A centrepiece of Positiva Records’ new 25th anniversary compilation, Lola’s Theme was a 2004 UK No.1 for British house act Shapeshifters. Here, the duo’s Simon Marlin takes us through the making of a modern dancefloor classic...

I was going through some old vinyl one Wednesday evening when my wife, Lola, passed me a record and said, ‘This is one of my favourites.’ It was Johnnie Taylor’s What About My Love from 1984. The first 16 bars – the string and ...