Club 69 Back Catalogue Now Available For Purchase!

Club 69 was a production team comprised of the late Peter Rauhofer, Eric Kupper, and Georg O. Luksch. They had a number of hits with their own productions as well as the many remixes they did. Up until recently, only the Best Of Club 69 compilation comprised of the singles and select album tracks from the Adults Only and Style albums was available for digital download. It is unknown when it happened, but all of the Club 69 CD maxi singles, the 2 albums, and the ReStyled remix album released in the U.S. are available now. Some of the remixes, dubs, edits, and DJ tools found on the vinyl singles, promos, import editions have not been made available at this time. and iTunes is the only digital store selling these at the moment. Hopefully other stores like Beatport will carry these so DJs and collectors can purchase them in WAV format.

Here is what is available (the links are for iTunes and will let you hear clips of every track and purchase if you wish to):

Singles

• Diva / Fantasy
• Sugar Pie Guy / Warm Leatherette
• Let Me Be Your Underwear / Always Unique
• Much Better / Drama
• Alright
• Muscles
• Diva (New Mixes)
• Let Me be Your Underwear (New Mixes)
• Warm Leatherette (New Mixes)

Albums

• Adults Only
• Style
• ReStyled (Remix Album)
• Best Of Club 69

Darth & Vader feat Laura Brehm - Power Trip

This is a collaboration of Brazilian DJ Hugo Castellan and singer Laura Brehm. The song's lyrics about not being silenced are timely in light of some of the recent protests happening around the world over various issues. Laura's vocals call to mind those of the lead singer of Aqua as they have that same cute quality. The main versions are straightforward Electropop. The Scoon & Delore mix with its hard, jump up style production suits the song better. The Lush & Simon mix is also in a similar aggressive style as the original. The Scoon & Delore mix is the best of the bunch.

-Listen to clips and purchase the single here (iTunes)
-the original version's music video (YouTube)

Grade: A-

Blue - Break My Heart (Tracy Young Mix)

The British R&B/Pop group's comeback album was released in April. This is the 4th single. The electro/pop influenced R&B song calls to mind Rick Astley's "Together Forever" during the verses and Madonna's "Celebration" during the choruses. The vocals are really great as can be expected.

Tracy Young has done a club remix which makes the midtempo into an atmospheric floor filler. The "Celebration"-esque production is nicely played up. An edit of this version could easily make this song more radio friendly as an alternative to the original. The remix is really pretty.

Listen to Tracy's remix here:


Grade: A-

Asher Monroe - Hush Hush

Asher's latest single is a sensual midtempo R&B song with some dubstep elements. Vocally, Asher calls to mind Usher, especially with the chorus and all the falsetto and layered vocals. The production is reminiscent of Justin Bieber's hit "As Long As You Love Me." This manages to be an even stronger single than his last one "Here With You." With the right promotional push, this should be a top 40 Pop hit.

Listen here:



Grade: A

Orjan Nilsen feat Fader Lima - Violetta

The instrumental Trance with a bit of Electro track was released a couple of months back, however, singer Fader Lima has recorded some vocals for it. The result is amazing. The song has the catchiness of the recent Krewella hit "Alive", but this one is far more memorable and exotic because of Fader's Jan Johnston-esque vocal performance. This is a lovely song.

Listen here:    

Buy the original instrumental versions here (Beatport)

Grade: A

Robin Thicke - Go Stupid 4 U

Based on several online articles, this brand new song is planned as the followup single to "Blurred Lines" in the U.S. This song is also on the sexual side as have some of the other album tracks. The "get stupid, get stupid" chant straight out of Madonna's 2008 club hit "Give It 2 Me" feels totally out of place after the choruses is an unfortunate interruption.

Listen here:


Grade: B+

Agnetha Faltskog - Dance Your Pain Away (Remixes)

The remixes for the former ABBA member's new dancefloor anthem have been released. Cahill, Patrolla, 7th Heaven, and Smash Mode. Cahill's mix is their usual, but they kept it a little softer, delivering a mix that maintains the Disco vibe of the original but makes it contemporary. It has a slight 80s Hi Nrg feel too. Patrolla's mix is uplifting with strings and piano elements. 7th Heaven's mix beautifully recalls the halcyon days of the Disco era. Smash Mode's is basically a slightly harder take on the original. Every mix is well done, but 7th Heaven's is easily the best of the bunch, along with the original of course.

Streams of the mixes on YouTube:
-Original
-Cahill Mix
-7th Heaven Mix
-Smash Mode Mix

Preview on Amazon UK
-Patrolla Mix Edit

Grade: A

Justin Timberlake - Take Back The Night

This is the lead single off of the second volume of Justin's The 20/20 Experience album that will be released this Fall. The Timbaland produced song is a retro inspired track recalling the work of Michael Jackson circa the Off The Wall era. The song instantly calls to mind the lead single from the first volume of the album, "Suit & Tie", but this goes much further. It's far catchier and has a better hook. This is sure to be another hit.

Listen to the song here (YouTube)

Grade: A

Dezrok - Souls In The After Life

Known mostly for his hard, big room-oriented productions, Dezrok is offering something different in the form of an epic two and a half hour continuous mix consisting of 21 new age and ambient productions that represent different parts of his life. These productions could be categorized as being in a similar vein as Dead Can Dance, Deep Forest, Enigma, and Vangelis' work. He has done this type of production previously, most notably on his debut double album The Journey Of Life. Just as life has its ups and downs, the mood can be mellow and calm on the downtempos to frenetic and rapid on the uptempos. Countless hours went into the creation of this masterpiece and it really shows. This is essential listening even if this isn't the style one usually listens to.

Listen here:


Grade A+

Warren Nomi - My Love Is For Real

To celebrate the recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings regarding same-sex marriage, Warren Nomi has covered Victoria Beckham's unreleased single "My Love Is For Real" which was co-written by Cathy Dennis. The song's main riff bears a striking resemblance to Inner City's classic "Good Life." Goh Hotoda (known for his work with the legendary Shep Pettibone) produced the main mix, delivering something that sounds like it could be from the 90s, which is really nice considering that throwbacks to these classic styles has been in lately. Warren does a superb job with the vocals. The layering of his lead vocals with the harmonies and backing vocals are really lovely too.

Listen to and download "My Love Is For Real":


As a bonus, Warren is offering a bonus remix by Parralox of his earlier single "This Summer I". This update makes it more contemporary sounding.

Listen to and download the "This Summer I" remix by Parralox

Grade: A (for both)

Henrik B, Niklas Gustavsson, Peter Johansson - Echoes

The atmospheric track has been doing well on Dance radio stations in the U.S. for the last few weeks. With its unrelenting hook and hands in the air electro/pop production, this one has the potential to cross over to Pop radio with a proper promotional push. Signed to Avicii's record label, this could have similar or greater success as his own "Levels."

A nice bootleg tribal mix retaining the essential elements of the original by Deep Influence was made available recently. It takes the song to the next level.

-Listen to the original here (YouTube)
-Purchase the original versions here (Beatport)

Listen to the Deep Influence mix and download here:


Grade: A

Kaptn - Ricky Ricardo

This song is poised to be a huge hit this summer with its blend of rapped whimsical lyrics referencing the classic I Love Lucy show and the simple dance/pop production. Recalling the Hip House of the early 90s, this song is actually a lot of fun. Kaptn is a pretty good rapper giving some established artists of the genre a run for their money.

-Watch the music video here (YouTube)

Grade: A-

Dana International - Loca

After a brief hiatus from recording, the former Eurovision winner's newest solo single was released in June. Dana has released a few duets and other collaborations during the last few of years including an electro/pop song "Ma La'asot" ("what to do" in English) which was released just a couple of months back. "Loca" has Dana going back to some of her earlier work which contained traditional Israeli sounds combined with the hard beats of European club music. This song also references her own song "Power" from the mid 90s with some of the spoken parts appearing in the song. This is one of her best songs in a long time.

-Watch the music video here (YouTube)
-Buy the song on iTunes here

Grade: A

Robin Thicke feat Kendrick Lamar - Give It 2 U

This is the followup to the number one smash hit "Blurred Lines." Produced by Dr. Luke, this toe-tapping number is a bit of a departure from the mostly R&B and Hip Hop artist. This may be a tad jarring for fans of his traditional music. Hot artist of the moment Kendrick Lamar is featured on the song delivering a good verse.

-Listen to the song here (YouTube)

Grade: A-

Agnetha Faltskog - Dance Your Pain Away

The former member of the legendary Swedish group ABBA released her latest solo album a couple of months back. The second single is a feelgood, throwback that evokes memories of her work with her former group. It's a lovely song. Agnetha still sounds great. There are remixes by Cahill, Smash Mode, and 7th Heaven (the Cahill and 7th Heaven ones are not yet released). Smash Mode toughens up the song's bassline, but retains the lush Disco vibe of the original. It's very good.

-Listen to the original here (YouTube)
-Listen to the Smash Mode remix here (YouTube)

Grade: A