Review: Dan The Drum & Stuart Patterson - UK House Sermon ft. Carmy Love (X-Press 2 Remixes)(F*CLR Records)

Already on the playlists of all the big DJ boys/girls, we now get the X-Press 2 Remixes that give it even more longevity on the dancefloor.

We told you that there would be remixes of the original (see review HERE) but don't think that because to cover has been stripped to a mostly blue palette that this is now the spiritual party to celebrate UK House culture, the stripped 'Wild Pitch' remix but still a sermon; albeit with limited vocals.

You won't need any introduction to X-Press 2 (unless you're really lazy [Ed. see what I did there] so go and check out their remix on F*CLR HERE for Joseph Malik, who's 'variant' album version was recently released - see review HERE) but their 'UK House Sermon (X-Press 2 Give Thanks Remix)' is even more captivating for listens 'again and again'.

Check out the Bandcamp page for vinyl version of the original HERE and the X-Press 2 Remixes (HERE).

Artist: Dan The Drum & Stuart Patterson
Title:  UK House Sermon ft. Carmy Love (X-Press 2 Remixes)
Release date: 2nd May, 2025
Label: F*CLR Records
Cat. No: FCLR038
Format:  Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp

Credits: Dan The Drum: Production, arrangement, composition, percussion.

Stuart Patterson: Lead vocals, lyricist
Carmy Love: Lead vocals
Darren Morris: Production, arrangement, composition, keyboards, Synth Bass, percussion.
X-Press 2: Remixers, drum programming, synths
Mastered by Darren Morris at North Street West studios.

Review: Joseph Malik - Only Fans ft. Digital Liquid (X-Press 2 Remixes) (F*CLR Music)

The Joseph Malik / Digital Liquid track 'Only Fans' gets a big remix treatment by the only fans that could, X-Press 2!

Well, Ashley Beedle might be on the cards but it's be a while since he, Darren House and Darren Rock were rockin' up at Top Of The Pops with David Byrne doing the chart hit 'Lazy'.

But since Ashley went off to do his own thing (and sometimes teaming up with Yam Who?), the two Darrens (aka Rocky and Diesel) really are X-Press 2 as the pair of them are they're anything but lazy these days having released a  brand new album last year, 'Thee' on Acid Jazz and remixing David Kitt's 'Till The End' (from the album on Warm, (see review HERE) and even more recently, having Jim's 'Phoenix - X-Press 2 On Fire remixes' release to heat up the dancefloor (did you see what they did there?).

And you always worry that a remix of a loved track might not be quite right.  Not with these guys as they clearly love 'Only Fans' as 5 versions get a near endless train of synth funk (in a good way).

A 'Front Room' original, radio edit, instrumental at over 20 minutes all together put you in a dancefloor daze but some of us DJ's don't get close to that front room and get intimate in the back room venues; and the 'Back Room' vocal and instrumental versions are perfect knob twiddle tracks - so much bass 'n' synth for those dark moments.

And did somebody say don't forget the backing vocals, original versions and the video? See review HERE.

Artist: Joseph Malik  

Title:  Only Fans ft. Digital Likquid (X-Press 2 Remixes) 

Release date: 5th July, 2024

Label : F*CLR Music .

Catalog Number : FCLR033

Format :  Digital / Bandcamp

Joseph Malik: Lead vocals, BVs

Darren Morris: Keyboards, percussion
Daniel Walls: Bass, synth
Jo Wallace: BVs