Find out more here.