Crustation - Flame (Mood II Swing Vocal Mix)

An absolute house classic - this is the remix of Flame by UK Trip Hop group Crustation by New York House legends Mood II Swing. John Ciafone and Lem Springsteen from Mood II Swing grew up and met in New York City in the early 90s. They were club kids with roots in early hip hop, soul and disco and soon decided to start producing together. After a fateful encounter with Louie Vega from Masters At Work, Ciafone and Springsteen committed to pursue dance music, and given the opportunity started releasing their own records that would lead them to settle in as genre defining house producers celebrated by their contemporaries back then whilst informing and influencing the styles of many eminent dance music producers of today. Flame was originally produced by Crustation, a Trip Hop group from Bristol formed by Ian Dark, Stig Manley, Mark Tayler and singer Bronagh Slevin, as part of their last album Bloom originally released in 1997 on Jive. The same year, Jive released a string of remixes including this remix from Mood II Swing. The vocal mix centres around full segments from Bronagh Slevin’s chorus and an incredibly satisfying progression of synth stabs based on the chord changes from the original which alongside Slevin’s silky vocals intimately captured the melancholy in the lyrics depicting recovery from someone’s unconditional love being taken advantage of repeatedly. However, Mood II Swing’s club treatment, subtle arrangements and sequencing bring an added sense of closure which feels somewhat cathartic and liberating, therefore resolving the song’s predicament. A true anthem for emotional dancefloors! This remix would go on to become a club classic and it is one of our favourite house tracks of all time. Danza Wax is an independent electronic music record store based in Digbeth, Birmingham (UK). We focus on digging for hard to find electronic music records to supply our growing network of DJs and customers. Follow @danza.wax on Instagram for more! [For promo. Please email [email protected] if you would like the track taken down.]