Dance

PULSE FEATURING ANTOINETTE ROBERSONThe Lover That You Are (Remix 2000) (4:01)
PRODUCERS: Soul Solution, Hex Hector
WRITERS: C. Blanco, D. Morales
PUBLISHERS: Tenth Planet/Lost in Music/Def Mix, ASCAP
REMIXERS: Richie Santana, Peter Bailey
Jellybean Recordings 2547 (CD single)
Without question, "The Lover That You Are" is one of the most powerful songs to emerge from the club scene in quite some time. Originally released in the fall of '95, "The Lover That You Are" peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in February 1996. Now, three years later, the song appears ready to repeat the process. Restyled by remixers Richie Santana and Peter Bailey‹and dubbed the Remix 2000‹the song pumps along at a much more urgent pace than before. Fortunately, diva-in-waiting Antoinette Roberson hasn't been lost in the process. Her gospel-infused delivery remains in the spotlight, where it belongs. Radio programmers who've embraced the dance remixes of "Things Just Ain't The Same" and "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" by Deborah Cox will‹and should‹easily gravitate toward this delicious slice of vocal house.

FUNKY GREEN DOGSBody (6:09)
PRODUCERS: Ralph Falcon, Oscar Gaetan
WRITER: Oscar Gaetan
PUBLISHER: Murk, ASCAP
REMIXERS: Peter Rauhofer, Ashley Beedle, George Morel, Brian Bristol, Funky Derrick
Twisted America 55499 (CD single)
Composed of vocalist Tamara Wallace and DJ/producers Ralph Falcon and Oscar Gaetan, the Funky Green Dogs are no strangers to clubs or radio. Their 1996 debut project, "Get Fired Up!," spawned several smash singles, including "The Way" and "Fired Up!," which peaked, respectively, at No. 1 and No. 2 on Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Both singles created a minor buzz at radio stations like WKTU New York and WIOQ Philadelphia. For the act's follow-up, "Body," the first single from the forthcoming album, "Star," the Miami-based trio connects its signature deep-baked house beats to disco synth/string references. It's a combination that is wildly striking and rhythmically savvy. While the original version is the real winner here, a handful of remixers has nonetheless been commissioned to take the song down various paths. At opposite ends of the musical spectrum are George Morel and Brian Bristol's pop-inflected underground Hot Vox mix and Funky Derrick's quirky Pariscope mix.