Music Monday – Jean Jacques Smoothie

Another Monday, another shout out to another fave in my music collection.

Over the years my tastes have varied a lot and back in the day as I was coming out of my teen years, I became entranced with the sound of Ibiza 99 (having never been there). I’ve always had a thing for deep house / ambient / stripped back and downtempo tracks which feature lush female vocals.

Jean Jacques Smoothie – Two People

 

Jean Jacques Smoothie’s hit Two People then, joins my collection alongside the greats of the time, such as Fragma (also feat. women’s sport) Roger Sanchez, The Avalanches, Milky, even Robert Miles and Chicane. Although this version of the track doesn’t do it justice really, you need the full length version. The vocals are sampled from a soul classic, Minnie Riperton’s – Inside My Love, which is a lot slower, the samples seem to have been sped up for this tune. The genre reminds me of the adventures of leaving college and starting University and still influences my tastes today.

He is of course on twitter @jjsmoothie. But this is such a tune and perfect for the summer weather we are currently seeing! And yes I do have a thing for both Tennis and Kirsten Dunst. Forget the Football World Cup, ladies tennis is where it’s at!

Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010

 

Comments

1. Jean Jacques Smoothie says:

   June 21, 2010 at 17:56

   Thanks Lee! I had a great time making and promoting that tune. Nice to see it’s still having a positive effect.

   Cheers!

   Steve Smoothie
2. Lee Jordan says:

   June 30, 2010 at 21:36

   Yeah-huh, it’s a classic you produced there and a fun video to go with it too :)

   Thanks for being an awesome pick on my Music Monday!