When I think back on the amount of dance music pap which was clogging up the charts around the time that Spooky released Schmoo, it makes me seethe to see that it got no higher than Number 72 in the UK Singles Chart.
The radio edit version is a perfect gateway to summer tune. Featuring chilled out synths, bongo beats and Heather Wildman channelling her best Marina Van Rooy, it would have been a deserving Top 40 hit at least. Still, there’s nowt so queer as record buyers and playlisters.
Steppin’ Razor was a remix alias used by Underworld in their work on tracks by electronica/dance luminaries such as Leftfield and er…. Simply Red. Their remix of Shchmoo strips out all of the lightness and replaces it with a more industrial/metallic feel with Wildman’s sensual vocal replaced by interjections from what sounds like the world’s most boring man about computer technology.
It was a doubtful inclusion here, despite my enjoyment of the syncopated beats, but at around 2:42, the mix kicks in with a shot of pure energy that suddenly makes this version the equal of the radio edit.
Video courtesy of Spooky - Topic
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