Booka Shade - Polar Lights (John Monkman remix) by John Monkman published on 2020-07-03T00:02:29Z Last November when hot sweaty clubs were a thing, I played along side @BookaShade at London's E1. Their album Movements, released on Get Physical back in 2006 was/still is genius and something I return to regularly for inspiration, so to share a night with them was special. We had an amusing pre gig dinner - It was great to have a moment to actually sit down, talk and get to know the guys a little. A few weeks later Arno kindly asked if I’d be interested in remixing ‘Polar Lights’ from their new album. I’ve discussed my approach to remixing before, one of the main points being I don’t jump on them lightly however, their track was ripe for reworking - first off it wasn’t already a dance track with a 4/4 groove - it was more of a down tempo vibe and most important, due to the great performance of @joplynberlin I could hear the vocal working a treat. 2019 was winding down and we were approaching our first Christmas with Huxley so decided to wait till the new year to start work on the mix so i could give it my full attention, so ended up starting in early February after arriving in Ibiza… then old Covid-19 decided to rocked up! What then unfolded was a month tucked up away at the top of the valley, diving in and out of the project, experimenting with the original parts of the song i'd been given, searching for the little moments that would then become the final piece. There were a couple times when I needed a proper environment to get to grips with the sonics of the mix. This meant a few covert missions to a studio near by - if caught by the Ibizan police it wouldn’t have gone down well... anyhow… we got there in the end and really happy that its out now in the ether. Available here: https://ffm.to/oqda95n Connect: www.instagram.com/johnmonkman/ www.facebook.com/JohnMonkmanLIVE/ twitter.com/johnmonkman Genre Techno Comment by Donato Rinaldi 🔥 2024-04-16T12:24:07Z Comment by sevenlp Luka Paić TOP! 2023-11-09T20:25:07Z Comment by Mark Tarmonea love it <3 2023-08-01T22:03:36Z Comment by Alex Haw wow, this is so lovely... <3 2022-10-14T16:07:37Z Comment by Gail Colwell Thank you for the remix, I thank Victor Calderone for playing it and allowing me to hear some great music from you🙏 it's been on repeat! 2022-05-11T11:59:12Z Comment by Aus Liebe ✨✨✨✨ 2022-01-27T21:13:54Z Comment by Gubby J Love it. 🤯🥵 2021-07-04T09:17:01Z Comment by Marsyan Big 2021-01-07T21:20:23Z Comment by SEAN HARVEY Cheers for taking us through this project John, it was a great session! Hope to catch you Djing someday. 2020-12-01T20:15:48Z Comment by solutionland bahbaaah 2020-11-24T17:27:38Z Comment by Lennart from Amsterdam Very good track! One my favourites of this year! 2020-09-11T20:50:52Z Comment by Rosario Galati Amazing! 2020-08-14T16:07:35Z Comment by Masey Dances 🌊🌬✨this is~... Be♥️UTIFIL!!😍🥰🥳🎈✨✨✨✨🌊✨!!! 2020-08-10T09:03:26Z Comment by gutaf Ufff those sounds!!! Top 2020-07-31T22:01:39Z Comment by Lynn King I'm infatuated with this track 💙💙💙 2020-07-25T08:56:44Z Comment by ~ Katie Brooke aweee love so much :) \♡// 2020-07-24T03:12:20Z Comment by wladimir anleifr rust wow, actually one big intro till the break and than it bursts into epicness 💥 2020-07-19T10:06:52Z Comment by Elton P Perfect❤️❤️ 2020-07-16T11:54:47Z Comment by Oks cosmic💫✨🌌🌠🔥 2020-07-12T06:11:09Z Comment by dianswer3 🥇🎧 2020-07-11T12:58:55Z Comment by Murat Kaplan 13 👍👍 2020-07-10T18:15:02Z Comment by FILIPPA FELICIA L 🖤 2020-07-09T14:00:38Z Comment by Luan Marques UAUU 2020-07-08T21:12:51Z Comment by Half Wild amazing! 2020-07-08T19:37:26Z Comment by Mike★Wolf ❤️ 2020-07-07T17:24:09Z Comment by eLLa Lund Awesome rmx! 2020-07-07T16:32:10Z Comment by Nate Brown Stunnnnnnning 💖 2020-07-07T09:45:47Z Comment by Suzie muzik Sehr Guter Track, mega! 💫❤️🎈🎈 2020-07-06T23:23:20Z Comment by Dave Hard wooow what a big tune!! 2020-07-04T23:02:30Z Comment by Vincent van Gogh awesome remix 😍 2020-07-04T13:09:47Z