Defected and Strictly Rhythm (which, newsflash from 3 years ago, is owned by Defected) currently occupy the first four slots in Traxsource's top 10, and that's probably gonna remain the case for awhile as the the next batch of remix packages from Quentin Harris' new album Sacrifice (released yesterday) drop.

This is probably my favorite of their current hits (I love the original, but the remixes of Dennis Ferrer's "Hey Hey" just leave me cold). "When the Morning Comes" is an all-star collaboration that you have to read the liner notes to appreciate. First you've got Amp Fiddler with Alton Miller - I haven't a clue how that came about but I'm glad it did. Then, on the Restless Soul remixes, you've got a Phlash and Friends reunion as Mark de Clive-Lowe on keys joins Phil Asher on drums.

Here's a clip from the Restless Soul Mix (1 of 3 remixes, with a Restless Soul Dub and another by Seed's Boddhi Satva rounding out the package):

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Quietly - as fits his persona - Phil Asher has emerged as a one-man hit factory in the last 12 months. In his latest package - a WMC "bundle" - Phlash offers up eight previously unreleased remixes of some of his recent bits of vinyl mastery from his recent homebase, Italy's Archive Records.

Included are "Let Your Heart Pump", "Hazy (12 inch version)", "Grande (Dub Version)", "Putting It Down", "Runnin' (Instrumental Remake)", "Think About It (Disco Dub)", "Jungle Orchidz (Instrumental)" and "Revolution (12 inch version)".

Most of this is probably new to you; even if it's not, you have to admire a guy that would make his rarities available rather than hording them to himself and a small circle of elite friends.

It's always kind of hard to pick just one Phil Asher tune - "Runnin'" is as soulful as anything N'Dea Davenport has ever done, and some of these are more jacking than anything produced in Chicago in years - so suffice to say this short clip from "Revolution" isn't necessarily representative of the whole:

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