Hey guys. I’m looking for tracks/labels geared towards a 90s style house sound. Nothing too crazy or boring, around the 120-125 bpm range. Any help would be much appreciated. Here’s an example of sort of the style I’m looking for:
Yeah, I’ve been following EM for awhile now. Honestly, I have a lot of 90’s style stuff, but I feel like it’s all coming from the same place. I’d like to find new stuff though.
Jackin records, defected records, nervous/nurveous records and subliminal are all labels that have some similar sounding stuff from the 90s. Find some old bad boy Bill or Richard vission, (Richard humpty vission back then) mix tapes or cds for ideas and songs. Cajual also is a good label
I’ll peruse my records when I get home and see if any other labels are common. Classic house sub genre on traxsource will have some stuff too, although some of it will go back further than the 90s
Yeah it’s easy to ask for suggestions, but it’s much better to hunt for them yourself.
So you posted Ejeca, so find out what labels they have released on, check the releases on those labels, find more artists you like and keep repeating.
A word of warning, there is a lot better to be found that was actually released in the 90’s rather than now, there some good producers putting out that revival house sound, but a lot of it is very generic, seems people have forgotten how to look for new samples.
But there is still a lot of good stuff to be found, you just have to dig for it.
Every recommendation thus far on this thread is an avenue I have very much explored previously. I don’t want to be a dick and say, “That’s not what I wanted BRO!” So yeah, I wanted to hopefully hear material I have yet to discover. Hasn’t happened probably because I spend 10+ hours a week listening to stuff. Thanks for the tips though.
Simma Black Records
Nu Panda Records
Black Butter Records
Large Music
Local Talk Records
Seven Music
!Records - although check their back catalogue too, a legendary label
Freerange
Bobbin’ Head Music
Dftd
Defected
Lost My Dog
Bump Trax
Freeze Dried Records
Adaptation Music
Beatdown
there are so many labels putting out good stuff, but that should get you started. Traxsource.com is your friend
Now on to the original sound, blimey, where to start! It’s definitely worth checking out some of the UK Garage labels from 97-99. Check out these labels/artists:
Strictly Rhythm
Ice Cream Records
Swing City
Wyze
Grant Nelson
Todd Edwards
Masters At Work
MK
Pure Silk Records
51st State Records
Locked On Records
Public Demand
Azuli Records
NuJak Records
Salted Music
Nervous Records
Soulfuric Records
King Street Music
Nice N Ripe
Defected
Yoshitoshi
NRK
There’s loads pretty much, I’ll have delve through the vinyl later and pick out a few gems.
With early uk stuff I’d go even earlier, around 94 thats when 24 hour experience were smashing it on Nice n Ripe. Towards the 97-99 mark is when it started getting a bit harder, 94-96 were good years.
True, good point, can’t argue with that, 94-96 were some of my favourite times Although they tended to more of a UK reflection of the mid 90’s US House/Garage sound IMHO as opposed to a more distinct UK sound bubbling up from London/Sunday Scene circa 96/97 etc - conversely it could be argued MK/Todd Edwards/MAW/M&S/MoodIISwing et al were already doing this with cut up vocal/dubs etc.
Not sure what other people think but for me; a lot of what is popular and deemed ‘Deep House’ at the moment tends to be erring more on the bass/sub bass driven House, hence my suggestion to look at the UK Garage side of things.
I think it’s difficult to break down the 90’s decade (let alone 25 years of House Music); the Dance Music scene, for want of a better phrase, changed so much in that time and a huge amount of high quality tracks were released, it’s hard to make recommendations . Traxsource is definately the first port of call I would say.