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Patrice Rushen / Nubiyan Twist Feat Nile Rodgers

Time Will Tell / Lights Out (The Reflex Revisions)

Disco don The Reflex is back with a couple of signature reworks, and this time it is two giants of the disco world that are in the spotlight. First up, disco innovator Patrice Rushen's 'Time Will Tell' gets flipped into a paced, seductive disco sound with tambourines and big horns, funky drums and a nice falsetto vocal all getting you going. On the flip, Nubiyan Twist's 'Lights Out feat Nile Rodgers' slows things down and gets a little more saucy with noodling guitars, golden chords and sliding hi-hats all encouraging you to cut loose. Both of these are timeless revisions.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Patrice Rushen and Nubiyan Twist both get the Reflex treatment here, with heady loops and staggered percussion taking the lead on the A side, while the flip is a little more vocal. Both killer, both perfect for the floor.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
Patrice Rushen - "Time Will Tell" (The Reflex Revision)

Side 2
Nubiyan Twist - "Lights Out" (feat Nile Rodgers) (The Reflex Revision)

Strut present the definitive edition of Patrice Rushen’s landmark album from 1982, ‘Straight From The Heart’. Recorded during Elektra’s drive for ‘sophisticated dance music’ as many jazz artists created their own arrangements of disco and boogie, the sessions marked a progression for Patrice as she began exploring sonics as much as songwriting. “I was looking at different ways to experiment with the sounds on my records. Synths widened the palette available to us.”

Singles from the album included ‘Breakout!’, ‘Number One’ and the global hit ‘Forget Me Nots’. “Bassist Freddie Washington played the bassline during a jam at my family’s house. I caught it, we kept messing around with the groove, then I developed the lyrics and chorus. It was just about recognising that moment when it came up.”

“When I delivered the album to the label, the A&R said, ‘we don’t like anything on here.’ I realised quickly that they would give us no support so producer Charles Mims, myself and Freddie decided to engage a promotion company ourselves to start working the single. Although it took a while to pick up support, it paid off.” The single hit no. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1982 and the album became Patrice’s best seller globally from her time with Elektra / Asylum, securing a Grammy nomination. In more recent years, the album has become a regular source for samples in the world of hip hop and R&B. Most famously, Will Smith’s theme for the film ‘Men In Black’ and George Michael’s ‘Fastlove’ were both based, to varying degrees, on ‘Forget Me Nots’.

TRACK LISTING

1. Forget Me Nots
2. I Was Tired Of Being Alone
3. All We Need
4. Number One (Instrumental)
5. Where There Is Love
6. Breakout!
7. If Only
8. Remind Me
9. (She Will) Take You Down For Love
10. Forget Me Nots (12” Version)
11. Breakout! (12” Version)
12. I Was Tired Of Being Alone (12” Version: F. Byron Clark Remix)
13. Number One (Instrumental) (12” Version)


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