Lillo Thomas - Settle Down / I Like Your Style mp3 album

(Lost 80s soul classics #2)Sure, that's pretty much Lillo Thomas' entire 80s output! Who knows what he's up to now, but for some of us this one-time track athlete and world record holder (check the biog) is a too often forgotten star of the 80s, mainly down to some great Paul Laurence (Lawrence/Lawrence Jones/etc) productions. (And yes, I know there are quite a few of us out there!)...And this is probably the best! Catchy song with lovely big chords and a superb rhythm that refuses to play 'on the beat' - which pretty much makes a mockery of Broken Beat some, what, 20 years later? Zack Vaz's mix expertly breaks in unexpected places (namely just before the first chorus) and adds to the delight of the tune.I first heard this track on a Now Dance compilation. Yep, seems crazy now to think that a 'Now That's What I Call Music' compilation could actually educate you to something you hadn't heard before! (It also included Aurra's Like I Like It before You And Me Tonight really broke them in the UK Top 40. Now we're talking...!)

I really liked this review of this "dusty", you got a the analysis right about the broken beat theory. I track moved in such away that there wer times I wanted another instrument to carry the missing hit, or have your body which was rocking that way to continue the rock beat or not. I employed that in a few of my other mixes during those years. I liked the edge it gave. My co mixer and one of my many dj friends assisted in getting the odd changes in to give the dj different places where they could mix into and out of. His another mix years later with a revisited experience.... http://youtu.be/pMBu7gvDBnE?list=UUMX6uf-w0mdv7kw5_VEmN3Q thanks again.