CLS - Can You Feel It (In-House Dub) (Strictly Rhythm, 1991)

Before “Todd Terry presents” became a brand in itself, there was CLS — and one of the most sampled, licensed and imitated synth riffs in house music history. Written by Daneel, Todd Terry and Z. Tariq and released on Strictly Rhythm in 1991 (SR 1269), “Can You Feel It” arrived as a five-mix 12” that had a foot in hip house and a foot in rave — and it was the stripped-back In House Dub, with that stabbing riff and those stop-start hi-hats, that detonated on dancefloors from New York to the UK and Europe. Todd Terry at his rawest, on the label that defined the era. Thirty-five years on, DJs still can’t leave it alone. Tracklist A1. Can You Feel It (Music House Mix) – 6:33 A2. Can You Feel It (Music House Dub) – 5:19 AA1. Can You Feel It (Blizzard Mix) – 6:12 AA2. Can You Feel It (In House Dub) – 4:42 AA3. Can You Feel It (Todd’s Radio) – 3:42 Track by track A1 – Music House Mix. The full vocal presentation, engineered by Kieran Walsh with additional production from Benji Candelario and Todd Terry himself. Warmer and more musical than the flip — piano, vocals and swing — this is the “house” reading of the record and a set-builder in its own right. A2 – Music House Dub. The same team strips the vocal back for the DJs. A workhorse dub that lets the groove and stabs do the talking — perfect for blending and the connoisseur’s bridge between the two sides. AA1 – Blizzard Mix. The wildcard: a hip house rework with additional production and remix by Ronald Burrell and scratches from the legendary Clark Kent. A rasping bassline under hands-in-the-air piano with MC lines — 1991 New York in one cut, and a favourite of old-school heads who know there’s more to this record than one mix. AA2 – In House Dub. The reason this record is immortal. THE riff. An old-school rave classic — an absolute monster of a tune, hugely influential, with those stop-and-go hi-hats that sent dancefloors into meltdown. Sampled, bootlegged and remixed ever since — Perpetual Motion, L&V, Erick E, Robbie Rivera and Paul Woolford have all had a go — but nothing touches the original dub. AA3 – Todd’s Radio. Todd’s own concise edit, engineered by Richard Augustine. The whole record in under four minutes — proof the hook needs no build-up. Essential for: rave archaeologists, Todd Terry completists and anyone tracing where that riff came from. Original 1991 pressing on Strictly Rhythm, re-pressed with the same catalogue number in 1994 — check the runouts if provenance matters to you. Subscribe to Strictly Rhythm: http://po.st/StrictlyRhythmSubscribe Web: https://store.strictly.com/ Facebook:   / strictlyrhythm   Instagram:   / strictlyrhythm   Twitter:   / strictlyrhythm   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/strictl...