So, Fragma ?Toca?s Miracle 2008? - where shall we start? Capital radio B-List 8 weeks upfront? Kiss playlist 2 months before release? Massive Radio 1 support?
The fact world-leading DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Erick Morillo, Paul van Dyk, David Morales, John ?O Callaghan, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, and many more have been blowing the roof off of every major international club with it in the past few months? Or that clubbers have inundated Youtube in their thousands with their own mobile phone club footage of dancefloors erupting to its anthemic tones?
Originally a No.1 UK single for Positiva in 2000, selling over half a million copies, Fragma?s ?Toca?s Miracle? spliced their No.11 hit, ?Toca Me?, with Coco?s ?I Need A Miracle?. The track has fast become a crossover dance anthem once again via some fantastic late Noughties mixes courtesy of In Petto, aka the Duderstadt brothers, Dirk and Marco, two thirds of Fragma alongside electronic legend, Ramon Zenker (Hardfloor, and a countless number of pseudonyms).
Fragma bagged several UK hit singles and a gold disc for their debut album, ?Toca?, in 2000/2001 (as well as topping charts in Australia, Ireland, Scandinavia, and many other countries); they?re back with new material this year, having enjoyed a hiatus while both the Duderstadt brothers and Ramon continued their assault on worldwide dancefloors under different guises ? including Zenker?s return with Hardfloor to the live scene.
Uplifting, melodic, and with more than enough of a twist to make it sound fresh all over again, ?Toca?s Miracle 2008? is an anthem for most, and a guilty pleasure for the rest. Testing fantastically well across national and regional radio, the response to date has been nothing short of amazing.
Matching the near universal appeal of the 2008 version, the In Petto mixes are joined by remixes from all ends of the clubbing spectrum - Vandalism, Hed Kandi resident, Wez Clarke, Wideboys (with a bassline mix), Richard Durrand, Loverush UK! and Alex K, all come up trumps.
February 2008
