Progressive House

One of the most iconic piano house records in history

July 11, 2024

One of the most iconic piano house records in history

This is one of those records that like a bright beacon in the dark has shone beautifully over the world of dance music now for 32 Years.

Like the wise old bearded grandfather of UK progressive house music, it is never far away from any event and is always there for help and backup when a dancefloor needs a bit of extra oomph!

In 1992 Gat Decor consisted of Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson and Simon Hanson. They devised the name by making an anagram of the words from the London record shop Tag Records, a tiny little shop in Soho which I adored and spent much money in over the years.

Originally the track was released on the brilliant big house label Effective Records and went on to become what I would rank as one of THE biggest house / progressive records of all time.

This first release contained the original, instrumental version (The Naked Mix) along with Darren Emerson's remix, which i believe was his first remix (fact fans can correct me if I’m wrong on that)

It still blows me away to see crowds of people reacting to this record in the exact same way that they did 30 years ago, and the younger generation loosing their minds to it on first listen.

Forget about all the remixes and later vocal renditions, the original Naked mix is and has always been the number 1.

You will struggle to find a bigger record in dance music history. Simple.

Sasha’s Fabric set brought to an abrupt halt

July 15, 2019

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Clubbers from all over the world who had travelled to London's Fabric to see the legendary DJ Sasha play at the weekend were all of a sudden left in complete darkness during the middle of the progressive house godfather's set.

The sound of his banging percussive grooves which were rocking the club to its core at the time were dramatically stopped in their tracks as a power cut wiped out the entire building of its electricity. Luckily the emergency lighting was adequate to allow the patrons to leave the building safely.

In Sasha's own words..

"So gutted about the gig on Saturday fabriclondon. It felt like it was possibly going to top last years epic night. The energy in the room was just building and it felt like it was about to go right off when the power cut. Was all a bit surreal as it unfolded. I know everyone at the club tried everything go to get power back but just wasn’t meant to be. Apologies to all that made the trip to be there. I heard people had flown in from all over the place including a couple from Brazil which made it all the more frustrating and disappointing. In discussions with my friends at Fabric about how we can make it up."

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