#Jocelyn Enriquez

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Jocelyn Enriquez - A Little Bit of Ecstasy (Official Music Video)

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Jocelyn Enriquez - A Little Bit of Ecstasy (Official Music Video)

90's Fest Song 🎵 of the day: A Little Bit Of Ecstasy by Jocelyn Enriquez (1997) from Jocelyn #jocelyn #jocelynenriquez #alittlebitofecstasy #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas3rdannual90sfest

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Jocelyn Enriquez - A Little Bit of Ecstasy [Dance-Pop]

Jocelyn Enriquez - A Little Bit of Ecstasy [Dance-Pop] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=50vKiK5KsBw&pp=ygUbZW5yaXF1ZXogbGlsIGJpdCBvZiBleGN0YXN5 Submitted June 01, 2024 at 07:11AM by 90sNostalgia1 https://ift.tt/7F5mZyM via /r/Music

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Watch "Thunderpuss & Jocelyn Enriquez - So Fabulous, So Fierce (Freak Out)" on YouTube

So Neil

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the brief resurgence of freestyle music in the mid to late 1990s was a time! after losing clout at radio and club land at the start of the 1990s, freestyle music was being (re)discovered thanks in part to collage, lil suzy, planet soul featuring nadine rene, lina santiago, and jocelyn enriquez. these artists all managed to release freestyle songs that were sonically in concert with the ever-evolving dance/pop sound.

as a new fan to genre in 1994, coupled with the fact that i am a completionist, i was on a search to listen and purchase every freestyle song and that especially included new releases. so when i first heard buffy’s “give me…a reason” in early 1995, i was on a mission.

now, doing this work was not easy in 1995. my access to the internet was by watching people talk about it on tv (lol) and music magazine’s seldom, if almost never covered freestyle music. so i would just spend hours in the singles section of tower records records going through every CD single until i thought i recognized a title of a song i was looking for. it was WORK!

discovered by frequent stevie b. collaborator dadgel atabay while singing at a friend's wedding, buffy solango landed on billboard's hot 100 in 1996 with "give me...a reason." signed to filipino independent label velocity records, buffy's debut single "give me... a reason" quickly became a regional hit in the bay area upon its release in late 1994.

"give me...a reason" landed on radio playlists nationally and finally reached a respectable peak of #78 on billboard's hot 100 in late march 1996. buffy‘a debut and only album “first love” was a solid release. two additional singles, “no one” and “2 find u” were released by were regulated to regional airplay.

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iTunedIN | IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND (Remixes) 25 Years!

A Pop Music Feature This remake reimagined the r&b classic into a major club-thumper and propelled Amber, Ultra Naté, and Jocelyn Enriquez into dance floor divas for the new millennium. 25 Years Later IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND is remastered and all the remixed are again available. They say that disco is dead, but that’s always seemed extremely unlikely. The music genre which epitomized much of…

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Synthscape: June 13, 2005

This is the playlist for the June 13, 2005 broadcast of Synthscape: Nevarakka – “I Am Trying” Cosmicity – “Awake [Drowsy Mix]” Precious – “Precious Little Fantasy [Ballad Version]” ATB – “Killer [Radio Edit]” The Dignity of Labour – “XRV” Jocelyn Enriquez – “When I Get Close to You [Cubanito’s Breakbeat Radio Edit]” Cosmic Ally – “Paranoid” Olive – “Miracle [Radio Edit]” Neuropa – “Again…

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my love for jocelyn began on a hot summer night in 1994. my friend oscar and i were on our way to check out the then just released disney movie “the lion king.” as we drove down hunting park avenue, we chatted as we listened to FM radio. remember that terrestrial radio? anywho, her single “make this last forever” began to play. I turned to Oscar, who was driving and somehow still controlling the radio, and said, “wait. is this new freestyle on the radio? put the volume up!” born in the san francisco, bay area to parents from the filipino province, pangasinan, jocelyn was an undergraduate student at san francisco state university when in 1993 songwriter and producer, glenn gutierrez got a hold of a home video of jocelyn singing the freestyle classic “if you leave me now.” co-produced by gutierrez and performed by filipina vocalist jaya, “if you leave me now” made jaya the first filipino artist achieve crossover pop success with the song peaked at #44 on billboard’s hot 100 in early 1990.

the timing could not have been more perfect for jocelyn. glenn, who had worked with stevie b, arguably the most successful freestyle artist in history, had just joined the production team at classified records, a filipino owned and operated indecent label in the bay area. and with the freestyle genre desperately in need of a new queen, the stage was set for jocelyn.

enriquez released her debut single “i’ve been thinking about you” in early 1994 and the song became an instant regional hit before garnering radio spins in florida and texas. The song would eventually break into billboard’s Hot 100 reaching #80 and spending 11 weeks on the chart. The achievement was significant considering the songs was independently released and freestyle music as genre had been deemed “dead” by the music industry in late 1992.

to capitalize on jocelyn’s success, classified records rushed to produce, record and release jocelyn’s debut album. released in late summer 1994, “lovely” hit record stores and and an immediate freestyle-fan favorite. the album showcased jocelyn’s ability to shine across multiple genres. the album would generate several singles including the brilliant, and in my humble opinion one of the greatest freestyle songs, “make this last forever,” the donna summer disco inspired “big love” and the sultry pop/r&b ballad “you are the one.” jocelyn’s success helped to spark a resurgence in freestyle music in late 1995, planet soul, a dance duo made up by new york house producer george acosta and the late singer/song writer nadine renee, released one of “set you free.” the song was hybrid of techno and freestyle music and further gave the aforementioned genre the mainstream jolt it needed when it reached #26 on the hot 100 in jaunary 1996. “set you free” launched the book of what some called “trip-hop freestyle.” and no artist was able to benefit from this sound more than jocelyn.

by the time jocelyn released “do you miss me?,” the lead single from her sophomore album in may 1996, the new freestyle sound was in high demand at radio. “do you miss me?” was a departure from her pure freestyle sound but still incorporated enough of the elements as to not alienate her core audience. the first half of the song is a bouncy pop/dance sound that was perfect for crossover radio. however, midway through “do you miss me?”, the song transitions in a sound that is very similar to that of “set you free” but with harder miami bass sound. and baby, in 1996 this was the most genius thing i had ever heard.

“do you miss me?” was an bonafide hit and with it’s infectious hook, the song remained on the hot 100 for almost an entire year before reaching it’s peak of #49 in april 1997. the success of “do you miss me?” made jocelyn the first filipino solo artist to land a major record deal when she signed to tommy boy records.

jocelyn’s momentum continued with the equally slamming and success “a little bit of ecstasy.” released in early 1997 and with the backing of a major label, the song was accompanied by a futuristic video director by frances lawrence. the song exploded at both the club and radio level and along with it’s predecessor, “a little bit of ecstasy”were the most played dance songs on new york radio.

after several delays, Jocelyn’s sophomore album was finally released. the album was much dance oriented than her freestyle-heavy debut, but was just as eclectic. one of the set’s most notable songs was her cover of the tagalog version of “kailanman.”criticisms about how jocelyn had been either racialized as latina or black in an effort to make her more “marketable” had long plagued her despite her always acknowledging and identifying as filipino. the song, which she sings completely in tagalog, was to finally to lay those rumors to rest.

in 1998, jocelyn landed a high profile feature on the stars of 54 hit “if you could read my mind” with fellow dance divas ultra naté and label mate amber. the song was included on the much hyped about 1998 motion picture film “54” starring selma hayek and ryan philippe about the infamous new york disco night club “studio 54.” “if you could read my mind” became jocelyn’s third international hit in just as many years. she was at her zenith and on a the brink of mainstream success. unfortunately, difference with her label and classified records’ fallout with tommy boy records impacted subsequent releases. after topping the US dance chart in 2000 with the thunderpuss produced “when i get close” she parted ways with tommy boy. in 2003 she released her third album “all my life” independently before walking away from mainstream music to concentrate on her family and spiritual growth.

in 2018, after a 15 year absence, jocelyn returned to mainstream music in with the dance sons “to love again.” and because queen Jocelyn appreciates her freestyle fanbase, she even gifted us a freestyle remix. jocelyn enriquez’s impact cannot be overstated. because of her success numerous filipino acts were able to achieve both regional and national success including buffy who scored a hot 100 hit with “give me a reason” in 1996 and kai, the first filipino r&b group to be signed to a major record label, scored a #59 hit with “say you’ll stay” in 1998.

it has been 26 years since that car ride with oscar when jocelyn enriquez entered my universe making it even more magical than it was. i now play her music when driving my son. Jocelyn, if you should ever read this, please know how joy your music brought to a queer puertorriqueño from north philadelphia.

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Today's compilation:

Hed Kandi: Disco Kandi 2000 House / Garage House / Nu-Disco

Good God, what a terrific pair of discs here from the ever-consistent dance comp label Hed Kandi. With this first ever installment in their Disco Kandi series, the UK outfit supplies a steady stream of ephemeral house bangers from the late 90s and 2000, with a lot of the selections sounding contemporary, but also managing to channel an invigorating old-school disco spirit too. And many of these glitz-glammy, high-quality productions also collectively continue to progress from the sonic tradition that first started in famed New York DJ Larry Levan's Paradise Garage nightclub in the late 70s, where he nurtured a more vocally soulful and R&B-rooted house sound into the late 80s that would come to be known simply as 'garage.' And after the Paradise Garage's closure, that garage sound would find popularity at a club in New Jersey called Zanzibar too, where Tony Humphries would continue to spin it.

Now, despite a few of these tracks having somewhat remarkably high YouTube play counts, all of them were and still are definitely underground; that is, except for one. And this particular tune that I'm referring to wasn't just mainstream, but it really managed to lace the hell out of a lot of US contemporary hit radio stations back in the late 90s, even though it only ended up peaking at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100, overall. Basically, if you tuned into your local pop or more dance-oriented station on anything close to a regular basis back then, there's almost no way that you could've avoided one-off supertrio Stars on 54's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's 1970 soft folk-rock classic, "If You Could Read My Mind," which saw Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez, and Ultra Naté teaming up to record a song for the soundtrack to the disco period flick, 54. Really classic radio gold right there that a lot of people probably haven't thought about in a long while.

And then just as you're finished reminiscing on whatever fond memories you might hold that are associated with that particular song, quite possibly the most impressive track of all within this two-disc set ends up directly following it: the Matthew Roberts and Richard Fite remix of Eclipse's "Makes Me Love You." This one has a big, sun-shining pool party vibe to it, as it combines lustrous disco strings, funkily plucked guitar, a fuzzy-thick corrugated bassline, and piano keys, all while employing a lovely filter technique, which is that really popular thing that house musicians got to doing around this time period, in which certain elements sound distant and submerged, and as they continuously loop, keep sounding closer and clearer, until they satisfyingly breach the surface and hit their glorious peak. And that's maybe my favorite type of house music in the whole world 😊.

So, a really enjoyable way to spend over two and a half hours here, with a hefty dose of  super sleek house tunes, a lot of which are on a nu-disco and garage tip. And it was collected by the always seemingly on point Hed Kandi label too, which has never steered me wrong before!

Highlights:

CD1:

Cunnie Williams - "A World Celebration (Mousse T's Party Lick)" Lovestation - "Teardrops (Joey Negro 12" mix)" Bini + Martini -" Happiness (B+M's new re-edit)" Paul Johnson - "Get Get Down (Dancefloor dub)" Fire Island - "There but for the Grace of God (Joey Negro mix)" Soulsearcher - "Can't Get Enough (vocal club mix)" Stars on 54 - "If You Could Read My Mind (original club mix)" Eclipse - "Makes Me Love You (Morning Star mix)" Darryl Pandy meets Nerio's Dubwork - "Sunshine & Happiness (Nerio's Dubwork mix)" Glaubitz & Roc - "Sunshine Day (extended mix)" Jaydee vs. Bo Horne - "Spank (Exit EEE's alternative mix)"

CD2:

The Lab Rats presents The Experiment feat. Lisa Millett - "Music Is My Way of Life (Lab Rats Main Experiment)" Choo Choo Project - "Hazin' & Phazin' (Lab Rat's Funkin' With Choo Choo)" Sun Kids feat. Chance - "Rescue Me (Bini + Martini 999 Funk mix)" Phunkie Souls - "The Music (Richard F "Defected" re-edit)" Z-Factor - "Make a Move on Me (extended 12" mix)" Michael Moog - "That Sound (Full Intention mix)" Novy vs. Eniac - "Superstar (Full Intention mix)" Duke - "So in Love With You (Full Intention mix)"

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When you the part where the heartache comes, the hero would be you.

But heroes often fail.

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Love's in the air

Love’s in the air

Hoje tem a releitura de uma coletânea conceitual. No vídeo eu conto melhor.

Eu falo sempre em eurodance, mas seria melhor se tivesse dito só dance music. Tem muita gente na lista que não faz parte daquele grupo de artistas especializados naquele tipo de música eletrônica.

O que tem?

John Paul Young – Love Is in the Air (Ballroom…