White label just means the producer of the track pressed and distributed the song on their own and at their own expense, without a record company, although sometimes a record company would do a test press to see what kind of traction a track got without committing to an expensive general release pressing which needed cover art, copyright, royalties etc etc. If that white label does well, Modjo - Lady, for an example, it'll get picked up by a record label and released 'officially.' Often unchanged from the white label, sometimes with subtle differences, eg Full House - Into Tomorrow, on the white label that was called Until Tomorrow and borrowed lyrics from a Rachel McFarlane track (Until tomorrow, show me, the lover that you are) - on the general release they ever so slightly changed the lyrics to avoid paying royalties for the sample. You might know the lyrics from another remix which had Paul Van Dyk's, For An Angel as the dominant track. That one did get a general release. You'll often find remixes are white labels purely because it means whoever remixed the track doesn't have to pay royalties to the artist - in this case it'd be Madonna. Most white labels never get a general release and stay mainly in the hands of DJ's who've bought a copy on vinyl at some indie record shop. White labels aren't really a thing now due to digital music, but back when I was dj'ing in the '90s it was a real treasure hunt to get hold of a fresh white label to play. I remember getting the Blade remix months before it was actually heard anywhere else, and long before it got a general release, one was Bass in the place London which ended up in the charts, and the other being Operation Blade which if I remember right was a lot harder (and better.)
Happy Birthday Madonna 💝
Excellent remix. Makes me wanna shake it.
this is the best of the remixes of this song in my opinion. not a lot of additional production, and very cleanly mixed
coooooooool tres bon.
What about "Jump" remix? It's called "white label remix"... I can't find anymore... Does anyone know where 2 find?
cool
Who is White Label ? The DJ/Producer?
what about "Jump" ?
White label just means the producer of the track pressed and distributed the song on their own and at their own expense, without a record company, although sometimes a record company would do a test press to see what kind of traction a track got without committing to an expensive general release pressing which needed cover art, copyright, royalties etc etc.
If that white label does well, Modjo - Lady, for an example, it'll get picked up by a record label and released 'officially.' Often unchanged from the white label, sometimes with subtle differences, eg Full House - Into Tomorrow, on the white label that was called Until Tomorrow and borrowed lyrics from a Rachel McFarlane track (Until tomorrow, show me, the lover that you are) - on the general release they ever so slightly changed the lyrics to avoid paying royalties for the sample. You might know the lyrics from another remix which had Paul Van Dyk's, For An Angel as the dominant track. That one did get a general release.
You'll often find remixes are white labels purely because it means whoever remixed the track doesn't have to pay royalties to the artist - in this case it'd be Madonna.
Most white labels never get a general release and stay mainly in the hands of DJ's who've bought a copy on vinyl at some indie record shop.
White labels aren't really a thing now due to digital music, but back when I was dj'ing in the '90s it was a real treasure hunt to get hold of a fresh white label to play. I remember getting the Blade remix months before it was actually heard anywhere else, and long before it got a general release, one was Bass in the place London which ended up in the charts, and the other being Operation Blade which if I remember right was a lot harder (and better.)
gives me happy feet