Ten minutes in, the plan is already clear: Francis Scarlino's 'This Is On' opens in D minor at 125 BPM and Agua Sin Gas's 'Vamonos' immediately stretches the groove out to 7:18, the longest cut on the whole volume. The first seven tracks nail the tempo at 125 without blinking: a cruising block where Laurent Simeca's 'Hot And Sweaty' sneaks in the first funky wink and the Tommy Vee & Keller remix of DJ Dan's 'Make Ya Freak' delivers the most playful hook of the stretch.
The first breather arrives with Ben Muetsch's 'Shorty', dropping to 122 BPM and taking nearly seven minutes in G minor. From there the record undulates: The Doberman Club passes through the hands of DJ Kone & Marc Palacios to bring back the funky pulse, and 'When U Try', the shortest cut of the batch (4:12), works as a quick hinge before 'Drink & Preach' and 'Blues Of House' push the pace back up to 124-125.
The Robin S stretch
The finale is where the volume shows its hand. 'Pasilda', in Luca Debonaire's remix, and 'So Alive' mark the ceiling at 126 BPM. And 'So Alive' carries more weight than it lets on: Ron Carroll — the Chicago vocalist, DJ and producer who worked on records for artists like Robin S and CeCe Peniston, and who passed away in September 2025 — shares credits here with Robin S herself. Hearing it now feels like an accidental tribute.
Sugarstarr's 'We Are One' then slides the tempo down to 122 with its Tribal Disco Mix, and Robin S returns to close things out: 'Show Me Love 2k18', via Andrey Exx's remix, revisits the anthem written by Allen George and Fred McFarlane that, propelled by StoneBridge's remix, hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the dance club chart, pushing house through the mainstream door in 1993. A fine detail: this closer returns to the D minor of the opener. Sixteen cuts later, the circle closes exactly where it began.
Sources: Wikipedia (Show Me Love) · Wikipedia (Ron Carroll) · Attack Magazine
