WHEN A BANANA WAS JUST A BANANA REMIXED AND PEELED

šIn a nutshell, it speaks really of the loss of innocence of music. Music was just music when I was growing up. Nobody was ridiculed or had views of ˜I only listen to this one kind of music™ - I grew up listening to everything! Today, so many people tend only listen to one style of music with a strong opinion of why... I miss the innocence of how it was... Like when you were younger, ˜A Banana Was Just A Banana™.› - Josh Wink Philadelphia born and based, Josh Wink, is one of the true pioneers of techno, house and allied styles - blurring the definitions as a Producer and DJ. More than 20 years have passed since Wink first came into public conscious via the electronic music explosion and he still takes trends, makes trends and breaks trends; unafraid to walk the border between stylistic boundaries as he experiments and gets you under his influence. Rewind to 1989, aged 19 and a budding young DJ on the underground ˜rave™ scene, Wink™s first ever EP ˜Tribal Confusion™ came on Strictly Rhythm, under the moniker E-Culture. More releases followed and in 1994 he formed his own label ˜Ovum Recordings™. In 1995, Wink released three hugely influential tracks ˜Don™t Laugh™ ˜I Am Ready™ (as Size 9) and ˜Higher State Of Consciousness™, pioneering in style and still played today. He released his debut album in 1996 ˜Left Above The Clouds™ (Nervous) and followed with his second Long Player in 1998 ˜HearHere™ (Ovum) - working with pioneering vocalists; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Caroline Crawley of 4AD fame, and local Philadelphia artist Ursula Rucker. Wink™s huge mix compilation ˜Profound Sounds Volume 1™ (Ovum) was released in 1999 and due to the success and integrity of the series, is now up to Volume 3 and still going strong. Wink's releases have the unique quality of being revered and championed by the most underground to the mainstream, creating memorable songs that have no time or genre restraints; sparking fads in production techniques and generating innovation worldwide. Continuing his staple releases into this decade, in 2000 he sampled Lil Louis™ ˜French Kiss™ to create the international player ˜How™s Your Evening So Far?™ (FFRR/Ovum), following with ˜Superfreak™ (Ovum), ˜516 Acid (Ovum), ˜Oakish™ (Ovum), ˜Swirl™(Ovum), ˜Have To Get Back™ (M-Nus), Thick As Thieves™ (Poker Flat) and Wink™s third artist album ™20 To 20™ (Ovum). Remixing is something that Wink is very aware of and is asked to have his production hand involved in many projects, yet has chosen to be protective and accept only few. Over the years he has crafted remixes for the likes of Radiohead, Dépêche Mode, Slam, Moby, Dave Clarke, Ladytron, Chicken Lips, Lenny Kravitz, Gus Gus and Radio Slave. In March 2008, Wink unleashed the first single to be taken from ˜When A Banana Was Just A Banana™ - ˜Stay Out All Night™ defied the current music trend and was immediately made ˜Essential New Tune™ by Pete Tong on his Radio 1 show, where he classed it as šthe biggest dance record in the world right now›, as well as huge DJ support from Dubfire, Laurent Garnier, Steve Bug, Loco Dice and many more. In February 2009 comes the full Long Player. ˜When A Banana Was Just A Banana™ is presented in three formats, the CD format is in a continuous DJ mix style, whilst the vinyl and digital formats are unmixed and perfect for DJs and dancefloors. Josh Wink™s fourth artist album ˜When A Banana Was Just A Banana™ was one of the most talked about and played electronic albums of 2009. Now, in 2010 - and with a little help from his friends - ˜When A Banana Was Just A Banana™ gets Remixed and Peeled by some of Wink™s most esteemed producer friends, who each personally chose the track they wanted to remix. The album will be released in three formats, the CD is a 9 tracker, while the vinyl will be broken into 6 limited edition twelve inches. The vinyl will also have three exclusive remixes that aren™t on the CD version. šThis album started coming together when some of Josh's peers inquired about remixing certain tracks that they liked. Josh then asked other producers whom he liked and respected to pick a track also. After a few months of collecting the remixes, ˜When A Banana Was Just A Banana Remixed and Peeled™ is ready for release. It was an honor to have so many talented producers interested in putting their spin on what were already great tracks - and very exciting as the mixes came in and we were blown away one time after another. The styles are very diverse, but all put together make a comprehensive album that shines like the original. From the deep tech of Martin Buttrich, Pascal Feos, and Chateau Flight, to the house grooves of Nic Fanciulli, DJ Sneak, D'Julz and Jimpster, to the full on floor fillers from Agoria, Slam, Radio Slave, and Benny Rodrigues.› - Ovum The album will be available as a single CD, Digitally with exclusive tracks by DJ Sneak, D'Julz, Martin Buttrich, and Pascal Feos, and as a limited edition vinyl collection of 6 separate twelve inches.› 1) Jus Right (Jimpster Remix) 2) Everybody To The Sun(Slam Paragraph Mix) 3) Stay Out All Night (Radio Slave Remix) 4) Counter Clock 319 (Chateau Flight Remix) 5) hypnoslave (Nic Fanciulli Remix) 6) airplane electronique (matthias tanzmann remix) 7) minimum 23 (Agoria Remix) 8) Dolphin Smack (Martin Buttrich RMX Part 6) 9) Josh Wink šWhat Used To Be Called Used To Be› (Benny Rodrigues F.A.T.F. No Drama-Mix)