Category Archives: Deep House
INFERNAL DEVICES-LIFE IN STEREO.
INFERNAL DEVICES-LIFE IN STEREO. Having recently reviewed the debut release from New York’s newest label SpinSpinNYC, Nutritious Presents Duke Williams and The Extremes, they’ve since released their second release. This is Infernal Devices’ Life In Stereo, the debut E.P. from the Brooklyn based dance duo. Infernal Devices are Mark Allen and Andy Miccolis, and having …
THE FOUNTAIN MUSIC AND PLAZA IN CROWD COLLECTION.
THE FOUNTAIN MUSIC AND PLAZA IN CROWD COLLECTION. Recently I wrote a feature on two of Electronic Dance Music’s most ambitious and innovative labels, Japan’s Fountain Music and Plaza In Crowd. Although Fountain Music and Plaza In Crowd were only founded in June 2008 by Shinji Tokida, they’ve been releasing innovative and groundbreaking music since …
JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW.
JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW. Earlier this year, BBE Music released Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1, compiled by legendary ‘Brooklyn’ DJ Johnny De Mairo. Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1 featured some of the best edits I’ve heard this year. Along with Al Kent’s edits on The Best of Disco Demands, nothing …
SATOSHI FUMI-COLOURS.
SATOSHI FUMI-COLOURS. The genesis of Satoshi Fumi’s musical career was when he discovered house music in the mid-nineties. It was the house music coming out of Detroit, Chicago and New York that first interested Satoshi. Having discovered dance music, Satoshi embarked upon a life long love of dance music, which lead to a career as …
FUTURE DISCO VOLUME 5-DOWNTOWN EXPRESS.
FUTURE DISCO VOLUME 5-DOWNTOWN EXPRESS. On 27 February 2012, Future Disco Volume 5-Downtown Express was released. This was the latest instalment in a highly successful series that began in March 2009, when I came across the first volume of a new compilation series A Guide To 21st Century Disco, which was the first volume in …
OM BEACHED.
OM BEACHED. Recently I reviewed Walter Gibbons-Jungle music, a compilation on Strut of some of Walter’s best remixes. In that article, I mentioned how his DJ-ing and remixing influenced a later generation of DJs and house producers, especially deep house producers. So, I thought that having not reviewed a house compilation for a while, I’d …
HENRY STREET GROOVES: CLASSIC DEEP, FUNKY AND JAZZY HOUSE FROM NEW YORK CITY.
HENRY STREET GROOVES: CLASSIC DEEP, FUNKY AND JAZZY HOUSE FROM NEW YORK CITY. Recently, I reviewed one of my favorite albums of 2012, Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1, which is due out today, 5 March 2012 on BBE Music. It was compiled by Johnny De Mairo, DJ, producer, record collector extraordinary and cofounder …
NUPHONIC 01 AND NUPHONIC 02.
NUPHONIC 01 AND NUPHONIC 02. When I was looking through an old pile of compilations recently, I rediscovered a much loved, and sadly lamented compilation series that ran for four volumes between 1998 and 2003. This was the Nuphonic series, which began with Nuphonic 01 in 1998 and ended with Nuphonic 04 in 2003. In …
SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER VOLUME 9-MIXED BY MR SCRUFF AND DJ SPINNA.
SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER VOLUME 9-MIXED BY MR SCRUFF AND DJ SPINNA. Since 1987, the Southport Weekend has been one of the highlights of the dance music scene. Rather confusingly, the first Southport Weekend took place in Berwick Upon Tweed. After that, Blackpool became a venue, before briefly, heading to Morecambe, just along the coast. Next stop …
LABEL FOCUS-OM RECORDS.
LABEL FOCUS-OM RECORDS. Om Records is a San Francisco based record label, that was founded in 1995 by Chris Smith. Since then, Om Records have released a wide array of compilation and artist albums, ranging from house music to hip hop. Since then, Om Records have set up a number of other sub-labels and affiliated …
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