Cuz I’m praying for rain,
And I’m praying for tidal waves,
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down,
Mom please flush it all away,
I wanna watch it go right in and down,
I wanna watch it go right in,
Watch you flush it all away.

I presume that’s Aenema rather than A Enema. Or, maybe not.

Anyhow, this is a roundabout way of mentioning that di.fm launched their new Progressive channel this week. Progressive [house | trance | techno] is a form of music that, err.., progresses. Back in the day when trance music was just starting out, there was a series of compilation CDs called Trance. Tracks on these CDs included many pieces of house music where melodies and rhythms built over the course of a track rather than appearing in traditional verse / chorus / break / chorus structures. It’s from these times that Progressive House was born. For example, Age of Love’s eponymous track was one of these.

So for my Track of the Day, I choose PQM Project’s Aenema. It’s just been released to launch Institution US [a ‘no-breaks’ imprint] and comes in two forms: an original mix, and a “Noel Sanger’s Global Reset Button” remix. It is also available on a mix compilation by Hernan Cattaneo. Noel Sanger’s remix is available for preview here (dig around in the Audio section). The remix has more vocals than the original. Spookily, Hernan Cattaneo’s 2CD mix compilation ends with a remix of Age of Love. See, I know my music

The lyrics of the track are taken from Tool’s song Aenema from their 1992 album Aenima. Vocals were re-recorded by a girl named Ekaterini.

You can buy (for download) nice high quality versions of both mixes through EDM Digital, my new favourite on-line store for MP3s. (The remix sounds incredible on my SoundSticks!) There’s another remix knocking around on that site too. As my mate Mark wrote: good ‘ol Google.