Randomania: Part Two

Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way (JM's Bruce Cockburn Radio Edit)
**As cheesy as the pop music was at this time, the mixes were just as cheesy and sometimes even more so! However, every once in awhile you'd get a mix that actually went somewhere and didn't sound like the demo button on a Casio keyboard. This is one of them. I just found this mix again on an 8 year old CD and I've never found this mix since. I don't know who Bruce Cockburn is, but aside from having a name that makes me giggle, he gave us this really high energy and drama filled mix!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?bcn4bwbw34w

Britney Spears - Sometimes (JM's Thunderpuss Radio Edit)
**What I love about this is it's a perfect time capsule mix. This is both early Thunderpuss (when they were still Thunderpuss 2000 or TP2K) and early Britney. Both have come a long way since this but it's still interesting to hear such a young Britney and a very rough around the edges Thunderpuss production.**
http://www.mediafire.com/?qmsjcqbjmfn

CeCe Peniston - Movin On (Junior Vasquez Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**This is SUCH a great track! The thing that sucks about an artist like CeCe is that once she released "Finally" that seemed to be it for her. She made her mark in dance/pop music and was seen as a one hit wonder after that. She's had SO much great music and back in 1996 she had this song. This is classic Junior right here so grab it while it's hot!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?b2mxonwwxdd

Francesca Gramm - Time Waits For No One (Warren Rigg Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**I love when the big time remixer collaborators get to step up to the plate and show us what they're made of. 9 times out of 10 they sound just like the mixes they do with the big time remixers, which kinda always made me wonder what their parts are in the mixes? Who really knows? Well, Warren Rigg not only produced this track but co wrote it as well with Miss Gramm (who by the looks of the CD cover looks like a Mrs. Gramm) and it's a really great production! Francesca's voice does leave a little bit to be desired but she's got a husky, Marlene Dietrich-esque sound that works, but it doesn't really go anywhere. You be the judge!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?1dxmwk14ymt

Geri Halliwell - Lift Me Up (Almighty Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**Geri just never got enough credit in my eyes. While here in America her music was panned, back at home her stuff was constantly charting. Why do we as American's have such terrible taste in music?? I'll never understand it. This was my favorite song from her first solo CD "Schizophonic" and it yielded 3 mixes: This one from Almighty, a mainstream one from Metro and a funky one from K-Klass. I have the first two official edits and wasn't really a fan of the K-Klass so...**
http://www.mediafire.com/?cybta1tixze

Geri Halliwell - Lift Me Up (Metro Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**While Almighty gave a high energy mix, Metro made it very simple and straightforward. They're the masterminds behind Cher's mega-hit "Believe" so you can take the cue from there of what to expect.**
http://www.mediafire.com/?nwmte5fdz5w

Rockell - Tears (JM's Dezrok Radio Edit)
**I've always been a fan of Rockell as I've always loved freestyle music. As time went on it was natural she'd end up on the dance floor and she made it in a big way. Her hit "The Dance" was a favorite of mine for SUCH a long time and continuing with that sound, this mix comes courtesy of Dezrok. Both he and Hex Hector produced "The Dance" but this time on his own, he created originall an 11 minute anthem! One thing I love about his work is that they usually have the most gorgeous intro's that tend to get cut when making an edit for a CD single. However, I had to include it here, so I fused the intro of the Club Mix with the original Radio Edit to get this. Enjoy!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?0hbuwzx3wvz

Rockik - Memories (Widelife Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**When I first heard this song, it was the Robbie Rivera Dub which was outstanding and a staple of NY nightlife when this came out. However, since I don't usually edit dubs, I needed a vocal mix and while the original one is a funky upbeat track, Widelife turned it around and kept the energy but made the sound bigger. I love them for that!!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?sdt13leh9ji

Pop Edits and Random Edits

Hey everyone! Im glad that these postings are such a hit...But Im gonna change the format and just post different edits instead of breaking them down by remixer. It's just easier for me in the long run...and when I find edits by people I've already posted, I don't feel stupid by not including them the first time lol!

As always, Enjoy!!

Brenda K Starr - Hold Me (Richie Santana Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**If you haven't heard this before, this will surely blow you away! I apparently am on a Richie Santana kick right now and this is sooooo good!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?cnzfwf3yzvk

Rockell - What U Did 2 Me (Jonathan Peters Dirty Mix) **Official Edit**
**Another great song from JP! There is a radio edit that is shorter than this one (around 3 min and change) but this mix was also on the single and it's about 5:40 but included alot of great stuff that I loved so Im posting this one instead. The original mix is around 10 min so it's definitely edited. The synths that come in around 30 sec in are my fave!!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?3fw2bmdjfy5

Kaci - Paradise (JM's Richie Santana Radio Edit)
**BASS ALERT!!! BASS ALERT!!! Richie BRINGS IT in this one!! The beat is a very serious thomp thomp if I've ever heard one. Even though Kaci isn't the best vocalist ever it totally works here!!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?fjnzemteio2

Club 69 feat Suzanne Palmer - Muscles (Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**This one, as gay as it is, is tough to deny! Suzanne did a great cover of this Michael Jackson penned Diana Ross classic!! Even though I'm not a huge fan of this mix (the Razor N Guido mix tears it up!!) Dmvsi wanted some Club 69/Peter Rauhofer stuff, so here's one for ya!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?5s3p23h9fwc

Soft Cell vs Club 69 - Tainted Love (Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**This one needs no explanation**
http://www.mediafire.com/?0z4t9g2xvgf

E.G. Daily - Love In The Shadows (Solar City Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**This is one of those "Songs That Got Away" type songs. This was a song that was a mild hit for E.G. in the 80's and then in 2001 Solar City (who don't get enough credit as well) brought it back for a fantastic update!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?7opbdn3luyh

Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More To Life (Dr Octavo Extended Mix) **Official Edit**
**I was always so dissappointed with the mixes here. Jason Nevins and Mike Rizzo were on board on this one and I felt that they kinda fell flat. Dr Octavo, while not an AMAZING mix, did an ok job with a song I do still love to this day and there was no edit offered on the single. There is however his Extended Mix which only clocks in at 4:47 so I didn't bother editing it.**
http://www.mediafire.com/?5drty4tgtsw

Barbara Doust - I Found Someone (Radio Edit) **Official Edit**
**Yes, it's a cover of the Cher song and yes, it would've been better if it was Cher and also yes, Barbara did the best she could. It's cheesy. It's poppy. You'll love it!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ey9tw3brmk

Sometimes I don't have to do any work at all!

In 1998 Rockell (born Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo) exploded onto the dance music scene with her CD "What Are You Lookin At?" which had the great singles "In A Dream", "When I'm Gone" and "Can't We Try" (w/ Collage).

At least here in NY, she became a staple for dance/freestyle music and her songs are still in rotation on WKTU 103.5.

Then in 2000 she released her second CD, "Instant Pleasure" which was a much more house music oriented CD, having songs written and produced by Tony Moran, Giuseppe D, Tony Colluccio, Hex Hector & Dezrok.

Here, the lead single, "The Dance" (a Garth Brooks cover) produced by Hex Hector & Dezrok was an instant favorite of mine and remains one to this day. I didn't even have to edit this one as the original edit is perfect all on it's own.

Fun Fact: Rockell's backup singers on this CD were Zhana Saunders (aka Inda Matrix) who's done the vocals for all the Tony Moran "Alegria" songs as well as her work with Dynamix ("No Man Can Tame Me" & "Bodyfly"). Also doing backup is Nicki Richards, again, another one of Tony Moran's favorite vocalists who covered "Let The Sunshine In" and has the song "Freedom" just released on Tony's latest CD "The Event".

Rockell - The Dance (Hex Hector & Dezrok Radio Edit)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5026318f2295d9/

While being world-renowned for his work with The Police, Sting (born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) has had quite a prolific solo career.

Back in 1999 this song was the lead single off of his two time grammy winning album "Brand New Day" (Best Pop Album & Best Pop Vocal Performance Male) which by January of 2001 went triple platinum!

While not your conventional vocal, Victor Calderone created a vocal anthem with an arabic influence (which the original song had due to it's featured vocalist Cheb Mami) that is pure dance music heaven. Again, I needed to do no work on this as the radio edit offered on the CD single is great on it's own.

Sting feat Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Victor Calderone Radio Edit)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5026334bfa87b8/