Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar..original version?

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Posted by Wasp on Oct-26-2007 05:32:

Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar..original version?

Hey just wondering, is there an original version of this track? I've never come across anything labelled Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (original mix). Is the 'original 3 n 1 mix' the original?
Sorry if this is a silly question but I'm a relative n00b

Posted by Peter K on Oct-26-2007 05:34:

*Sigh* Wasp, this has been discussed many times here, use Search. Anyway the story behind this track is that there IS an original version in existence, created in 90 or 91, but it was never released. Energy 52 sent a few promos out to their djs, who liked the track and decided to remix it, that’s how Café Del Mar came into existence really. The only person I know who has heard the ‘original’ version is Jyri (Grimreaper). Apparently in 92, he wrote to Energy 52 about the track, and Energy 52 sent him the original version on a cassette tape. PM Grimreaper if you want to know more.

Don’t be thinking that the 3 n 1 version is the original, it isn’t! This is a common misconception here on TA.

Hope this clears things up.

Posted by Saint John on Oct-26-2007 05:40:

yeah....i was ganna say that too...

Posted by Dj_Es-Dva on Oct-26-2007 05:52:

I read differently to that, Kid Paul wrote somewhere that him and cosmic baby just had there own mixs of it... at least i was pretty sure that was the case...

Posted by Peter K on Oct-26-2007 06:06:

hmm you may be right.. well hopefully Grimreaper sees this thread and sorts it out

Posted by saluyamo on Oct-26-2007 09:16:

I guess no one has a sample

Posted by Rinster on Oct-26-2007 09:21:

quote:
Originally posted by saluyamo
I guess no one has a sample

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-T9U0kDfNk

Posted by GrimReaper on Oct-26-2007 09:29:

Yeh an "original" version was indeed sent to me on tape about 14 years ago from a guy who was supposed to be Cosmic Baby himself and that the version was one prior to Kid Paul Mix and Cosmic Baby's Impression but in the end i found out it was all just fake, the guy was just some ****** having a laugh at me and i had been pwned massively. The "original" was just some amateur version based on the Kid Paul Mix. Ahh the glory days of youth and ignorance...

Only a few years back Harald Blüchel aka Cosmic Baby cleared it out for me that there is no 1 original mix but 2 as him and Kid Paul just did their own visions of the idea. They both were just so inspired by "Soft Verdict (Wim Mertens) - Struggle For Pleasure" (1982) which they had heard at Café Del Mar in San Antonio, Ibiza, they wanted to pay homage to Mertens' piece and Café Del Mar by creating something wonderful.

So, there are 2 original mixes of this track, both from 1993:

Cosmic Baby's Impression (6:42)
Kid Paul Mix (7:18)

Kid Paul also remixed the track and his remix is called Peace Mix (7:12). Three 'n One Remix came out in 1997 along with Solar Stone and Oliver Lieb/Ivan Mixes.

Posted by Dj_Es-Dva on Oct-26-2007 10:45:

also http://www.discogs.com/release/65309

Posted by GrimReaper on Oct-26-2007 11:24:

Yeh the story in the discogs link is taken from a Cosmic Baby interview in fall 2005, interviewed by the admin of Schiller's fan site.

Posted by Peter K on Oct-26-2007 11:35:

Thanks for the explanation Jyri.
But how did you find out that the tape thing was all a hoax?

Posted by GrimReaper on Oct-26-2007 11:50:

I didn't, until i managed to contact the real Cosmic Baby thru some people i knew at Sony (label) in 2004 or 2005, can't remember anymore, and explained to me there really wasn't any version in existence called "original mix" and never was.

For years and years i had believed, with a little doubt in mind, there was an original version but which never got released. Just didn't have any good reason not to believe so until i was told otherwise by the real thing.

Posted by Wasp on Oct-29-2007 03:16:

ok thanks for clearing that up

Posted by Saint John on Oct-29-2007 03:17:

NP ^_^