Larry Heard recalls on making his deep house anthem Can You Feel It " it was in the winter and at that time I was living in this apartment that had these really big windows, kind of a loft place, and I had a view of downtown Chicago and it was snowing. New York and Chicago both get some serious snow in winter, and there's something warming and fitting about this sound for the winter months. A couple of rarer cuts in there too, including a previously unreleased instrumental version of Sha-Lor's 1987 deep anthem I'm In Love. Also touching a couple of Chicago tracks, from godfather of this sound Larry Heard and Robert Owens.
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Tracks full of sweet melancholy, rolling with no rush, drawing on the spirit of street soul and the logic of dub, and providing an emotional core to the endless second summer of love.įeaturing heavily are classic tunes from New York labels like Strictly Rhythm, Fourth Floor, and a big dose of the almighty Burrell Brothers driving the Nu Groove sound. There's so much house music that gets called deep these days, which is fair enough as there's many a way of going in, but this first mix is all about the original incarnation. Big love as always to all my 92 raving gang, also to you and your raving gang, and special dedication to Class of 92 raver Neil DJ Orange Peel - RIP mate, never forgotten. If you want more there are more 1992 mixes on my blog here, here, here, and also this recent 1992 strictly Junglism one.Ī double bill of deep house: with a foundational mix from me, and a guest mix of fresh deep house from f3z. But that's the joy of 1992 - it was driven by a wide-eyed don't give a fuck and having it attitude that's hard to recreate after the fact. I think the 1992 sound, although so anthemic for those who were there, has now been slightly sidelined as the tunes are a touch out of step with modern sensibilities, modern tastes are a bit leaner and more refined. And a great moment of grassroots music making too - the whole industry from producers, distro, sellers, radio, events was grown from the bottom up. The melting pot of punters and producers became ever greater, including an influx of urban, suburban and country young guns, and I'd say the musical melting pot became the most eclectic it has ever been in dance music: so many ideas and influences thrown against the sampler wall. The momentum of electronic dance music was building ever stronger and reached a big bang moment in 1992, rave went from being a more underground and exclusive thing to blowing up across the country - your local leisure centre might have Grooverider playing at it on any given Saturday! I think you'd be hard pressed to pick a more explosive moment in British music history than the raves of 1992. Some well known cuts and some rarer ones in there too. Across the two mixes I've tried to touch on a range of the sounds that dominated the raves: some pianos, endless stabs, some vocals, some heavyweight hardcore, some jungle tinges, and towards the end going into the darker moods that would become more dominant in 1993.
It was a year when tempos raced ever faster and so the theme here is Side A has tunes at the 130-140 bpm mark, and Side B 150+ bpm tunes.
The UK breakbeat rave sound of 1992 celebrates its 30th anniversary! I'm marking this milestone with a mixtape: in a classic C90 cassette style two sides of 45mins each, taking in the spectrum of sounds of the era.
Oh and if you like a spot of DnB and are in London do check out the return of top night Launch, taking place at Elektrowerkz, Angel Islington, Friday 8th July - will be big, guaranteed, and great to see it back post-pandemic. Mucky Weekender Friday 9th September and Saturday 10th September with the Shack crew - reggae, house and DnB selections.
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Next Southside Session Saturday 22nd October, plus more dates to come before the year is done! Our very own Southside Session returns on Friday 29th July to The Fox in Lewisham - house and garage selections alongside Jeremy Sylvester, DJ Fen, Onyx Stone and more. Latitude Festival July 21st onwards on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night with the Shack family - house, party classics, DnB, jungle, reggae, vibes.
A little 20 minute hype upfront DnB mix incoming!! Bomb after bomb, quick fire, blasting!! Some hype energy to gear up ahead of some upcoming summer parties.and so on that theme taking this post to say you can catch me DJing in the coming weeks at:
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