Who is Terence FM, and why is he so named? This is a question I ask myself every time I see a reference to this great track. Does the FM refer to radio, and does it reflect a predilection for it, in the same way that Synthesiser Patel eponymously reflects an obsession with analogue keyboards. I remember this track being played at Wiggle, often the last of a particular set, or the whole night. The vocal is what makes this track into the monster it is, but the music upon which it rests is well worth a mention. Although released on Cajual, if an instrumental were ever released then Relief would be a more natural home. Having said that, the trackiness and, with it, the aggression, is toned down to make it more tonally palatable to blend with whatever vocal banger might follow. Not that any of this matters of course. The genres are not self-conscious and, in the hands of anyone capable and inflected by the feeling, can be aligned any which way, holding up a mirror to the mood of the dance floor. This is one of my favourite vocal house tracks, and it’s lost none of its lustre in the thirty years it’s been around. Partly, I guess, to its original approach to highlighting said vocal something which, in turn, draws attention to and elicits interest in, the music.
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