Miles Maeda has been a superstar of the Chicago house scene for almost as long as it's existed. Now he's started up his own label, and has appropriately enlisted Derrick Carter on remix duty for the debut release. The original mix of "Ravon Lady(1)" is a Chicago house stomper with in your face crisp beats, nasty little vocal snippets, and some old school synth work. The real treat here however, is Derrick Carter's "Mi Mi Groove(2)" mix. Derrick, as usual, totally fucks up the original, adding lots of swing to the beats, bouncy deep bass, some signature Derrick bleeps, and ill manipulation of those vocal snippets as only Derrick could produce so well. Unleash this one on the dancefloor and watch what ensues! Loving it.

reviewed by Alison Tara