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#ThrowbackThursday: Lovestation – ‘Teardrops’

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2018 sees the 20th anniversary, since the release of Lovestation‘s ‘Teardrops’, which was in fact a cover of a song from Womack & Womack‘s fourth studio album, Conscience (originally released in 1988).

Unlike the original version, Lovestation‘s was composed in an early UK Garage style and went on to become the group’s biggest hit, reaching Number 14 in the UK Charts.

There have also been several other versions since this by  German pop quartet No Angels in 2007, Australian singer Kate Alexa in 2008 and then in 2009, UK pop girl group, Sugababes, recorded a version for the special Island Records album, Island Life – 50 Years of Island Records.

A quirky, black and white video was also released alongside this single, which can be seen below.

This is a fantastic track that certainly conjures up childhood memories for me and whilst it’s now 20 years old, I think there’s still something edgy and almost current about it.

What are your thoughts of this epic 1998 Garage tune? Got a #ThrowbackThursday track for us? Please leave your thoughts or share a song suggestion in a comment or via social media.

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‘Teardrops’ can be downloaded off iTunes now – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/teardrops-flava-7-mix/1145210065?i=1145210069

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#MuzikSpeaks: An Interview with Platnum

Aaron Evers and Michelle McKenna from Platnum took the time to do a Skype interview with us, and they were awesome!

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We’re back with another interview, and this time, it’s with Platnum.

Having taken a short break from music, they’re back, as a duo, and getting ready to tour in January 2016.

The pair (who rose to fame in 2008, with their H “Two” O collaboration, ‘What’s It Gonna Be’) have been taking some time to work on new music. Their first garage/bassline anthem became huge and having spoken to them, they inform me that their new music will see a return to their musical roots, while still remaining commercial.

I had such an amazing time interviewing Aaron and Michelle – they were a real laugh and so nice!

Continuing from the tradition set in our previous Zebrahead, Frankmusik and Life Of Dillon interviews, we asked Platnum to take part in a game of ‘Would You Rather…?’ – however, Aaron decided they should throw themselves straight into the WTF?! (#WYRwtf) level…brave!

I really hope that you will enjoy watching this interview as I had a great time talking to them and please, please go ahead and share this link and video on your social media accounts! 

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#ThrowbackThursday: Sweet Female Attitude – ‘Flowers’

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Sweet Female Attitude were a UK garage duo, who released their debut single, ‘Flowers’, back in April 2000 – can you believe…over 15 years ago?! The pair consisted of Catherine Cassidy and Leanne Brown and were considered one-hit wonders, due to the lack of success of their second single.

The pair went on to have an album called ‘In Person’, however it was only released in Germany.

This song is the epitome of UK Garage from the late 90s/early 00s and it still remains a timeless classic today!

Did you love or hate this song 15 years ago? What do you think of it now? Have you never heard it before? Please share your #ThrowbackThursday song with us below or on Facebook and Twitter 🙂

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‘Flowers’ is available for download from iTunes now – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/flowers-sunship-edit/id1036141510?i=1036141817