Scoop – Drop It (Charlotte de Witte Rework) [Époque]

Charlotte de Witte reworks Scoop’s 90s raver fave ‘Drop It’ for her niche Époque label, a platform for remixes/reworks of historic nightlife gems, especially from the 90s & early noughties. Her version is out now, just in time to give any flagging high-summer dancefloors an energy boost.  
 
“‘Drop It’ is one of those tracks that never really left the dance floor. It carries the spirit of an era, especially in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Reworking it for Époque felt like a tribute to a timeless moment in rave history. This one’s for the dancers, then and now.” – Charlotte de Witte
 
Scoop’s original ‘Drop It’ was released in 1999 by the Belgian dance music project Scoop, written by Daniel Maze and Jan Vervloet. It’s been a staple ever since, upbeat, innocently europop electro and packed with 90s fun – rattle-tat drum builds, ludicrously catchy staccato tootling synth themes, the female ‘yeah-ay-ay-eh-eh-eah’ war cry, and a melodic synth chord break. Oh, and Otis Redding’s much-sampled 1968 Monterey promise.
 
‘Drop It’ (Charlotte de Witte Rework) is a slightly faster, more demanding beast, with a pounding indeed invincible techno beat, the iconic synth riffs given extra acidic edge and resonance, while fluttering, juddering themes now fill the air like batwings. The original instantly recognisable 90s themes are still here, with its huge breakdown and banging drop, and some subtle echoes of Otis R. A hefty slice of pure dancefloor uplift.