I'm going to work against type here and throw aside the curmudgeonly bit and say that I'm enjoying the renaissance of Michael Jackson tunes that popped up in House Music of late. There were a lot of remixes hiding in the back of people's crates that I may have heard once or twice and never again (a legacy of that lovely habit of the dance music industry in the 1990s of remixing popular songs and making sure no more than four DJs ever played it).

But if I were to act all curmudgeonly, I'd say that I'm a little disappointed that we're just hearing older edits, and that nobody's really doing anything new with the material MJ, Quincy Jones and the rest of his production teams over the years left behind.

But, then, there's Mark de Clive-Lowe, who is hotter than molten lava right now, has posted up this cover of "I Can't Help It" with himself at the console and Lady Alma on vocals. It was recorded "awhile back" but was released this week and sent to us by MdCL with an invitation to share it. Enjoy!

You can download it as a 320kps MP3 at his soundcloud page.

And here's a fan video of the Michael Jackson original:

Okay, for all of the bitching about House Music moguls running their digital empires from free myspace pages and who saturate the market with utterly disposable releases, it's time to give props to someone doing it right.

The Track of Today for May 6 is Yameen ft. Lady Alma's "Light of Love". This is a good ole' fashioned single - no fluff, no filler, just two killer remixes by UK groove guru Mark De Clive-Lowe, one vocal and one instrumental. This is in preparation for the full-length album from Yameen called Never Knows More.

And from what I can tell, these folks have it together - full, professional promotion of a product that's worth your hard-earned dollars. And yameenmusic.com has tons of goodies for anyone still on the fence about cashing in their pennies for this release, including this video of MDC-L remixing the track in the studio:

How simple is that, man? It cost them absolutely nothing, requiring nothing but a webcam and an index finger pressing the "record" button. And here I am promoting it.

And here's Mark's fierce remix, vocal version:

This is available traxsource.com today.