Here is a record that tugs at my heart-strings.... A little background here... For the last few years of the 20th century my favorite house music producer was a norwegian by the name of Tore Kroknes (AKA EROT). EROT and his friend, the equally prolific, Bjorn Torske were the main artists on the great and now defunct Telle Records label. EROT had his first real worldwide club hit when his girlfriend Annie lent her vocals to some reworked samples from Madonna's "Everybody" for their track "The Greatest Hit"... this song launched Annie's carrier and things seemed good for EROT & Annie & The entire Telle Camp.
Tragically EROT's lifelong battle with heart disease caught up to him and he was taken from us in 2001. This song was EROT's last production and his last collaboration with his girlfriend Annie. Given the context of his approaching death the lyrics to this song are extremely personal as she sings to him that she will have to get on with her life but that she will always love him....
This song, and EROT's previous "Song For Annie" (an instrumental but equally emotional rework of The Crusader's "Sweet 'n Sour") are two EROT productions that never fail to bring a tear to my eye.
Telle Records went on for a few years but, from my correspondence with label owner Mikal Telle, everything just kind of fell apart after EROT's passing.
Bjorn Torske now runs the great Small-Town-Supersounds label. And Annie's career has continued to flourish!
or watch the youtube video.
A couple notes and a correction:
-"I Will Get On" borrows the melody of Taana Gardner's "Heartbeat", a West End Records disco hit produced by Kenton Nix.
-Royksopp and Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band were also early members of the Telle Stable of Artists.
-Telle is actually not defunct. The label still exists, it has just gone in a different direction and the original core group of artists and friends have moved on to other things.
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