Charlotte de Witte reworks Scoop’s 90s raver track ‘Drop It’ for her Époque label, a platform for remixes/reworks of nightlife tracks, especially from the ‘90s and early noughties. Her version drops 7 August, just in time to possibly give any flagging high-summer dancefloors an energy boost.
Charlotte de Witte: “‘Drop It’ is one of those tracks that never really left the dancefloor. It carries the spirit of an era, especially in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Reworking it for Époque felt like a tribute to a timeless moment in rave history. This one’s for the dancers, then and now.”
The original ‘Drop It’ was released in 1999 by the Belgian dance music project Scoop, written by Daniel Maze and Jan Vervloet. It’s apparently been a staple ever since, upbeat, europop electro with ‘90s fun – rattle-tat drum builds, staccato tootling synth themes, the female ‘yeah-ay-ay-eh-eh-eah’ warcry, and a melodic synth chord break. And Otis Redding’s much-sampled 1968 Monterey promise.
The remix is slightly faster with a pounding techno beat, the synth riffs given extra acidic edge and resonance, while fluttering, juddering themes now fill the air. The original instantly recognisable ‘90s themes are still here, with its breakdown and drop, and some subtle echoes of Otis R.
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