The House Principles is a selection of the most interesting, well known and inspirational tracks of a certain artist. We go deep into the roots of house, to the...
"When Prescription came out, people were like, "Oh yeah, this is some cool shit. But we're going to keep playing this 'Percolator' stuff." But then we were getting momentum, and eventually it went somewhere. But it wasn't until the 2000s when people looked back, like, "That shit is fucking amazing. What the fuck, wait a minute… Prescription?" And people started really wanting to understand what it was all about. Did that shit 26 years ago [laughs]. When you're pioneering and being innovative, you've got to get used to that. You're leading the people to a certain degree. You're in front of it. People ain't going to always understand you. It's OK to be the weird kid on the block."
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Reelsoul
"I first heard house music on the radio and fell in love with the sounds it created. I could hear influences of Disco in a lot of the songs and like that it had smooth melodies over 4/4 beats. Then my brother Henry and my cousin Victor would go to the local undergrounds and bring new music to me that I loved. By that time I already had my own turntables. I was 11 years old and the year was 1991. My cousin Victor dj at the time and they both would take me record shopping and it opened a whole new world for me.The name ReelSoul came about when I made my first track “Take me to a Place” with my friend Damon Montelongo and my cousin Steven Romero. When this track made it big I became instantly on demand for remix work. The labels would put me as “ReelSoul”. From that point on the name stood."
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Jimpster
"‘Dangly Panther’ reminds me of my stag (bachelor) party 12 years ago. We hired a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere in Wales for about 15 of us, set up decks and sound system and didn’t leave for three days. It was like a cross between Human Traffic, Withnail And I and Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. On the last day, after very little sleep, I decided to climb onto a high beam that crossed the ceiling of the barn and lay across it, balancing carefully to avoid falling, observing the scenes below. Someone commented that I looked like a dangly panther and for some reason that stuck with me for when I needed to come up with a title for my next release. I quite often get asked where that name comes from and there you have it."
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Frankie Feliciano
"I’ve been in this industry since 1989, I’ve experienced so many amazing moments in club music history and made even more amazing friends along the way. Looking back on things, I honestly believe that I was in the right place at the right time. There will never be a time like the early developing stages of underground club music, the evolution and branching out. When I was a kid I dreamt about making music, so having any production of mine released commercially would definitely count as one of my proudest moments."
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Urban Blues Project
"In the very early days, we were inspired by all sorts of things. From Philly Sound, to electro like Cybotron and Kraftwerk, to Chicago house to the NJ sound coming from Movin and the Zanz, Rush, Steely Dan, Run DMC, man. I could go on, so much music. It was a real melting pot back then, people didn’t do just one thing, so we just got inspired by everything really… To be honest, vocals and live instruments were always moving to both of us so it was just something we tried to do right from the beginning." - Brian Tappert
The House Principles is a selection of the most interesting, well known and inspirational tracks of a certain artist. We go deep into the roots of house, to the pioneers who stood at the basis of this genre, and explore their particular sound with more depth.
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