Disco King Ron Basejam's Essential Edits

Ron Basejam's mum knows him as James Baron and you might know James Baron as one of the founders of UK disco sensations Crazy P. Since 2006, Baron's been smashing it as Basejam, releasing a string of fantastic original tunes and som otherwordly edits. Next month sees him joining the likes of The 2 Bears and John Morales at Ministry of Sound's Glitterbox night.

Ahead of that, we asked Ron to present us with some of his ultimate edits because everyone loves an edit, right? Right. Sit back and let Ron run you through a few of his all time favourite re-rubs and extensions.

The Hi-Gloss ode to a bitter love lost gets a makeover from Messrs. Clark and Smith. A very simple cut and shut but blimey is it effective. Using only a smidge of the vocal the great use of choice loops it retains the melancholic feel of the original without ever taking you totally over the edge.

This is early edit tackle. As rare as rocking horse shit 12" which came out early 90's. I first heard it on a DJ Dick mixtape my mate had —we used to have it on repeat in the car when we went on ambitious clubbing missions. I hadn't heard the original Patti Jo number and this took my head off. The vocal gets in your head and stays there, another fine example of how keeping things simple often works the best.

This is one of those records for which the memory of hearing it for the first time seems imprinted on your psyche. However you look at it, this is to all intents and purposes a re-edit. A 2 beat Chic loop complete with looped up vocal lift, apply filter and hey presto, you have a very special dance floor monster. No one crafts samples like this dude. File under 'genius'.

Bit of a Marmite one on this but I had to include it for its sheer audacity and clever use of the source material. Re-editing Mariah Carey is controversial at the best of times but when she's covering the Foreigner yacht rock classic it could all go tits up. The first time I heard it was in the bright early afternoon sun at the Wilde Renate festival in Berlin and whilst I may have been completely feeling the love there was a bit of tutting to be heard from the surrounding bearded jazzers.

The most recent addition in the list it has now seen the light of day on the Futureboogie edits label — Boogiefuturo. It's been doing the rounds for us lot for quite a while now. It never fails. It's full on boogie/disco so it's great when you want to push that sound in your set. Killer bassline, hooky vocal and a very tasteful chop up from Mr Bull — what more do you want?

If you liked this list why not head down to see Ron dropping edit after edit alongside the likes of John Morales, Norman Jay, the 2 Bears and more at Ministry of Sound's Glitterbox event on Saturday 12th of December. Head here for tickets.

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