I’ve recently put Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection on my car stereo and damn, I almost had forgotten how good it is. My absolute favourite is Like a Prayer. When I still DJ’ed regularly  back in the previous century, I would mix this in my house sets and always got a superb response. Shep Pettibone’s production is just spot on! Another one…

Fools Gold by The Stone Roses from 1989 is an absolute indie dance classic by al rights, but for me there are two remixes that are even better. The one by Tall Paul I got to know because dj St-Dic (RIP) used to play it in his deep house sets at the upstairs room at…

Hot for the moment is the new version of Luc Van Acker and Anna Domino‘s belpop/cult hit Zanna by Selah Sue, Tom Barman & The Subs for Studio Brussels’ Music For Life 2011. The original: The new version: The new version isn’t bad if you aren’t already tired of Selah Sue’s voice. I’m just glad…

OK, now for some realy good eighties dance music, since I forgot a lot of very good stuff in my previous post. All of these are tracks I would still play in a DJ set, not just when playing retro. Right now Shindu has a hit with a cover version, but the original of Happy…

Is it just me or do you have to love these songs if you grew up in the eighties? 😉 Cutting Crew –  (I Just) Died In Your Arms More eighties dance: Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round OK, we’re on a roll here, this one has to be in there: Yazoo –…

Best dub soundsytem in Belgium, from my (re)new hometown Leuven: http://www.myspace.com/kingstepsoundsystem They play in café De Giraf at Oude Markt Leuven each week, be sure to check them out there or at any of the many parties they play!  

Legendary Belgian drum & bass DJ System-D made a lovely remix on James Blake’s Limit To Your Love. It’s a bootleg thing, so for now only on Soundcloud on YouTube: James Blake – Limit To Your Love (System-D D&B remix) [CLIP] by DJ SYSTEM-D