Tapps
is a high energy group started by club DJ, Allan Coleho – using his
experience to help create a new style of dance music for the 80s and
continuing the disco feel. “My Forbidden Lover” from 1983 is their
first single that along with songs like “Your Love” by Lime helped to
pave a new road for clubs who desired more of the rolling disco bass and
more percussion than ever. “Burnin’ With Fire” is their second 12”
release from the same year and features Candy Berthiaume on lead vocals.
Her voice creates the same mode as Barbara Doust on their first single
but more of a haunting refrain. It plays out with a sparkling energy
that is fast and furious and has always been one of the high energy
babies that I always admired from this band.
I
have taken the 12” version of “Burnin’ With Fire” and remapped the
sensation with more of the original pumping energy assisted with a
sample from a rock classic by AC/DC to give the underground feel a layer
more. The arrangement is a bit more spread out and gives more time to
get lost in the arpeggios which flow like a “hurricane”.
