Does anyone know what EP has the original version on it? Have only been able to track down the 'recorded live in Berlin', or indeed remixes on vinyl.. any help would be much appreciated..

Anyone know the source of the break sample in De-orbit?

It's originally from 'Give It Up' by Kool & The Gang, but from all the crackles & compression on it I think he knicked it from 'Dope On Plastic' by Uptown

Another one of Speedy J's early collaborations with Plus 8 Records, although not as impressive as "Intercontinental EP" or "Evolution". The true gems here are the first track, Rise, which does just that, over nine minutes plus running time, with great synths and entertaining melodies getting dropped from the background to keep you interested. De-Orbit, by this day and age, an all too known and adored classic, is one of Jochem's masterstrokes, a really modest track which covers plenty of styles in six minutes. And, yes, just in case you were wondering, played @ 45rpm, if you just skip the whole beatless introduction, it will trnasform into a party monster of a track, with a neck snapping pace and a furious break beat! Something For Your Mind needs no introduction. Along with Pull Over, it marks his largest club hit ever, and to this very day it sneaks into many a DJ sets. An going loop layed over a simple and feet tapping 909 drum pattern, coupled with a female vocal going "something for your mind", and there you have it - eternal party classic. Great, no doubt, but over used. Tresor, is just a shallow track, a bridge filling the gap between two indispensable old school classics. Indeed, if a heard it in a mix, and didn't know it was a Speedy J production, I'd just let it fly by. Rise EP is worth getting mostly for A1 and especially B2, despite the fact most of you probably already have De-Orbit as it was released on "Ginger", Speedy J's debut album Warp Records.

Yes I did buy Ginger first but just had to pick up Rise when it arrived in store. The NSC records are just so darker!

This release on the Legendary Plus 8 label certainly was one of the first tunes that I ever heard in the PURE or WAVE or when a 'mixed tape of any disk jockey or live club was rare' & asked the age old question of... 'What the feckkk is coming out of the speaker system in this Club , and who sits in a studio and or their bedroom and thinks and constructs these tunes up ??? ' The vibe called De-Orbit , shall and always will be a favourite tune of mine { I like to minus this tune down...} A timeless vibe I say...You have NO doubt !!!

I always found Joachem Paap overrated and if I happenned upon this EP unprepared I probably wouldn't think of it again. This is because the real treasure on this EP is buried after three relatively unremarkable offerings and pressed at the wrong speed too. Ok, so Mr. Paap probably intended it this way but after hearing "De-Orbit" in an old LTJ Bukem mix played at 45 I can't listen to it any other way. Was it really supposed to be that slow? At 45 rpm it becomes an incredible, melodic jungle track that prefigures Bukem's own "Music" and especially the Detroit sampling "Atlantis". There's just the right amount of crackle in the breakbeat to give it that underground flavour. "Tresor" is rather random and "Something For Your Mind" sounds like Speedy J rocking his 909 in an empty basement. Rise has some Detroit synths but sounds dated and rather naked in its production.

I was young and foolish. I have since realized that Speedy J is indeed a master with a great melodic sense and even his simple club tracks, like the Public Energy stuff or "Something For Your Mind" on this EP, have found a warm place in my heart.

AtomicCow I always found Joachem Paap overrated. AtomicCow, my man, Speedy-J overrated?? I respect your opinions a lot but on this one you got it seriously backwards, Speedy-J has released so much stuff beyond amazing that has flown under the radar or flat out underappreciated that it borderlines madness. Once you hear Ginger and G-Spot you'll know what I mean. No other artist has produced not one, but two double LPs of such remarkable quality. And no, the speed is just fine. You really want to argue about speed with a guy named Speedy-J?You want truly overrated, overhyped and overpriced? Your friend RD James. There, I said it :- )(Your dear friend from Bmore, looking forward to another session with you and Scott soon!)

While most people may know this record for the famous classic "Something For Your Mind", for me the real treasure is hidden on the B-side: De-Orbit. Its a very dark and slow ambient/techno/breakbeat track. Especially the melancholic strings in the intro are spine shivering.