Absolutely Faulous vs Captain Hollywood Project - More and More

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It was the sound of that time. Every eurohouse song sounded like that.

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I remember the first time I heard Absolutely fabulous - Instantly though this sounds like Captain Hollwood Project "More and More " - also the Our tribe remix sounds like it was inspired by JX "Son Of A Gun"

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Let's face it, Absolutely fabulous was a throwaway track the Boys could write in their sleep.

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Iyonix wrote: Mon 16 Feb 2026, 8:17 am also the Our tribe remix sounds like it was inspired by JX "Son Of A Gun"
Yes, exactly, Son Of A Gun ! Which is funny because JX is now known as Rex The Dog, and in his first Rex LP from 2008, there was a track called "Eeveryday Could Be Our Last Day". First time I heard it, I instantly thought : Hey, is Neil Tennant singing on this ??? No singer is credited on this track, but even though the voice was heavily processed I really could hear Neil. It made sense, since another track called Bubblicious featured a vocal by Alison Moyet, sampled from the song Midnight by Yazoo so why not ?

I was such a fan of the album, I just decided to write to Rex, praising his record, asking a few technical question about his use of modular synths, and also asking him if Neil did feature uncredited on the song. An you know what...he actually sent me a very nice reply ! And he said I was not the first asking about Neil Tennant. He wrote : What you hear is actually my own voice with lots of pitch shifters, formant filters etc...
Then he cheekily added something like: Anyway, with all the technology, you can't really trust your ears these days, can you haha.

So...18 years later whenever I hear the track I'm still wondering :-)

What do you all think ?
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