All Time Disco classic gets the Michael Gray Rework
Toolroom's Fool's Paradise offshoot has done a good job in offering up fresh, disco-inspired material, but it also acts as an outlet for key crew member Michael Gray's 21st century reworks of classic disco cuts. On this 12", the long-serving Essex producer puts his slant on Inner Life's boogie-era gem 'I Like It Like That', a 1982 Salsoul single fronted by a then young Jocelyn Brown and produced by Leroy Burgess and Patrick Adams associate Stan Lucas. Gray begins with a lightly housed-up - but suitably reverential - full vocal remix, ensuring plenty of space for the studio band's squiggly synths, bold pianos and dextrous bass guitar. Arguably even better is the B-side 'Dub', which alternates between heavy groove sections, extended breakdowns and effects-laden showcases of Inner Life's piano, bass and synths.
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I Like It Like That (Michael Gray remix)
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I Like It Like That (Michael Gray Dub)
Last FM Information on Inner Life
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Inner Life was a studio project of the disco era that enjoyed success with "I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)" (1979) and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1981). Both tracks featured the vocals of Jocelyn Brown and Leroy Burgess (formerly of Black Ivory). Produced and arranged by Patrick Adams and engineered by Bob Blank and Joe Arlotta, the debut album was originally produced for executive producer Greg Carmichael, whose Red Greg Records was an early and prolific disco label based in New York. They later switched to disco label Salsoul for the rest of the career, which ended after their third album in 1982. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Last FM Information on Jocelyn Brown
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Jocelyn Brown (born Jocelyn Lorette Brown, November 25, 1950, Kinston, North Carolina) — sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw — is an R&B and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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