BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA

STAR 69: Peter Rauhofer (aka Club 69) has been racking up much studio time of late. The Austrian-born/New York-residing remixer/producer/DJ recently spent several weeks in London collaborating with clubland's Pet Shop Boys for the U.K. duo's "best of" set, which is scheduled for a worldwide release in the fall.

Rauhofer says he and the Boys co-produced three new songs for the album: a remake of Raze's house classic "Break 4 Love," "Kitsch," and an as yet untitled track.

"It all happened quite naturally," explains Rauhofer. "I remixed their last single ["I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More"], and they liked it a lot. So, they approached me and asked if I'd like to co-produce some tracks with them.

"And I must say, it was a great environment in the studio with them," he continues. "Both Neil [Tennant] and Chris [Lowe] allowed me the freedom to do what I wanted. They completely trusted me. At one point, Neil said, "If you want to fuck with the vocals, go ahead.' It was truly a great experience."

Additionally, Rauhofer has completed remixes of Chicane's "Don't Give Up" (Xtravaganza/Columbia), Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax" (ZTT U.K.), Book Of Love's "Boy" (Reprise/Warner Bros.), Karen Ramirez's beautiful cover of Everything But The Girl's "Looking For Love" (MCA/Universal), and Whitney Houston and George Michael's "If I Told You That" (Arista).

Rauhofer has also restructured Arkana's "Skin" (Reprise/Warner Bros.), making it his third "Skin" remix. Wide-awake punters will remember that he remixed Madonna's "Skin," as well as Charlotte's song of the same name.

DEEPER: Jonathan Peters is another remixer/producer/DJ who's been keeping extra busy in recent weeks. Recently completed remixes include CoCo Lee's "Wherever You Go" (Epic/550 Music), Anastacia's "My Love Is Alive" (Daylight/Epic), and Debelah Morgan's "Dance With Me" (Atlantic), among others.

Now, Peters is re-tweaking Kelly Price's "You Should've Told Me" (Def Soul), Wild Orchid's "Do Me Right" (RCA), M2M's "Everything You Do" (Atlantic), Sisqó's "Incomplete" (Def Soul), and Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox's "Same Script, Different Cast" (Arista).

"This is one of the most well-written songs I've heard in a while," says Peters of the Houston/Cox duet. He calls the anthemic jam "the "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)' of 2000," referring, of course, to the 1979 No. 1 smash by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand.

Of course, if ya want to be the first on your block to hear any of Peters' productions, stop by New York's Sound Factory club, where he has a weekly residency.