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Dr Sunshine (California Trippin')

by The NRG

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It's early 1991 and the new Ambient House craze is sweeping across the globe when a call that never actually happened comes in to The NRG HQ from their publisher...
"Lads, the Citrus Growing Association of California want an Ambient House soundtrack for their upcoming promotional campaign, they can't afford The ORB so they've asked it they can get The NRG? The brief? Think California, think Sunshine, think citrus and acidity!! ...are you in?!"
They were in.
So The NRG took the brief to it's extremes and sampled a Californian guy who took acid and talked to citrus fruit, obviously. Alas this wasn't the angle the the C.G.A of California were looking for and they were promptly dropped from the campaign but this didn't put The NRG off. They pushed on to complete their Ambient House masterpiece and the track Dr Sunshine (California Trippin') was the result. In the summer of '91 it went on to become their highest chart placing single ever. Not really. As well as a standout tune from their now infamous, non-existent Glastonbury 1991 set.
For an added twist we fast forward a decade. It's now late 2001 and Jean Jacques Smoothie is riding high on the back of his Mirwais produced chart hit '2 People'. Fresh off the back of remixing pop royalty Kylie Minogue and a performance on the UK TV institution Top of the Pops the original studio stems of Dr Sunshine somehow find their way into Mr Smoothie's hands. He sets about creating an epic Dub electronica reworking but thanks to The NRG's convoluted business set ups the remix never got to be released...until now!
So here we are in 2022 and after a few envelopes stuffed with cash were exchanged between various dodgy folks the original US radio edit and the Jean Jacques Smoothie Remix finally get to see they light of day and as an added bonus The NRG's own long lost Chill-Out Room mix is included in this new package.

So sit back, drop a tab and enjoy the citrus infused ride.

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released September 7, 2022

Track 2. Additional remix and production by Jean Jacques Smoothie and melodica by Rochenko

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The NRG Sheffield, UK

It would be wrong to define The NRG as simply chillout music for ravers. Their music provided a soundtrack for the early glimpse of dawn after a night of raving, a soothing assembly of sounds that provided the peace after the storm. But their 1993 studio album Stadium Ambient reached into the throes of fame and fortune, a tidal wave that swept The NRG up and pushed them over the edge into oblivion ... more

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