Delicate subject; Prince and house/techno music. It seems
most people think his attempts at it are pretty much shit
and I tend to agree.

However, taken off the albums they come from and put all
together on the same album, it is actually not half as
bad as it seems. I guess most of those songs just sound
out of place on his other albums.

I made this cdr last night just to see how goofy it might
sound. But I quite like it.

Makes me wonder what that proposed 1995/1996 techno album
might have sounded like.

01. Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic
02. New World
03. The Human Body
04. Hot Wit U [ahdio remix]
05. Strange But True
06. Come [electronic mix]
07. Beautiful
08. Ethereal Mix**
09. Come On [hyper mix]
10. High
11. Get Loose
12. Hypno Paradise
13. Get Wild [house mix]
14. Sex Me Baby Sex Me Not

** = from the Cream maxi single. still sounds like the
best attempt he ever did at "house/trance/techno" music
or whatever the heck you'd like to call it.


Anything else I forgot to include???

IstenSzek said:

i made a similar cd last year...

1. the future (superman remix) (i think this is someone's unofficial remix, but i like it)
2. my name is prince (hardcore 12'' mix)
3. beautiful
4. greatest romance ever sold (jason nevins npgmc remix)
5. human body
6. gett off (housestyle)
7. judas smile
8. rave in2 the joy fantastic
9. eye wanna melt with u
10. electric chair (remix)
11. hypno paradise
12. tell me how u wanna b done
13. new world
14. loose!


i've never heard Come [electronic mix], Ethereal Mix, Come On [hyper mix], or Get Wild [house mix]...

still at least half of our tracks match...

EllisDee said:

Ah yes, I'd completely forgotten about that one, that's
a nice one to include on the album too.

I'll see where I can fit it in on a WinAmp playlist.

IstenSzek said:

yeah, i know that it's the same exact rap, but for some reason, tony m. sounds a lot better in this version... i think it's the way his rapping meshes with the musical background...

i've always thought that prince did a good job at house/trance/tecnhoy stuff... it's music that's made for the dancefloor, and prince does specialize in that... ...

EllisDee said:

Well, I know, but it's just a bit strange that he's such
an enormous genius and so good at all other styles and
yet somehow he always makes a bit of a silly sausage of
himself when he does house/techno.

Having said that, I don't think it's like he can't do it
I think it's more like he WON'T do it. It seems like he
only wants to make this kind of music using his regular
soundfx and instruments.

Which in itself it a great idea, but I just don't think
it works when he does it.

I mean, "idioteque", "kinetic", "pulk/pull revolving doors"
and "fasttrack" to name a few, were all made with purely
analogue equipment and all their regular instruments and
yet Radiohead manage to make them sound as if they're what
the future of dance/house/techno will sound like 50 years
from now.

Perhaps Prince just doesn't go dark and depressing enough.
He always keeps it a bit light and joyful.

IstenSzek said:

:LOL:...

i honestly think that prince should have forgone the and just changed his name to silly sausage...

hmmm, so this mix actually sounds good? maybe i'll have to try it...cos most of the songs you've included I liked at one point, but they make me cringe now...

In my dream-world, Prince would create a dance cd WITH Basement Jaxx...I think they do "Prince House/Techno/Trance" much better than Prince ever has...

IstenSzek said:

I agree.



I think that's because he's a musician in the traditional sense of the word. It's just not a natural thing for him to do i think, that's all.



It wouldn't work, he would pick up his guitar after a short while But listen to some 8ties Prince dance records and u hear the electro and disco influences, it's not that he hasn't done it! Records like Sexy Dancer/Erotic City were big hits in the mid-8ties house clubs in Chicago, really.



Prince has used some dark sounds but it's not his trademark sound, he's from Minneapolis, not suburban Chicago NY or Detroit

endorphin74 said:

Basement Jaxx's album sleeve of Rooty has the same style as the 1999 sleeve doesn't it?

That's not a coincidence u know, they are influenced by it, also the music, they love Prince!

'Ethereal' is cool.

It still sounds great now ...

familygroove said:

I know! it's sooo evident in so many of their songs...breakaway 'specially

Mr7 said:

Yes it does, doesn't it. It's a good mix.

Prince...The Dance Remixperience :

My Name Is Prince (hardcore 12")
Gett Off (Housetyle)
Do Your Dance
When Doves Cry (fatboy slim live remix)
Loose!
I Wanna Melt With You
The Human Body
Sleep Around
Beautiful
Ryde Dyvine
Hypno Paradise
Get Wild In The House
Thieves In The House
51 Hours

there's mine i made a dew weeks ago.
my friend Filip who doesnt like prince AT ALL but loves dance music,he responded greatly 2 it.
especially 51 Hours & My Name Is Prince remix.