**ONLINE SOON** Hula - Hot Hands (Topher's Beatmatch Edit)
"Hot Hands" is a classic, groovy, crunchy, sexy, relentless, underground acid track by Hula that originally came out on the Acid Trax Vol. 2 compilation on Trax Records in 1988. This track was never given a proper official single release. DJ's who have tried to play it know what a pain it is to beatmatch properly as Hula starts/stops the pattern manually several times throughout, constantly throwing it off track.
In 2005, an unofficial release came out in the Secret Mixes Fixes series that solved the "problem", but unfortunately I think the "fixes" denatured it a bit too much. So here's my take on it, trying to respect the flavor of the original with a bit of mastering trickery added in to give it a bit more oomph. Play it out and by all means keep this classic monster alive ! :)

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Topher's Recreated Salieri Radio Edit)

In 1985, I was 11. One of the French regional radio stations I was listening to would sometimes play Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" - a track that was clearly groundbreaking to me then... Several times, I called them and requested it just so I could make the best sounding tape with no voiceover from the radio show host. Those were the days ! Yet, ever since that time, I've been looking for the version they used to play - clearly edited from the Salieri Club Mix. I've tracked down every version listed on Discogs from the Extended Version to the Can-Am Remix, even got my hands on the original French 7" & 12"... but no... It was never quite the version I once taped from the radio. Maybe it was an obscure promo mix, or one of those then-popular DJ service remixes (although it is neither DMC or Razormaid - I already checked). I guess I will just never know...
So now I own a copy of Falco's CD "3" (U.S. release - which includes the Salieri Club Mix) and some hi-tech software, I thought I could take an hour to recreate it the way I remember it with the help of my precious tape and give it a little remastering boost, not only because this song means a lot to me, but also because I think it can still pack a punch and this is objectively the best radio edit of it ! :)
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