Collection: Private collections

Deep House 1990 VG+ us

House label run by Frank Mendez and Karen Mendez between 1988 and 1992. It was the brainchild of Frank, Karen and Judy Russell (2) and was initially founded to release stuff by Rheji & Ronald Burrell who have been managed by Frank and Karen at the time. Nu Groove, built on the foundation of the Burrell twins who'd escaped from an abortive R'n'B career with Virgin Records, was fast becoming the hippest house label. Nu Groove had started the year before with records like Bas Noir's "My Love Is Magic," and Aphrodisiac's "Your Love," and by 1989 they were on a roll. Nu Groove never had a sound - with producers as disparate as the Burrells, Bobby Konders and Frankie Bones that wasn't conceivable - and they never really had one big record, but the concept of the label went from strength to strength. Among their producers was Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, yet to hook up with "Little" Louie Vega, who was moving into house with his Freestyle Orchestra project. Nu Groove's first competitor was to come in the form of Strictly Rhythm, who opened up in 1989. Judy Russell and Linda Perrone from Downtown 161 reissued a number of Nu Groove releases between 1994 and 2001 on their Tu Chicks label. UK label Defected acquired the label in 2017 and started to release new music on the imprint in 2021.

British big beat duo formed in 1995 in Bath and disbanded in 2003.

PROGESSIVWE HOUSE 2002 US

DEEP HOUSE US 1993 VG+

HOUSE / DEEP HOUSE 2001 US

ELECTRO HOUSE 2005 VG+

TECHNO 2002 US VG+

Duo comprised of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond. Cauty was born in Devon, England; Drummond was born in South Africa but grew up in the Dumfries & Galloway area of Scotland.

Influential UK DJ and production act working broadly in the field of electronic music. They also founded the eclectic label Ninja Tune. Trip hop electronica uk 1997

Parris Mitchell, Pleasure Inc., Victor Mitchell, Victor Romeo, VJ & The Move

Funky house music band from Marseille, France. After the success of "New Jersey" as Dealers De Funk, the previous trio released several club tracks on the Fiat Lux label. The album "Hold Up" (2000) followed, which contained the original versions of club favourites "Last Dance", "Lucky Star", and "The Young MC". Shortly after, Fafa Monteco (aka Fabrice Texier) left the trio to concentrate on a new job in Radio RFM, Paris. The duo made a comeback in 2018 - fuelled by the rebirth of Black Jack Records, which relaunched for its 20th anniversary - with Stephane B (aka Stéphane Bonan) fronting as a DJ. Unfortunately Stéphane died in August 2020, leaving Mike 303 (aka Hamdi Hassen) the only member left behind the Superfunk project.

Crydamoure (a variation of the French expression "cri d'amour" or "Cry of Love" in English) was a French house music label created in 1997 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (half of Daft Punk) with his friend Eric Chedeville French House 2000 France

Growing up in the 1970s, Miller soaked up the musical environment surrounding him in the Motor City, taking a particular interest in the sounds of Motown, Philadelphia, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Santana. It was during the early '80s once the "dance music crazed" Alton became friends with a young Derrick May that he decided to start spinning records, citing Chicago DJs such as Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles as prime influences. By the latter part of the same decade, Miller joined forces with George Baker and Chez Damier to start the Music Institute, a short-lived but legendary Detroit club that has since become near-mythical, thanks to the pioneering techno efforts of figures such as May. Following the demise of The Music Institute, Miller took an interest in Conga drumming in addition to DJing, which led to a period between 1989 and 1991 where he toured the world with his music. He then joined forces once again with May, first as an employee of the artist's Transmat Records label (he also played bongos at Silent Phase's early shows), then as Aphrodisiac, the title under which he would begin releasing his music. Besides his EP on Transmat's sublabel Fragile, he also released his music on Kevin Saunderson's KMS and a series of EPs on Serious Grooves. By the mid to late '90s, he had increased his presence in the Detroit area through a number of DJ performances and a stream of stunning twelves. His debut album for Distance has been highly acclaimed as all things house. His current peacefrog album 'Stories Of Bohemia' is a powerful, moving collection of mature jazz tinged, soulful house grooves with flavors of African and roots music. Alton Miller is picking up from where he left off in 2015 and rolling in 2016 on mission to make this year one of his most prolific ever. 2015 saw him re-introduce his label InnerMuse Recordings with his own signature sound on Whereabouts Known. During Movement 2016 in Detroit, Alton Miller played with Chez Damier for the first time since the Music Institute closed in 1989, during a party organized by fellow DJ Kai Alce. Alton Miller also inaugurated the new Adeen Record label with a first EP, called “More Positive Things”. He released another EP “The Vault” on Italian DJ Volcov’ record label, Neroli early October 2016.

TECHNO - HOUSE PROG 2002 UK NM