If you’re not hipped to Philly’s Universal Cave then I would highly recommend you get your ass into gear and do some deep research on the collective that throw some of the best DJ nights here in the city, have incredible taste in music and have quite the collection of deep crates and they release music on not only their own label, but other independent operations as well. As a collective, they’re always coming up with new and interesting ideas and their latest joint venture and new vinyl imprint, Soft Rock For Hard Times opens up exactly how we would expect them to.
For the debut release on our new Soft Rock For Hard Times imprint, Suzanne Kraft covers Sugarcane’s unforgettable soft-rock-meets-modern-soul ballad “What You Do To Me.” Originally released as a limited 45 and featured on WDVE’s first Pittsburgh Rocks compilation in 1980, and then featured on Soft Rock for Hard Times Vol. 2 in 2014. Recorded and produced by Suzanne Kraft with a pitch perfect synthesizer solo by Jordan Czamanski, this version expertly matches the original song’s private press essence with a full sound and dynamic arrangement that is recognizably Suzanne Kraft.
Secret Circuit delivers an extraordinarily heavy dub on the flip, launching Suzanne Kraft’s cover forward with bass and drums under waves of delay and echo, bouncing the song towards the iconic synth solo which Secret Circuit sends into pure soundsystem bliss.
*While you’re at it, be sure to go back and grab their Soft Rock For Hard Times cassette series as well!