Classic House Music

Sunday, 2 December 2007

Shut Up And Dance This Town Needs A Sheriff (SUAD) 1991

Classic breakbeat from Shut Up And Dance. Love the sample they got running through this one. You can buy all their back catalogue stuff here

Shut Up And Dance This Town Needs A Sheriff

XL Rhythm Brothers And Sisters (Ozone Recordings) 1992

Nice old skool piano anthem.

XL Rhythm Brothers And Sisters

Michael Gray The Weekend (Absolute Sound) 2004

Yes I know it got hammered everywhere then they stuck a boring full on vocal on it to make it more friendly for the radio...but it is an undeniable classic...or getting there..Remember when it first came out..

Michael Gray The Weekend (Absolute Sound)

Axwell Feel The Vibe (Data Records) 2005

Amost a trancey type sound in this (I hate trance) But he keeps the tempo at a normal speed instead of pushing it to 140..Has a wickedly funky bassline as well. Too early to call it a classic? Maybe, but it is a great tune..

Axwell Feel The Vibe

Armand Van Helden You Don't Know Me (FFRR) 1999

I don't know about you, but it would be my dream to make a tune that literally blows the roof of the club. A song that is so big the whole room lights up and everybody is quite literally 'dancing to the same tune' This is what Armand has done on not just one occasion, but many occasions with his productions and remixes. This tune was just incredible back in the old days.

Armand Van Helden You Don't Know Me

Paul Simpson feat Adeva Musical Freedom (Free At Last) (Chrysalis) 1989

Another classic tune featuring the mighty vocals of Adeva. We also hear snippets from Martin Luther King's iconic 'I Have A Dream Speech'

Paul Simpson feat Adeva Musical Freedom

Jomanda Make My Body Rock (Feel It) (Big Beat) 1988

Classic house from Jomanda, been sampled many times as well.

Jomanda Make My Body Rock

Chrissy Ward Right And Exact (Ore) 1996

Classic girlie house from Chrissy Ward. Whoever that is on the cover looks mighty fine as well..

Chrissy Ward Right And Exact

Saturday, 1 December 2007

The Ragga Twins Shine Eye (SUAD) 1992

Old skool breakbeat tune from The Ragga Twins. They always seem to get the production right for me at SUAD Records. This was a bassline heavy ragga tune with a killer little high pitched riff thing.... Featured Junior Reid. Classic.

The Ragga Twins Shine Eye

Liquid Sweet Harmony (XL Recordings) 1992

Absolute killer track by Liquid. One of the finest old skool/breakbeat anthems ever created. This of course samples Ce Ce Rogers' 'Someday' but seems to do it with no insult to the original. in my view anyway..

Liquid Sweet Harmony

Moby Go (Woodtick Mix) (Outer Rhythm) 1991

Famously sampled a tune from Twin Peaks. Classic old skool tune from Moby.

Moby Go (Woodtick Mix)

The Beat Club Security (Atlantic) 1988

Sounds like an electro tune. One from back in the day.

The Beat Club Security

Snap The Power (Arista) 1990

Massive chart smash from 1990. Check the dub out.

Snap The Power

Snap The Power (Dub)

Urban Soul Alright (Cooltempo) 1991

Soulful house from 1990/91. Love this tune. Real soul music.

Urban Soul Alright

Robert Owens I'll Be Your Friend (BMG) 1991

Classic house music from Robert Owens.

Robert Owens I'll Be Your Friend

Run D.M.C. Peter Piper (London) 1986

Classic old skool rap music from RUN DMC.

Run D.M.C. Peter Piper

King Bee Back By Dope Demand (1st Bass) 1990

I remember my friend selling me a copy of this for about £1 ($2) in 1993. Can't remember why at the time but looking back he must have been smoking crack. This is one of the finest from the old skool. An absolute classic rap/club tune.

King Bee Back By Dope Demand

Herbie Hancock Wiggle Waggle (Warner Bros)

Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock It Takes Two (Citybeat) 1988

Everybody knows this one. What a classic 12" this is. 'I'm not internationally known but I'm known to rock the microphone' I believe he proved this wrong after this MASSIVE tune! Samples the classic 70's hit 'Think' by Lyn Collins.

Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock It Takes Two

Lyn Collins Think (About It) (Polydor) 1972

Eric B & Rakim Paid In Full (4th & Broadway) 1987

Rakim, arguably the best rapper of all time. His lyrics, flow, delivery and even accent are just so good. Years ahead of his time. This is Paid In Full and it is rammed with classic lyrics from start to finish. No one but Rakim can get away with telling us his favourite dish is fish. This is the Coldcut remix-seven minutes of madness. Apparently the man himself wasn't too keen on this, I'm surprised as it is great. Feautures Ofra Haza's vocals and also Dennis Edwards Don't Look Any Further bassline as well as that wicked breakbeat. CLASSIC.

Eric B & Rakim Paid In Full

Ofra Haza Im Nin'Alu (Globe Style) 1987

Dennis Edwards Feat Siedah Garrett Don't Look Any Further (Motown) 1984

Doug Lazy Let It Roll (Atlantic) 1989

They called this 'hip house' and you can see why. Doug Lazy's classic Let It Roll has old skool beats and features a sample from loverman MC Big Daddy Kane. Time for some more hip hop I think..

Doug Lazy Let It Roll

Ann Nesby Love Is What We Need (Peppermint Jam) 2001

Sounds Of Blackness singer Ann Nesby with a nice soulful 12" from 2001. Nice to warm up the club.

Ann Nesby Love Is What We Need

Kamasutra feat Jocelyn Brown Happiness (S3) 1997

Jocelyn Brown in 1997 with Kamasutra. Like the dub on this one as well.

Kamasutra feat Jocelyn Brown Happiness

Kamasutra feat Jocelyn Brown Happiness(Dub)

Gisele Jackson Love Commandments (Waako Records) 1996

Classic house music from Gisele Jackson. Love this.

Gisele Jackson Love Commandments

187 Lockdown Gunman (East West) 1998

Big rumbling bassline, a few Jamaican bad bwoy samples and here we have Gunman from 187 Lockdown. Classic from the speed garage era.

187 Lockdown Gunman

Another Groove Be Alone No More (White) 1998

Wicked mash up of Another Level's Be Alone No More and Ripgroove's speed garage anthem Ripgroove. Used to do some damage in the club..

Another Groove Be Alone No More

DMC Ice T New Jack Hustler (David Morales Remix) (DMC) 1992

Dubby remix of Ice T's classic New Jack Hustler. Remix from David Morales, I'm surprised how cheap you can pick this up as well.

DMC Ice T New Jack Hustler (David Morales Remix)

Turntable Orchestra You're Gonna Miss Me (Republic Records) 1988

Brilliant old skool house tune.

Turntable Orchestra You're Gonna Miss Me

Friday, 30 November 2007

Lisa Shaw Let It Ride (Jimpster Main Vocal) (Naked Music) 2004

Lovely sounding Rhodes on this. Beautiful tune.

Lisa Shaw Let It Ride

Rhianna Word Love (Jay's Extended Mix) (Sony SohoSquare) 2002

Cool soulful house sounds from 2002. Top vocals. (Apologies, this isn't the correct cover but don't have the image at the moment)

Rhianna Word Love (Jay's Extended Mix)

Jazztronik Dentro Mi Alma [Yoruba Soul Remix].mp3

This is a nugget taken from the Soul Heaven CD by Dj Spen & Osunlade. This one gets better and better every listen.

Jazztronik Dentro Mi Alma [Yoruba Soul Remix].

Mustafa I Submit To You (Subliminal Soul) 2001

WICKED soulful house tune on Sublimal Soul from 2001. Uses a sample from the top Shalamar tune 'Take That To The Bank'

Mustafa I Submit To You

Shalamar Take That To The Bank (Solar) 1978

The Brand New Heavies Back To Love (Graeme Park Remix) (FFRR) 1994

Nice remix by Grame Park. Going for decent sums of money as well this..

The Brand New Heavies Back To Love (Graeme Park Remix)

Mory Kante Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix) (Ffrreedom) (1995)

Classic Hardfloor mix.

Mory Kante Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix)

Ce Ce Peniston Finally (12" Choice Mix) (A&M) 1992

Whether you like it or not this is a stonecold classic. Morales on the mix. Rips off the bassline from Ce Ce Rogers Someday as well, only noticed that recently..

Ce Ce Peniston Finally

Joe Smooth Inc Featuring Anthony Thomas The Promised Land (DJ International) 1987

Big classic from 1987.

Joe Smooth Inc Featuring Anthony Thomas The Promised Land

Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk & Jessie Saunders Love Can't Turn Around (London) 1986

One of the first commercial 'house music' hits I believe. Classic.

Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk & Jessie Saunders Love Can't Turn Around

Leftfield Open Up (BMG) 1993

Leftfield with John Lydon on vocals. Not sure whether this is house but...

Leftfield Open Up

MARRS Pump Up The Volume (4AD) 1987

If you were into hip hop since the Electro days as I was you were probably loving this when it came out. These were in the days when you just didn't hear 'cut up' records like this. The video was ace as well as far as I remember (nips over to Youtube..) Yes it is.. Classic tune, love the break at 2.32...

MARRS Pump Up The Volume