Details were a bit thin on the ground about this enjoyable piece of techno music. All John Peel had to go on was a note…written at the bottom - in pen - that says “A massive European club hit” but then I suppose they would say that. My own notes recommend its inclusion here because I like the beeping beats (which start around the 49 second mark) and the “I want to live forever!” sample in which what sounds like a downtrodden middle manager suddenly gets a taste for life.
The Moog was one of the aliases of DJ Andrew Wright. After issuing the Rush Hour 12-inch EP, Wright took 3 of the tracks from it, outsourced one to Micky Finn and took a contribution from his collaborator Anthony Bowes (working under the name Justice) to put out a 4-track remix record as The Moog. As you can hopefully hear from Live Forever, which Wright remixed as Mercy, his work both on that and Rush Hour - remixed under his Rotor alias - makes for a pair of perfectly serviceable bangers. However, the more interesting stuff was happening elsewhere on the record. Both through Finn’s proto-Jungle sound on Jungle Muffin and Bowes’s D ‘n’ B stylings on Going Crazy. The Moog Remix EP showcased both the best of contemporary and future dance music sounds.
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