Juicy Fruit – Liferaft

Description

Label: Definitive Recordings – DEFCLAS011
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Remastered, Clear
Country: Germany
Released: 4 Apr 2025
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House, House

Tracklist:
A Liferaft 5:58
B1 Liferaft (John Acquaviva's Dub Remaster)
Remix – John Acquaviva
5:06
B2 Liferaft (The Stickmen Dub Remaster)

Notes:
Definitive Recordings was a "house" label launched by Plus 8 co-founders John Acquaviva and Richie Hawtin in 1992 as a kind of softer flipside to their main label's hard and abrasive sound. There's some genuine gems sitting in the catalogue though, as the imprint's ongoing 'classics' series of reissues proves. This one, from one-shot artist Meredith Ledger as Juicy Fruit, was initially released in 1993. In its original form, 'Liferaft' is a wide-eyed and dreamy slab of early morning deep house perfection that sits somewhere between UK deep house of the period and NJ garage-house. On the flip we get remastered versions of the two original remixes: Acquaviva's 'LFO'-goes-house interpretation (an absolute stunner) and an organ-rich garage-house style dub from Stickman.
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