Keep the Fire Burning

Produced by Dice in 1991, the track featured a carefully constructed array of samples from Eurythmics' 'There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)', Baby D's 'Day Dreaming', The House Crew's 'All We Wanna Do Is Dance', Monie Love and Adeva's 'Ring My Bell', and other breakbeat sources. The production exemplified the sampladelic aesthetic of Production House Records' catalog, combining vocal hooks with driving breakbeats. Released in 1991 on Production House Records, 'Keep the Fire Burning' became a landmark breakbeat hardcore track celebrated for its distinctive Eurythmics vocal sample and orchestral synth arrangement layered over a punishing drum break. The track achieved cult status within the pirate radio and underground rave circuit, circulating widely among DJs and dancers on the UK hardcore scene. Keep the Fire Burning endures as a canonical 1991 breakbeat hardcore record, widely recognized as one of the greatest tracks from the genre's golden era. The production continues to influence contemporary producers working in breakbeat and oldskool rave styles, while the track maintains prominent status in retrospectives of Production House Records and early-1990s UK hardcore culture. Its samples and arrangement have been referenced and reinterpreted by subsequent artists across breakbeat and drum and bass.