Description
Johnny D and Joe Claussell reconstruct Candi Staton's disco classic, known as "Young Hearts Run Free"!
Henry Street's Johnny “D” DeMairo and Joe Claussell each remix Candi Staton's 1979 disco hit "When You Wake Up Tomorrow," a signature track of Southern Soul. Johnny D transforms the original, which intertwines lavish horns and strings by Patrick Adams and others with synths, percussion, and Candi Staton's powerful vocals, into a dancefloor-ready 10-minute version with intricate percussion and bold breaks. Joe Claussell, on the other hand, creates an 11-and-a-half-minute long mix that strengthens the four-on-the-floor beat, allowing the interplay between the bass, guitar, and piano to unfold gradually while effectively placing delays and breaks. This must-listen release brings the classic, which reached No. 3 on the US Dance Chart, into the modern DJ scene with the distinct styles of these two artists.
A1. When You Wake Up Tomorrow (Henry Street Feast Mix)
B1. When You Wake Up Tomorrow (Joe Claussell Mix)
WBSD-8802-A1
WBSD-8802-B1
When Henry Street & Sacred Rhythm Music join forces for a remix outing, it should be obvious the source material and resulting productions are of the utmost caliber. This record proves such a case in point: Johnny "D" DeMairo & Joe Claussell team up for two takes on Candi Staton’s 1979 disco opus 'When You Wake Up Tomorrow.’ The original, whose pedigree could be inferred simply by reading Patrick Adams’ and Jimmy Simpson’s names on the label, is a faultless dance floor cut featuring all the elements you’d expect—lavish horn and string arrangements, sparkling synthesizer accents, and plenty of hand-beat drumming—along with with Staton’s peerless voice. Johnny D’s mix starts carefully, the vocal refrain accented with auxiliary percussion until the rug is pulled out from under us, the ensuing chasm making the following thrust of the track that much more powerful. On the flip. Claussell’s take starts with reinforced four-on-the-floor, along with a studio count-in, perhaps alluding back to his previous ‘It Seems To Hang On’ edit. As the track establishes itself, ample room is afforded for interplay between bass and guitar, with all the interlacing elements aggrandizing the mood with careful shots of delay and expertly-timed pivots in atmosphere. Both sides are proof of what shouldn’t need evidence: two masters of their craft assembling two wholly new mixes that far surpass the banal copy and paste, add and subtract methodology slung by the less blessed. Pressed on white vinyl, with a custom jacket to boot.
