Put Me Into A Fire by Manteez feat Hagen Leipold – A 2003 House Banger That Still Burns
Alright, let’s get into this beast of an album. Put Me Into A Fire dropped in 2003, outta Germany, on Handwerk Records. It's straight-up electronic house music with a vibe that’ll slap you awake if you’re not ready for it. This ain’t some soft lounge beats—nah, this is raw energy wrapped up in five killer remixes of the same track. And yeah, they all hit hard.
First off, the Mike Fleet Remix? Damn near unforgettable. It kicks off with these punchy kicks and hi-hats that feel like someone just threw open a club door at 2 AM. Then Hagen Leipold’s vocals come slicing through, smooth but kinda haunting, like he knows something you don’t. The drop? Brutal. Like being shoved into a wall—but in a good way. You can tell Mike Fleet didn’t mess around when he remixed this one; every beat feels calculated yet wild, like controlled chaos. If I had to pick one version to lose my mind to, it’d probably be this. It’s got teeth.
Then there’s the Club Dub Mix, which flips the script entirely. No vocals here, just pure instrumental madness. The bassline rumbles so deep you might think your speakers are about to give up on life. But damn, does it work. Around the two-minute mark, things spiral into this hypnotic build-up that makes you wanna grab whoever’s next to you and scream, “DO YOU HEAR THIS?” It’s stripped-back compared to the other versions, but trust me, less isn’t always boring—it’s lethal.
The rest of the tracks? Solid as hell. The Original has its charm, the Maxxes Remix brings its own flavor, and the Club Vocal Mix ties everything together nicely. But those first two? They stick with you. They haunt you. Like, you’ll hear them randomly in your head days later while stuck in traffic or waiting in line at the grocery store.
What gets me about this album is how unapologetically relentless it is. There’s no filler, no weak spots—just five takes on a single idea, each one executed with precision and passion. Honestly, it’s weird how underrated this project feels. Maybe because it came out back when people were still figuring out what house music could do. Or maybe because nobody expected a German label like Handwerk Records to drop something this ferocious.
Anyway, listening to Put Me Into A Fire now feels kinda surreal. Like finding an old mixtape from years ago and realizing it slaps harder than half the stuff out today. Here’s the kicker though: after blasting these tracks, I started wondering… why don’t more artists revisit their hits like this? Five versions of the same song shouldn’t work, right? Yet somehow, it does. Geile Scheiße.
So yeah, crank this album loud enough to piss off your neighbors. You won’t regret it.
