2 Deep - Surrender (Sex Mix)

Picture the scene. A cavernous emporium (Heaven? Bagleys? Turnmills?), darkness seared by an occasional strobe slice, midnight or later, it’s hot. The current groove fades slowly into obscurity and there’s a moment’s audio silence punctuated only by the dancefloor wondering what the fuck is occurring. Then the drop … A vaguely Eastern-influenced percolating synthkey riff with little girl lost cooing and wooing wail rips the atmosphere apart before the chuggering snythbass thunders in, underscored by a rattlin’ ‘n’ slappin’ big beat backdrop. Slide in an apocalyptic, sinister choral soundwave for good measure and your E took you … to that place. This was at the front of my box for years after it slipped out in 91, and was a hooj drop at Lewisham’s Red Eye in particular; the trippy almost reggaefied breakout/breakdown at 4:30 capturing mind, body, and souls. The final throes interjections of acoustic keys and luvdup and euphoric strings are the icing on the cake until the echoed finale ... you are, the s