As part of my retrospective of ten years with Ninthwave I am posting a series of MPs here, today three for the weekend.
First up- one of my all time favorite songs ever, from anyone-
Astromill's Stranded in Manchester.
It is off Electricity 2 - the First Electricity was one of the early Cds Ninthwave put out, so E2 seemed like a natural thing to follow up with. I pressed up 1000, gave away about 400 of those to bands and the press and sold the other 600. I haven;t had copies to sell in about 4 years now, one of the few Cds we ever sold out of. I have never done a re-press, as a double CD it was exspensive, but people still pick it up digitally. The second disc onthe set features tracks from the first dozen or so Ninthwave releases, so it is a nice set to have :-)


from "Electricity 2 - An Electronic Pop Sampler"
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The other set I wanted to highlight today was a remix collection from Qubiq.
Qubiq Remix Vol. 1 - Expanded Edition
Qubiq came to Ninthwave with some remixes for Empire State Human, but he really saved the day with a "tribal" remix of Heaven 17's "Hands up to Heaven" which was a good enough mix (a great mix!) that DJs began playing the song, eventually charting it. I got Qubiq to do a lot more mixes and he always delivers great stuff. The three here are:
"Dreams in the Mirror -Empire State Human" A great, powerful dance mix.
"New Man - Sonic Hub Fea. Martin Fry" The song was great, I loved it, but DJs were scared by the guitar, so Qubiq played up the synths and turned it into a great house style mix.
"Apollo - Empire State Human" Another remix he did for ESH, Apollo was a fan favorite, but Qubiq found a dance tune in the song and turned out a really slamming tribal take on the song.
If you like these mixes you should love the whole thing, plus it's pretty dirt cheap, under $6 on iTunes....
Next Week - more various artist sets....


from "Qubiz Remix Vol. 1 - Expanded Edition"
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from "Qubiz Remix Vol. 1 - Expanded Edition"
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from "Qubiz Remix Vol. 1 - Expanded Edition"
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