The celebrated house vocalist teams with producer Porky Paul for a new dancefloor release featuring remixes from Ruff Loaderz and Blakk Habit
There’s something about a great house record that can make everything outside the dancefloor disappear.
That feeling is at the heart of Colette Van Sertima’s new single, “Live For The Moment,” an uplifting collaboration with producer Porky Paul that celebrates exactly what its title promises: forgetting about tomorrow, embracing tonight and living while the moment is yours.
Written by Van Sertima and Porky Paul, the track brings together the soulful character of classic house music with a contemporary production designed for today’s clubs and dance audiences.
At the center of it all is Van Sertima’s voice.
Warm, distinctive and instantly commanding, her vocal gives “Live For The Moment” its personality. Porky Paul builds the production around it rather than competing with it, creating an energetic house backdrop that lets the melody—and the song’s positive message—take the spotlight.
Van Sertima is certainly no stranger to the dancefloor.
Her vocals are part of O.T. Quartet’s “Hold That Sucker Down,” a club favorite that emerged from the 1990s dance scene and has continued to reach new listeners over the years. Her own “Life’s A Bitch” also developed a loyal following among house music fans and has enjoyed renewed attention in the electronic music world.
Now she’s moving forward with a record that respects that history without depending on it.
“Live For The Moment” has the spirit that made classic house so infectious—the voice, the emotion, the sense of release—but its production gives the track a modern identity.
And one version apparently wasn’t enough.
Ruff Loaderz take the song and crank up its dancefloor intensity, delivering a remix with a tougher house edge and the momentum of a late-night club record.
Then Blakk Habit flips the formula again.
Their UK Garage remix changes the groove and gives the track an entirely different rhythmic personality. It’s a clever reinvention that demonstrates just how adaptable Van Sertima’s vocal can be when placed inside another corner of dance music.
Between the three versions, “Live For The Moment” moves comfortably across different sides of the club world.
Porky Paul provides the uplifting original house mix. Ruff Loaderz push it toward peak-time territory. Blakk Habit brings the UK Garage swagger.
Yet Van Sertima remains the unmistakable thread running through all of them.
That may be the most interesting thing about the release. Dance music has changed enormously since Van Sertima first made her mark, but a great vocal doesn’t suddenly stop working because the beat around it changes.
Give that voice a new rhythm, a new producer and a new generation of listeners, and it can come alive all over again.
With “Live For The Moment,” Colette Van Sertima isn’t simply revisiting her dance music roots. She’s showing they still have somewhere new to go.
And perhaps that’s exactly what a song called “Live For The Moment” should do.
Forget yesterday. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Tonight belongs to the dancefloor.
Stream “Live For The Moment” by Colette Van Sertima:
https://bfan.link/live-for-the-moment
