I Have Twelve Inches


OK I’m lying a little here. I don’t have this as a vinyl 12″ because it came out in 1998 when the only people buying new vinyl were DJs. But I do have it on a CD and it is the extended mix so who cares about the format with a classic tune like this?

Presence was a project of British producer/DJ Charles Webster who released just the one album under that name, the excellent All Systems Gone. I first heard this track on a Norman Jay mix CD and was instantly blown away. I loved Deep House at the time and this is one of the finest examples of it. Dark and moody with a pulsing beat and a soulful vocal by the great Shara Nelson who you all know as the voice on Massive Attack’s “Unfinished Sympathy” amongst others.

Download: Sense Of Danger (Original Presence Mix) – Presence featuring Shara Nelson (mp3)

One thought on “I Have Twelve Inches”

  1. One of the best House music “albums” ever released, IMHO. I love Sense of Danger – Shara’s vocals are equal to those on Unfinished Sympathy and Safe From Harm. In fact I have all three programmed together on a playlist for that maximum Shara effect.
    As for All Systems Gone, my favorite track is Better Day and the the Salt CIty Orchestra remix of that song is on my all time favorite House tracks list – pulls you down deep like quicksand.

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