"Never Get Enough" by Waterlillies

Memories of this record take me back to the mid-90s. "Never Get Enough" replaced Billie Ray Martin's "Your Loving Arms" at the top spot of the Billboard Club Play Chart in 1995. Interestingly, both songs were remixed by Junior Vasquez with his distinct Sound Factory sound. I had never heard of the Waterlillies (Ray Carroll and Sandra Jill Alikas) before, but I knew this was something special. 

Good thing the CD maxi-single turned up at the SM Southmall branch of Mega Mixx Record Bar. I immediately snagged it without even asking to preview it first in-store. The fact that there was the intriguingly named "Deep Factory Mix" by Junior was enough for me. It was usually "Sound Factory Mix", "Factory Mix", or "Sound Factory Vocal Mix"-- but "Deep Factory Mix"? I was on it, honey. Also, the cover art was eye-catching. I mean, come on. 

From my iTunes playlists. 

The Deep Factory Mix was everything I had hoped it would be. It was deep, it was tribal, it was hard, it was the sound of New York, it was Junior. The whispery voice of Sandra Jill was the perfect foil to the pounding club rhythms. I love that the beat is highlighted by the sound of water dripping from a faucet. 

Junior also did the appropriately named Hard But Soft Mix, lots of piano lines and tough beats. Nebula 9 (Jim Stout and Julian Bradley) turned in a useful 303 Mix that would be at home in an afternoon tea dance party. 

As you would expected, I still play the Deep Factory Mix whenever I feel like transporting myself to a bygone era of dance music. It was useful to me when I was DJing and making mixtapes for friends.