*** Club 69

FUTURE MIX: THE COLLECTED REMIXES OF PETER RAUHOFER

(Twisted)

Fans of Peter Rauhofer's Club 69 dance jams will have to own this 25-track set of his non-Club 69 remix work. From Funky Green Dogs' "The Way," "Fired Up!", and "Until the Day" to Fire Island featuring Loleatta Holloway's "Shout to the Top," as well as Hans's oft-compiled "Meet Her at the Love Parade" and Sizequeen's "Walk," Rauhofer puts his showy, diva-centered style of fireworks into play over and over again without ever sounding dull. He knows better than to veer too far from the riff-and-chant basics that agitate the ecstasy in house music. But he sweetens his sound with synthesized drop-ins, and he fattens his singers' vocals with lots of echo. The sugar drama keeps pouting and pumping, even in the non-hits like Movin' Melodies' "Rollerblade" and Crystal Method's "Comin' Back" -- and in his remix of "Der Kommissar," a loving salute to fellow Austrian Falco's debut hit.

-- Michael Freedberg