Steve Rodway

Steve Rodway (born in

While known for many remixes, including those produced for

Afterwards, Rodway began his remixing career, with an early remix of "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers (peaking at #37 UK, only a week after "Rockin' for Myself" peaked)^[4] opening up further opportunities.

Rodway's distinctive style of

Motiv 8 was also responsible for additional production work on the single mix of "A Red Letter Day" by Pet Shop Boys (see below).

Spice Girls

In 1995, Rodway was asked to remix "

Gina G

One of Rodway's other objectives was to work with new recording artists. In December 1995, he was introduced to Australian singer Gina G, who had come across Rodway through an early demo called "Just a Little Bit" produced by Simon Tauber. The demo was eventually developed into the song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit". Rodway produced a brand new version which went on to be selected as the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

In conjunction with the May contest, "Ooh Aah..." was released as a single in March 1996, hitting #1 in the UK in May and receiving

Rodway provided additional production on Pet Shop Boys' 1997 hit "A Red Letter Day". The duo became admirers of the Motiv8 sound and Neil Tennant visited Rodway at work in his studio during the remix. Ironically after it was finished and delivered, Tennant insisted a synth line which Rodway had come up with on the Motiv8 version, should be used on the Pet Shop Boys' own main mix. After trying unsuccessfully to recreate Rodway's riff it eventually had to be sampled from the Motiv8 mix. Thus it appears on both the Pet Shop Boys' main version as well as the Motiv8 remix

Kylie Minogue

In 2000 Rodway began to experiment with changes to the Motiv8 sound. Although the vocals were still kept and the song preserved, he began using combinations of clean synth lines layered with deliberately distorted acoustic instruments to produce a more forceful rhythm. Parallel compression was then applied. The synthesizer riffs in "On A Night Like This" are good examples of his technique. This version together with the Motiv8 remix of Billie Piper's "Something Deep Inside" are regarded as clear departures from the previous Motiv8 style. Due to the popularity of the remix, a video of "On a Night Like This" was also dubbed from an edited version of the Motiv8 Nocturnal Vocal Mix.

Music

Motiv 8 remixes have a reputation for being focused on

Discography

Albums

• Horizontal Hold (1983)

Singles

Selected remixes

• 1993 Shawn Christopher – "Make My Love"
• 1994 The Doobie Brothers – "Listen to the Music"
• 1994 Mozaic – "Nothing In The World"
• 1994 Saint Etienne – "Hug My Soul"
• 1994 N-Trance – "Turn Up the Power"
• 1995
  Common People
  "
• 1995 Pulp – "Disco 2000"
• 1995 Saint Etienne – "He's on the Phone"
• 1995 Let Loose - "Everybody Say Everybody Do"
• 1995 Mary Kiani– "When I Call Your Name"
• 1995 Kelly Llorenna - "Brighter Day"
• 1995
  2 In A Room
  - "Giddy Up"
• 1995 Mary Kiani – "I Imagine"
• 1995 Childliner DJ's - "The Gift Of Christmas"
• 1995 Diana - "All I Need Is Love"
• 1995 Sleazesisters with Vikki Sheppard - "Sex"
• 1995 Teez - "Should Have Known Better"
• 1995 J-Pac - "Nutter"
• 1996
  Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
  "
• 1996
  Wannabe
  "
• 1996 Diana Ross – "I Will Survive"
• 1996 Dubstar – "Stars"
• 1996
  Let The Music Play
  "
• 1996
  100%
  "
• 1996 Crush - "Jellyhead"
• 1996 Neuronic - "Heaven"
• 1996 Open Arms - "Hey Mr DJ"
• 1996 Sparks - "Now That I Own the BBC"
• 1996 Heaven 17 – "Designing Heaven"
• 1996 West End - "It's Raining Men"
• 1996 Nightcrawlers - "Let's Push It"
• 1996 Johnna - "Pride"
• 1996 Dana Dawson - "Show Me"
• 1996 Sean Maguire - "Good Day"
• 1996 Michelle Gayle - "Baby Don't Go"
• 1996 Ann Consuelo - "See The Day"
• 1997 Nightcrawlers – "Lift Me Up"
• 1997
  Robert Palmer – "Addicted to Love
  "
• 1997 Pet Shop Boys – "A Red Letter Day"
• 1997 Gala – "Let A Boy Cry"
• 1998 Alabama 3 – "Ain't Going to Goa"
• 1998 Blue Beat - "Big Times"
• 2000 Mero - "It Must Be Love"
• 2000 Buffalo G - "We're Really Saying Something"
• 2000 Scooch – "For Sure"
• 2000 Kaci – "Paradise"
• 2000 Billie Piper – "Something Deep Inside"
• 2000
  On A Night Like This
  "
• 2000 Erasure – "Freedom"
• 2000 Precious – "New Beginning"
• 2000 A1 – "Same Old Brand New You"
• 2000 Kristine W – "Lovin' You"
• 2001 Dreamworld – "Movin' Up"
• 2001
  KT Oslin
  – "Come On A My House"
• 2001 Brooklyn Bounce – "Bass, Beats & Melody"
• 2001 Kaci – "Tu Amor"
• 2001 Taylor Caine – "Bombshell Cabaret"
• 2001 LeAnn Rimes – "But I Do Love You"
• 2004 Phixx – "Strange Love"
• 2005 Carlos Adolfo Dominguez – "Boobies"
• 2005 Sun – "Without Love"
• 2005 Motiv8 – "Riding On The Wings"

Compilations

• 1999 Motiv8tion: The Official Motiv 8 Remix Collection, Volume 1

Notes

References

• Bell, Matt (June 1996), "Motivating the Mix", Sound on Sound, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 72–76, archived from the original on 2009-10-22
• Masterson, Ian (May 1996), "High energy", Future Music, no. 43, pp. 64–65, archived from the original on 2009-10-22
• Smith, Nick (September 1997), "Mr Motiv8-or: Steve Rodway", The Mix, no. 40, pp. 76–81, archived from the original on 2009-10-22
• White, Paul (August 1994), "Remixing with Mr Motiv8", Sound on Sound, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 126–131, archived from the original on 2009-10-22

External links

• Motiv 8 / Steve Rodway Site
• Motiv 8 discography at Discogs