Three Drives On A Vinyl — Greece 2000

Greece 2000 began as a 1997 Massive Drive Recordings release credited to Three Drives On A Vinyl. The original Dutch EP placed the title track alongside Not Overdrive and Piano Freq. Our editorial reason for including it is the contrast it offers with the more overtly uplifting records here: use the original as the reference, then compare the different remix treatments.

The original MD 003 catalog record establishes Massive Drive as the first-release label. Hooj Choons issued subsequent UK editions. The community release transcription credits DJ Ton T.B. and DJ Enrico; those stage-name credits are used here rather than adding legal-name details without a verified original credit source. The “2000” in the title should not be read as the release year.

Version names are essential to this record’s history. The 1998 Hooj CD lists an original mix and a shorter original mix edit alongside Man With No Name, Farmatronic and Peace Division interpretations. Other Hooj releases identify a Miro vocal version and a York remix. A vocal variant is not proof that the original instrumental carried the same vocal.

Hooj’s different UK issues document the record’s circulation beyond its Dutch original. Armada’s later announcement calls back explicitly to the 1997 classic when introducing the Vintage Culture collaboration. This guide uses that documented release trail rather than an unsourced account of who first played it in Ibiza or which studio hardware produced its melody.

• Greece 2000 (1997 original)

  Title track of MD 003, with Not Overdrive and Piano Freq as companion tracks.

  Greece 2000: Massive Drive MD 003

• Man With No Name remix (1998 Hooj edition)

  Named on HOOJ63CD; the CD also includes the original mix and edit.

  Greece 2000: 1998 Hooj CD edition

• Farmatronic Genetic mix / Peace Division remix (1998)

  Two separate credited interpretations on the same Hooj CD, not alternate names for the original.

  Greece 2000: 1998 Hooj CD edition

• York remix / Miro vocal version (1998 Hooj vinyl edition)

  Hooj Disc One lists York and a separately named Miro vocal version; do not derive first remix dates solely from a later CD reissue.

  Greece 2000: Hooj Disc One vinyl edition

• Vintage Culture & Three Drives (2022 reprise)

  Armada’s newly credited collaboration; not a 1997 original mix.

  Vintage Culture and Three Drives revisit Greece 2000

Armada released a new jointly billed Vintage Culture & Three Drives interpretation in August 2022. That artist credit belongs to the later reprise, not the 1997 original. This distinction is useful when searching streaming catalogs: the same composition title can lead to different performers, arrangements and release dates.

• The original EP’s companion tracks are Not Overdrive and Piano Freq.
• Massive Drive issued the Dutch original; Hooj Choons issued later UK editions.
• The original artist wording is Three Drives On A Vinyl; modern catalogs may shorten it to Three Drives.