BT & Jan Johnston - Mercury & Solace (Sasha Remix) [Black Hole Recordings]

[Z Dobrej Woli]

I didn’t know that we have no thread about this remix so… let’s go




Played in November 2025 on ASOT and… no more informations Sasha is still playing this in his sets… my guess it that he’s trying to get permission from Brian and Black Hole to release his remix on his own Last Night On Earth imprint (like he did a few times before, like with Rufus Du Sol - Innerbloom).

Your thoughts?

2:44:12



EDIT: Release comes on Black Hole in July

 

[PegaSus]

Liking that riff! Creative, but definitely not needed.

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

Liking that riff! Creative, but definitely not needed.

so you don't need the things that you like?

 

[Progrez]

Original mix ftw he completely stripped it off the wonderful percussions and slowed it down too much and removed the rhythm and groove of the track.

 

[JulesPlees]

All I know is I saw Sasha Howells Zabiela & Pappa last night in melbourne and although not the cleanest Sasha was in smasha mode and was my personal fave of the night (im a trance head though - Howells was probably superior tbh). Hes back up to and over 130bpm boys we are so back

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

utterly boring and that kick drum is shite

 

[Z Dobrej Woli]

FINALLY!
10th July

 

[Narel]

Got to agree with the negatives here, I was expecting more. There is nothing here that would make me play it over the sublime original. Production is a bit rough too, the vox comes in super sudden and loud in the break and the quantisation is it bit loose for my tastes in places; but I freely admit to being a bit of a bellend about quantisation.
The original of this though….. I mean . I was 16 when I bought ‘Movement in Still Life’ having loved ‘ESCM’ and ‘IMA’.
The vocal pitch bend thing at the time was just mind boggling

 

[marcopm]

Personally I like it, maybe because I'm a sucker for Shah/Sunlounger's stuff of 2007-2012 and this reminds me a lot of that style (although Shah back in the day would have produced it even better).

 

[Electronlyman]

The original of this though….. I mean

Yeap

The vocal pitch bend thing at the time was just mind boggling

Still is, one of my all-time fave vocal tracks.
Perception takes #1 in my preference, but Mercury & Solace is technically way ahead of its time.

 

[Pokkryshkin]

I stopped listening to any remixes of classic tracks altogether, but with such big names here, I couldn't help but click, and it only convinced me yet again that I'm right not to listen to this stuff

 

[Progrez]

Personally I like it, maybe because I'm a sucker for Shah/Sunlounger's stuff of 2007-2012 and this reminds me a lot of that style (although Shah back in the day would have produced it even better).

Nah, doesn't sound anything like Roger Shah from that period. Roger's tracks had more emotions in them back then. This one sounds like someone who did a super lazy job. Spent like 2 minutes without any effort on the track on a plane because he had nothing better to do.