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[danzig]

Hi guys,

I need some recommendation of releases (mixes and compilations are prefered) of this garage house sound. Actually I don't know if the stuff I'm looking for is garage house, but it's stuff that usually played by derrick carter, prosumer, boris. a nice example: http://soundcloud.com/r_co/derrick-carter-live-westfest

[Avgvstvs]

My references are all too old. In fact, I thought garage house was sadly dead. I've made a list of few "must-have" releases, but it's something personal. I've started with few precursos releases because I think garage must be seen in relation to its post-disco sources.

Precursors

Martin Circus - Disco Circus (1979) [Single] and "Disco Circus (François Kervorkian Rmx)"
Candido - Dancin' & Prancin' (1979)
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (1980)
Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait (1982)
Taana Gardner - Work That Body (Disco Mix) / Work That Body (Radio Edit) (1979) [Single] and "Work That Body (Larry Levan Remix)"
D Train - You're the One for Me (1982) and "You're The One For Me (François Kervorkian Rmx)"
Sharon Redd - Beat the Street (1982) and "Beat The Street [Kevorkian Mix]"
Visual - The Music Got Me (1983)
Colonel Abrams - Trapped (1985) [Single]
Gwen Guthrie - Padlock: Special Mixes by Larry Levan (2008)

Garage House

Blaze - If You Should Need a Friend (1987) [Single]
Jomanda - Make My Body Rock (Feel It) (1988)
Phase II - Reachin' (1988)
Adeva - Adeva (1989)
Aly-Us - Follow Me (1992)
Mass Order - Lift Every Voice (Take Me Away) (1992)
Masters at Work - The Album (1993)
Mood II Swing - Critical (If You Only Knew) (1993)
The Messenger - Guide My Soul (1993)
Kerri Chandler - Inspiration (1994)
Ultra Naté - Free (1997), specially "Free (Mood II Swing Vocal Mix)"
Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close (1997)
Junior Vasquez - Live vol. 1
David Morales - Ministry of Sound Presents: The Sessions, Vol. 7

Compilations

History of House Music, Vol. 2: New York Garage Style
Various Artists - Classic Garage - Definitive Garage Mastercuts Volume 1 (1999)
Various – The Garage Sound Of Deepest New York
Various – Paradise Regained: The Garage Sound Of Deepest New York Vol. 2
Various – The Garage Sound Volume III - The Third Generation
Various – Garage Trax 1 - The Sound Of New York Garage
Various – Garage Trax 2 - The Sound Of New York Garage
Various Artists - 51 Old School NYC House Classics

Labels

50/50 Records
Ace Beat Records
Bottom Line Records
E Legal
Easy Street Records
Echo USA
Eightball Records
Emotive Records
Fourth Floor Records
Freeze Records
Goldtone Records
Jump Street Records
Kaleidiascope Records
King Street Records
Madhouse Records, Inc.
Movin' Records
Nervous Records
Next Plateau
New Generation
Nott-Us
Nugroove Records
Perfect Pair Records
Plattenbau Music
Prelude
Quark
Relentless Records
Republic Records
Shelter Records
Strictly Rhythm
Swing City
Vinylmania
West End Records

Producers/DJs

Larry Levan
Tony Humphries
Masters at Work
Murk
Smack Productions
François K.
Junior Vasquez
Danny Tenaglia
Blaze
Little Louis Vega
Kenny Dope Gonzales
Frankie Knuckles
Cevin Fisher
Colonel Abrams
Joey Negro
Kerri Chandler
Don Carlos
Todd Edwards

Wow, it became bigger than I thought. I think you can spend a good amount of time in your research.

[IRMA]

1979? Is it electronic genre?

[Avgvstvs]

1979? Is it electronic genre?

I've started with few precursor releases because I think garage must be seen in relation to its post-disco sources.

But yes, I consider there is electronic genres already on the end of 70s.

[danzig]

thanks, man. I'm familiar with the precursors but I'm gonna check some of the newer stuff. you know stuff similar to Danube Dance's "Unique"? That's the kind of thing that I'm looking for. Is that garage house.? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Parn4gISRL4

[jayzn]

woa. epic post avgvstvs.

im gonna start diggin thru that... i love masters at work

[jayzn]

1979? Is it electronic genre?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_Love

1977.. moroder... very very electronic.

[indica]

1977.. moroder... very very electronic.

Classic too, I love how the arpeggio goes all over the place.

[*WakuWaku*]

Some people think there wasnt electronic music before there was house.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Raaymakers => http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dick+Raaijmakers


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockhausen => http://www.discogs.com/artist/Karlheinz+Stockhausen

[Avgvstvs]

thanks, man. I'm familiar with the precursors but I'm gonna check some of the newer stuff. you know stuff similar to Danube Dance's "Unique"? That's the kind of thing that I'm looking for. Is that garage house.? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Parn4gISRL4

danzig, "Unique" can be considered a garage house tune, but I believe the "New York Club Mix" of that tune is much more garage than all other remixes. Actually, the beats, basslines and melody on this mix pretty define what garage house was, the only difference being it's slower than general. Garage house became a bit faster as years passed (as you can see, for instance, HERE).

1977.. moroder... very very electronic.

Some people think there wasnt electronic music before there was house.

Yeah, I agree with you, guys. Even not considering classical/experimental/electroacustic music composers (the true pioneers) and groups like Kraftwerk, Can, Organisation, Neu!, Tangerine Dream, etc, you can still find popular, "danceable" (taking this aspect as a relevant criterium) electronic music at least on the second half of 70's. First productions by Ultravox, Human League, YMO, Brian Eno, Moroder and many others are gems of this epoch.

[danzig]

this is dope: http://www.feelmybicep.com/2011/11/02/toro...track-symphony/