As we get ready to say farewell to another Monday, it’s time for our usual look back at the increasingly extensive archives of the dance music world. Each week, members of the team pull out three choices from dance music history, ranging from well-known to those which have been forgotten over the years.

This week, we’re in a bit of a disco mood. It’s a genre that has been sampled relentlessly throughout house music history, and even the most hardened fan has to admit that this tactic has mixed results. So we’ve chosen a few that we think have sampled something and done it quite well

This first one originally came out in 1996 on a small Canadian label before being licensed by several others during 1997 and 1999. Paul Jacobs sampled “Tee’s Happy” by Northend and then 95 North – Doug Smith and Richard Payton – remixed it, probably quite successfully…

Next up, it’s another one of dance music’s slow burners. In 1998, a French duo using the truly weird alias of Da Slammin’ Phrogz released “Something About The Music”. Two years later, someone dug it out and started playing it again. Warner Records noticed, and got an Italian duo with an equally suspect alias – Kamasutra – to rework it. They did well, although what they did with the sample – Love Committee’s “Just as Long as I Got You” – is a mystery…

Finally for this evening, it’s an old Strictly Rhythm track from 1997. Originally produced by Roger Sanchez, it was reworked by a mysterious collective with the hideous name of Da Mongoloids. The result was “Got Funk” – sampling at least five different records to create something rather good…

More selections next Monday…