Pete Dafeet - R is for Remix
Catalogue Number: LMD016
Release Date: June 2007
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A1:
Ben Dean – Twelve Thirty Something (Pete Dafeet’s Drunken Dub)
A2:
Kreepz + D-Tain – Moody Gear (Pete Dafeet’s Full Moon Remix)
B1:
Dealers Choice – Funtime (Pete Dafeet’s Late Night Late Remix)
B2:
Dealers Choice – Funtime (Pete Dafeet’s Fun In The Cellar Remix)
Over the past two years Pete Dafeet has emerged as a bright young talent in UK house music. At 23 he has produced for some of deep house’s hottest labels, including Robsoul, Shaboom, Bosh, Uniform Recordings, and of course Lost My Dog. Pete’s music has found a permanent home in the record bags of most deep house DJs and the future looks bright, with Lost My Dog going from strength to strength, and with releases due out in 2007 on Blacksoul, S-Sens, Headtunes, and Uniform.
As our sixteenth release, "R is for Remix" is a unique proposition - a collection of remixes originally commissioned for other labels that subsequently stopped releasing on vinyl. All four tracks have energy in common with Lost My Dog, so we decided to bundle them together and release them as an EP.
Pete's love of remixing started at a young age, making rough cut Beach Boys bootlegs with his belt drive decks and his Dad's copy of Pet Sounds. When, aged 19, he started learning the basics of a computer sequencer, remixing seemed the natural way to practice, and gradually Pete got a foothold in the art. After receiving a show reel second hand, an impressed Yousef got in touch and asked Pete to remix Tyra's Other Woman, which was later released on Shaboom, alongside mixes from Yousef himself and Tom Findlay of Groove Armanda. While recently devoting more time to original production, Pete has stayed a big fan of remixing, adding his perspective to work from Blakkat, Tony Thomas, Nathan Coles, Jay Tripwire and No Assembly Firm, amongst others.
All four tracks on this EP might never have seen the light of day but for some persistence at LMD towers and the kindness of the labels involved. The remixes were originally set for release on Manchester's 3am Recordings (Ben Dean and Dealer's Choice) and Blackpool's Bosh (Kreepz + D-Tain) before, sadly, both labels decided to call it a day as far as vinyl was concerned. After some hard fought negotiations (well, three pints and a packets of nuts) we were able to get permission to release them on Lost My Dog. Thanks and respect go to Ian at Bosh and Al and Guy at 3am.
"Twelve Thirty Something" demonstrates Pete’s ability to build a killer track from the drums upwards; crisp beats and a punchy snare create the track's backbone, allowing the lead synth and mellow pads to bubble and float in an uplifting, but slightly demonic, slab of deep house. "Moody Gear" utilises D-Tain’s original spoken vocal, which rides over the top of a simple, but killer, groove. The track builds with warm pulsating bass and hollow bleeps - the latter created by two dolphins hooked up to the mic at Pete’s South London studio (maybe). The elements are stripped back into a minimal, thumping breakdown before the hypnotic groove is reintroduced.
"Funtime" comes with 2 mixes. First up is the “Late Night Lake Remix” with stomping, purposeful beats paving the way for warm synths and the monster electro-tinged bassline borrowed from the Dealer's Choice original. The track carries a certain 80’s feel with moody chords not too dissimilar to Didier Sinclair’s seminal “Lovely Flight”, on Serial Records. Pete’s 2nd mix, the “Fun in the Cellar Remix” uses forceful beats to underpin a more techy, dance floor affair, combining a dirty bassline with gritty warehouse stabs for guaranteed nighttime madness.
Magazine Reviews
iDJ (July 2007)
Here’s a novel concept. The good peeps at LMD have signed up a handful of Pete Dafeet remixes that didn’t make vinyl release and put them all on the one slab for our pleasure. His take on Ben Dean’s ‘Twelve Thirty’ is a lubricated groove machine that subtly grooves with mechanical promise, his run on Kreepz & D-Tain’s ‘Moody Gear’ takes things even deeper with a hypnotic vocal and deep submarine sounds while his reversions of Dealer’s Choice’s ‘Funtime’ take things directly to the peak time (the picks). A quality collection. 4/5 LN
One Week To Live (18th June 2007)
Apparently the gent has, through some strange synchronicity, managed to remix tracks of artists whose labels no longer produce vinyl. Thus, when the Lost My Dog asked to release the re-rubs, the labels were all like ‘Yep’. Any-hoo, Ben Dean’s ‘Twelve Thirty Something’ get’s PD’s drunken dub rub and is a frolicking deep house frenzy that’s part Greenskeepers circa 2000 and part Jacob London. A bouncy roller that’s more Chi-town than shy if you get my drift. The other hot ticket is the Late Night Lake remix of Dealer’s Choice’s ‘Funtime’. A track with so much old-school flavour, one expects that it was cryogenically stored to be broken out fresher than ever when deep house was ‘hot’ again. Granted the gent’s been a bit overzealous with the timing, bit it’s cool nonetheless. Dope. 5/7
DJ (21st June 2007)
All four mixes on this EP had originally been commissioned by other labels, such as 3am Recordings and Bosh Records, but for one reason or another they were all shelved. It’s certainly not the quality of these bad-ass tracks that prevented them from being unreleased. Ben Dean, Dealers Choice, Kreepz and D-Tain all get downright dirty with the minimalist remix pressure from Dafeet, who drops some real interesting techy, funk house vibes here. 3.5/5
DJ Reactions
Jimpster (Freerange)
Been getting a few plays out of the Drunken Dub already as i got it off the 3am lot. Really classy track that actually. In the chart.
James Talk (Saved)
Wicked mate loving the remix of Moody Gear, so hot!
Murray Richardson (Nordic Trax)
Love the Moody Gear Mix...well into that track and always loved Funtime too!
Hector Moralez
I'm into Kreepz + D-Tain “Moody Gear. Sounds dope - all support.
Tyler Stadius
Good tunes. Really feel the Late Night Lake mix of Dealer's Choice.
Blacksoul
Late Night Lake Mix of Dealers Choice is great! Love it.
Charles Webster
I will definitely drop the Drunken Dub, thanks.
The Littlemen (Mobile Trax, Drop)
Liking the Kreepz & D-Tain tune - nice , really deep kind of old, deep smokey free party thing.
Asad Rizvi (Reverberations, Wrong)
Cheers for this mate. A2 is the one for me. Some proper heads down moody business – it’s hard to find good tunes on this tip these days.
Luke Mckeehan (Nordic Trax)
May 2007 chart #8: Ben Dean - Twelve Thirty Something – Pete Dafeet Remix (Lost My Dog).
C-Soul / Magnus Asberg
Digging LMD016 - my two favorites are Twelve Thirty Something & Moody Gear. Great basslines on both and again great production from the Dafeet.
Al Bradley (3am)
Kreepz + D-Tain, it's the usual quality from Pete, his distinctive groove doing what it does best - getting the body moving. This is definitely one of those tracks to ease people onto the floor & then get them locked into the groove & it'll definitely be getting a lot of use from me!
Anil Chawla (Ministry of Sound, Saved)
Lovely work once again from Dafeet... Will have my full support (esp the Ben Dean remix and the 'Fun in the Cellar' mix)
Ross Couch
I think this is a worthy showcase of Pete's remixing skills, all 4 tracks are good here.
Leigh Morgan (Urbantorque)
Quality late night bumpin gear on this EP, all the tracks are cool stuff!
Neil Bainbridge (Shindig)
Love them - 4 proper slices of deep techy bubbly fun! Will definitely be supporting all 4 of these little mood setters.
James Connor
Loving the 4th track the most, nice jackin feel, more floor friendly than the others.
Leo Beltchetz (Chibuku)
Pete is the master of building a groove, he always lets it have a bumping edge, keeping it firmly housey but with a hint of techiness to fuel the mood. I always enjoyed his mix of Dealers Choice so it’s good to see it again here, the Late Night Lake mix is also good although I prefer to have Fun In The Cellar. The mix of Ben Dean has the best beats here, they just bump along so nicely, ‘Moody Gear’ rolls along just nicely.
Dave Mothersole (Ministry of Sound Radio)
I really like Ben dean’s track. Will play it on my MOS radio show tonight!!
Scope / Ric McClelland (Urbantorque)
Really feelin Pete’s remix of Dealers Choice.. proper old skool chi town vibes.. has been goin down really well in the sets!
Lee Pennington (RiffRaff)
Moody Gear - this is the daddy - supporting in all sets.
Tony Hewitt (Tango)
Great release, will be playing for sure, diggin the A1!
Hans Temmerman (Rotationz Radio, Belgium)
4 cool freaky mixes! Like them all especially the ‘Late Night Lake mix’ of Dealers Choice’s ‘Funtime’
Manuel Sahgun
I really wanted to thank you for sending me this great music. This EP sound solid, so deep and groovy! I’ll use it on my mixes for sure. Keep it going like this with your tracks selection!
Cool Cuts chart placings from: Kahua Music, BM Soho/Blackmarket Records, 23rd Precinct, Global Groove, Plastic Music, Catapult.
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