The Sound of Reese & Santonio

Kevin Maurice Saunderson
(* 05.09.1964 in Brooklyn, New York)

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I recorded “The Sound” back in 1987 and released it on my own KMS Records label. It was a massive hit at New York’s Paradise Garage and in Chicago and of course Detroit. Once it hit the UK it became one of the earliest Detroit anthems right around Europe, a huge underground record across the globe – a true desert island techno track. It is such a special record to me because it was one of my first really successful productions and I hope that you all will enjoy this free, fresh digital download of my original 1987 version.

The reason I have decided to give this track away for free is because of a situation that recently developed involving the unauthorized sampling of “The Sound” by Italian producers Giacomo Godi & Emiliano Nencioni (Supernova) in their release “Beat Me Back” on Nirvana Recordings. It came to my attention that they are licensing and selling, with considerable success, this track which is nothing more than a continuous loop of the main hook from “The Sound.”

For me to hear ‘Supernova’ taking an extended loop of “The Sound” and claiming that this is their own original composition and production is both dishonest and disrespectful.

Der Song von Supernova
„Beat me back“ von 2011.
(Emiliano Nencioni, Giacomo Godi)

Label: KMS #KMS 010

• The Sound (Smoothe Mix) 6:47
• How To Play Our Music (Dub Mix)
• How To Play Our Music (Bonus Beat)

Mixed: Kevin „Master“ Reese | Producer, Engineer: Kevin Saunderson
Written: Kevin Saunderson, Santonio Echols

Label: KMS – #KMS 012

• Bounce Your Body To The Box (Power Hit Mix)
  Mixed: Mike „Hitman“ Wilson
• Bounce Your Body To The Box (Smooth Groove Mix)
  Mixed: Master Reese
• Force Field
• The Sound (Re-Mix)
  Mixed: Mayday

Producer, Writen: Kevin Saunderson, Santonio Echols #3
Co-producer: Andre Holmon #3+4

Label: FFRR #FFRX 7

• Back To The Beat (With ‚The Sound‘)
• The Sound (Acid Remix)
• Rock To The Beat

Producer – Kevin Saunderson

Die Veröffentlichung auf dem UK-Label FFRR brachte den Detroit Sound nach England.

Label: KMS – #KMS 017

• Truth Of Self Evidence
• Grab The Beat
  Mixed: Kevin „Master“ Reese
• Structure
  Mixed: Santonio Echols

Writen, Producer:
Kevin Saunderson #1,2
& Santonio Echols #1,3

Mastered at Sunshine Sound, N.Y.C.
(P)(C) 1988 Drive On Virgin Songs BMI | Distributed by Music Master, Inc.

Notes:
„Truth Of Self Evidence“ enthält Elemente aus Martin Luther King’s Rede „I have a dream…“.
Bei der Veröffentlichung auf FFRR (FFRX 15) ist die B-Seite „Structure“ die A-Seite.

Label: Kool Kat Music #KOOL T15

• The Sound (Exclusive Motor City) (Remix)
  Remix: Master Reese
• The Sound (Original Version)
• How To Play Our Music (Remix)
  Remix: Mayday
• (Reese & Mayday) Groovin Without A Doubt (Remix)
  Remix: Mayday

Written: Saunderson (#1-3), Echols (#1-3), Mayday (#4), Pennington (#4)
Companies:
Mastered: Damont Audio | (p) Kool Kat Music | (c) Drive On Music
Notes:
Licensed from KMS Records Detroit | Manufactured and distributed by PRT

Label: KMS – #KMS 022

• Rock To The Beat (Mayday Mix) 6:44
  Remix, Producer [Added Prod.] – Mayday
• Rock To The Beat (Original Mix) 2:55
  Mixed: Kevin „Master Reese“ Saunderson | Vocals: Latonya Saunderson
• You’re Mine 7:17
  Edited: Damon „Audiomix“ Booker | Producer, Mixed: Power 41
• Rock To The Beat (Hitman Mix) 5:18
  Remix, Producer [Added Prod.]: Mike „Hitman“ Wilson | Vocals: Ann Karen Joy Saunderson | Samples: Kraftwerk
• Grab The Beat 5:49
  Mixed: Mike „Hitman“ Wilson

Rock to the Beat:
Written: Kevin Saunderson, Santonio Echols
Producer: Kevin Saunderson