Gat Decor
Gat Decor ( also Gat Décor ) is a house music act, which was primarily known for his 1992 published song " Passion". This title is one of the first early works from the Progressive House genre. Behind Gat Decor puts the British DJ and music producer Simon Slater. Slater was born in London. From 1984 to 1990 he was resident DJ at the disco xenon and from 1990 to 1993 in discotheque Valbonne - both in London. The name ' Gat Decor' was a anagram of ' Day Records', a record store in Soho ( London), is derived.
Although Gat Decor can not produce a large music catalog up to five single releases and a little more than a handful of remixes, took the Act and also the song " Passion" a huge impact on the dance music of the early 1990s. Slater operates to this day the official homepage of Gat Decor and holds the rights to the song " Passion".
"Passion"
"Passion" is Gat Decors most famous work. The song was released in 1992 on the record label Effective Records, had initially been great success in the underground dance clubs and eventually became a hit in the UK Top 40, where he climbed to the position 29. The 12 " single contained the original song, an instrumental version ( The Naked Mix) as well as a remix for Darren Emerson, who made her debut with this title as a remixer.
Since its original release "Passion" has been officially and unofficially reissued several times until today. A study published in 1996 version with the subtitle " Do You Want It Right Now Mix" and a distorted voice of Beverley Skeete climbed in the UK to position 6 This remix was a 4-minute version of the instrumental version of 1992 with the newly recorded vocal line " Do You Want It Right Now? " by Degrees of Motion.
In 1996, the song in the British Mixmag magazine ranked number 33 in the list of " 50 most influential records of all time ". In addition, the Mixmag magazine and its readers chose the song to number 22 in the "100 Best Dance Singles of All Time".
In 2002 he released a White Label Remix, in which the title "Passion " and " Frozen" were mixed together. The song " Frozen" was originally written by the U.S. singer Madonna.
"Passion" is still played in clubs both in its original as well as in the various newly launched versions often.