BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1990
“Rockin’ Over the Beat” is a song by Belgian dance act Technotronic. It first appeared on their debut album Pump Up the Jam in 1989 and was released as a single the following year. It is accredited to “Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K”, who co-wrote the track with Jo Bogaert (aka Thomas De Quincey).
The song is an upbeat house tune espousing the pleasures of dancing. It is representative of the positive and melodic feel of the Pump Up the Jam album. “Rockin’ Over the Beat” was a respectable hit for Technotronic; it reached #9 in the UK, #11 in Ireland and breached the Billboard Hot 100 at #95.
Most 12″ releases featured three remixes by Bernard Sumner of New Order: the “Piccadilly”, “Hacienda” and “Instrumental” mixes, all of which were prefixed with “Rockin’ Over Manchester” (where Sumner is from).
SIDE A:
Rockin’ Over The Beat (Rockin’ Over Manchester Hacienda Mix) 7:03
SIDE B:
Rockin’ Over The Beat (Rockin’ Over Manchester Piccadilly Mix) 6:30
Rockin’ Over The Beat (Rockin’ Over Manchester Instrumental Mix) 5:57
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Rockin’ Over The Beat | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #95 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Swanyard Records Ltd – SYRTR14
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic
Style: Euro House
CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve] – Robert Welch
Engineer, Engineer [Mix], Edited By – Spencer Henderson
Producer – Jo “Thomas De Quincey” Bogaert*
Producer [Additional], Mixed By – Bernard Sumner
Programmed By – Andrew Robinson*
Written-By – J. Bogaert*, M. Kamosi*
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Thank you very much for this one Paul.
Great track, Paul – an what an exceptional rip. I’ve always appreciated Technotronic and their great tracks with Ya Kid K. They really had a great sound. Thanks for sharing this gem. 🙂
Awesome would love more of these. I had all 3 UK 12″s!!! More Technotronic also, please. Many thanks
I will check and see what else I have Neil 🙂
That would be really wonderful, Paul!
Excellent track Paul!
I might just listen to it whilst drinking from my Technotronic Featuring Ya Kid K mug!
http://oi63.tinypic.com/1fdbtg.jpg
(A Christmas present from times gone by)
That is so cool! now I want one 🙂
Awesome!!
It’s surely feeling like Summer Paul!! Such memories with Technotronic!! I loved their “Pump Up The Jam” and “Get Up!” singles and this one wasn’t too shabby either. I’m not sure I know of these mixes, but I am excited to check them out. Such a good record with a different sort of vibe compared with the first songs released. Actually, this song took longer to grow on me, but after a while, I was hooked. Thanks for presenting this to us dear Paul!!
Jeff
You’re welcome Jeff always liked this song it has a great hook. Bernard Sumner of New Order does a pretty good job at the remixer helm 🙂