Trouser Enthusiasts

Trouser Enthusiasts was an electronic dance music production group, active during the 1990s, formed by Belfast-born Ian Masterson and David Green. The group was best known as producers of pop and dance remixes, having worked for, most prominently, Pet Shop Boys, Dannii Minogue, and Saint Etienne. They produced only one original single, "Sweet Release".

The pair first met in 1990 while still at school and, through a mutual obsession with Pet Shop Boys, decided to form a musical partnership of their own. Over the next few years they worked together on a number of demos under the moniker "Inedible" - Masterson's upbeat disco stylings providing the perfect contrast to Green's dark, brittle lyrics. This period cumulated in an EP of 6 songs called "Superstardom" (including a cover of disco classic "Feels Like I'm In Love" and the very first remix by Trouser Enthusiasts). Green provided the vocals for these songs. Both moved to London in 1995 intent on securing a record deal on the strength of this demo. Through a friend they secured a management deal and began working on dance tracks under the name "Flexifinger". Green, who was a big fan of "The X Files" at that time, suggested creating a dance version of its theme. The pair created the track in Masterson's front room over a period of weeks and submitted the demo to their manager. Their manager was not impressed by the idea as there were several dance versions of the theme circulating at this time (unknown to either of them). The story goes that the following week their manager received a call from someone at Warner Records asking for an "X Files" remix; the DAT was sent to Warner Records, accepted, and the following month was released on the official "The X Files" single. Dannii Minogue had just been signed to Warner Records' subsidiary "Eternal", and it was because of this remix that they were given the chance to work with her on songs for her forthcoming album.

Remixes

Many Trouser Enthusiasts remixes have unique, non sequitur remix titles. These titles are included within this list.

* Pet Shop Boys – "Discoteca" (Trouser Enthusiasts Adventures Beyond the Stellar Empire Mix)
* Pet Shop Boys – "A Red Letter Day" (Trouser Autoerotic Decapitation Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Congo Dongo Dubstramental)
* Mansun – "Wide Open Space" (Trouser Enthusiasts Hermaphrodite Circus Mix)
* Gina G – "Ti Amo" (Trouser Enthusiasts Schoolboy Crush Mix)
* Loveclub – "The Journey"
* Dannii Minogue – "All I Wanna Do" (Trouser Enthusiasts Toys of Desperation Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Ultra Sensitive Dub)
* Pet Shop Boys – "Somewhere"
* Sarah Brightman – "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Trouser Enthusiasts Cybernetic Odalique Mix)
* Love City – "I Found Loving" (Trouser Enthusiasts Celebrity Skin Mix)
* Peter André – "All About Us" (Trouser Enthusiasts Sole Survivor Mix)
* Dannii Minogue – "Heaven Can Wait" Trouser Enthusiasts Cloud Nine Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Hell Fire Club Dub)
* Dannii Minogue – "Everything I Wanted" (Trouser Enthusiasts Golden Delicious Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Liquid Silk Dub)
* Le Click – "Heaven's Got to Be Better" (Trouser Enthusiasts Bohemian Nightlife Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Psychic City Dub, No Joy Mix)
* Ofra Haza – "Show Me" (Trouser Enthusiasts Kaleidoscope Perversion Mix)
* Sunscreem – "Cover Me" (Trouser Enthusiasts Reptillian Cathedral Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Subhuman Megamix)
* Kylie Minogue – "Did It Again" (Trouser Enthusiasts Goddess of Contortion Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Dark Honeymoon Dub)
* Armin – "Blue Fear" (Trouser Enthusiasts E.B.E. Mix)
* Saint Etienne – "Sylvie" (Trouser Enthusiasts Tintinnabulation Mix)
* Dannii Minogue – "Disremembrance" (Trouser Enthusiasts Brittlestar Requiem Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Diesel Plus Plus Dub)
* Wes – "Alane" (Trouser Enthusiasts Orgasmic Apparition Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Spectrophiliac Dub)
* United Citizen Federation featuring Sarah Brightman – "Starship Troopers" (Trouser Enthusiasts Iris Unguicularis Mix)
* Jox & Trouser Enthusiasts – "Killing Me" (Trouser Enthusiasts vs. Jox Club Mix)
* Tomski – "14 Hours to Save the Earth" (Trouser Enthusiasts Sci-Fi Mix)
* Alabama 3 – "Ain't Going to Goa" (Trouser Enthusiasts Peroxide Evangelist Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts One Armed Stigmatic Dub, Trouser Enthusiasts Transcendental 7" Edit)
* Peach – "Sorrow Town" (Trouser Enthusiasts Teenage Abottoir Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Discomedusa Mix)
* Boyzone – "All That I Need" (Trouser Enthusiasts Darkest Day Dub (Sex Mix), Trouser Enthusiasts Darkest Day Dub (No Sex Mix))
* Byron Stingily – "Testify" (Trouser Enthusiasts Passive Resistance Mix)
* The Divine Comedy – "I've Been to a Marvellous Party" (Trouser Enthusiasts Formaldehyde Spritzer Mix)
* Blue Pearl – "Naked in the Rain '98" (Trouser Enthusiasts Wet Dream Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Tlalocan Dub)
* Gloria Estefan – "Heaven's What I Feel" (Trouser Enthusiasts Neanderthal Thrust Mix)
* Cue – "Burning"
* Karen Ramirez – "Looking for Love" (Trouser Enthusiasts Joy of Sex Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts White Knuckle Dub)
* Kavana – "Funky Love" (Trouser Enthusiasts Pentagram Deathtrap Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Freakboy Dub)
* Ysa Ferrer – "Tu Sais, I Know" (Trouser Enthusiasts Muscle Beach Mix)
* The Quest Project – "Angel"
* Dive featuring Sarah Washington – "Joy Is Free" (Trouser Enthusiasts Broken Circle Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Blue Sister Dub)
* Trilby – "Home" (Trouser Enthusiasts Flaming Heart Mix)
* Dannii Minogue – "Everlasting Night" (Trouser Enthusiasts Burnt Angel Mix)
* Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (unreleased)
* Emmie – "You Only Hurt"
* Silhouette – "Can't Wait to Find Love"
* Donna Summer – "I Will Go with You (Con Te Partiro)" (Trouser Enthusiasts Twisted Kiss Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Sudden Death Dub)
* Anggun – "Snow on the Sahara" (Trouser Enthusiasts Kangaroo Juice Remix)
* Human Nature – "Be There with You" (Trouser Enthusiasts Electric Ecstasy Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Martian Squid Dub)
* Trouser Enthusiasts – "Sweet Release" (Trouser Enthusiasts Full On Mix, Trouser Enthusiasts Second Coming)
* ATNS – "Fire in My Soul"
* Prima featuring Tracey-Anne Lynch – "Into the Sun" (Trouser Enthusiasts Resurrection Remix)
* Mother's Pride – "Learning to Fly"
* Fierce – "Sweet Love"
* Byron Stingily – "That's the Way Love Is"
* Saint Mark – "New Year's Day"
* Technique – "Sun Is Shining" (Mekka vs. Trouser Enthusiasts Mix)
* Geri Halliwell – "Bag It Up"
* Sheena Easton- Giving up, Giving In single- (Fabulous) produced by Ian Masterson and Terry Ronald.
* Planet Perfecto – "Bullet in the Gun" (Mekka vs. Trouser Enthusiasts Mix) [cite web | author = | year = | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20010406030701/http://www.trouserenthusiasts.com/discography.html | title = Trouser Enthusiasts Remixes & Productions Mixography | format = | work = | publisher = www.trouserenthusiasts.com at the Wayback Machine | accessdate = 2006-12-21 | accessyear = ] [cite web | author = | date = April 22, 2003 | url = http://www.ivibes.nu/index.php?show=Artist&id=111 | title = Mekka / Trouser Enthusiasts | format = | work = | publisher = i:Vibes | accessdate = 2006-12-21 | accessyear = ]
* Saint Etienne – "Lose That Girl"
* Howard Jones – "What Is Love?"
* A*Teens – "Mamma Mia" (Trouser Enthusiasts' Undying Dub)
* Amen – "Save Me"
* Rochelle – "Mouth" (Skynet vs. Trouser Enthusiasts Mix)
* Alexia – "The Music I Like" (Trouser Enthusiasts Dead Glamorous Mix)
* Tenth Planet – "Ghosts"
* Cast – "History"

Notes

External links

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* [http://www.ianmasterson.com/ Ian Masterson Website]
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/uk.music.makers.dj/msg/5907fea1ff4d595b?dmode=source&hl=en 1999 discography on USENET]