Hailing from an era still ripe with optimism, Nate Tinsley's sole EP on Music Station, under the moniker Nathaniel X Project, is one of the dopest 12"s of the 1990's. Embodying the now fading dreams of a whole generation of club children, the veritable political program was everything deep house strove to be: aspirational, socially-involved, visceral dance music with raw sincerity and unashamed soul. "Gotta Get Over," "Free Yourself" and "Get Up" are special, benchmarks eluding to a temporality and circumstance as much as enviable equipment and technique. Deep organ pads, sagely arrangement and supremely swinging rhythm patterns form the backbone of Tinsley's now legendary explications on the eternal truth of the underground club gospel---these songs work, and continue to resonate with us; behind the cliches lies the shining light of a naked, nearly extinct sincerity. Whole folk cultures have been built on these words. Deep house music was one of them. So much more than the "love and happiness" dribble, Nathaniel X Project's EP sounded and spoke confidently for a whole society getting off outside the stale and jaded mainstream, when "underground" meant something more than another pre-ordained lifestyle choice sanctioned under the ever present gods of exchange. Forever under its sway and adherents since its original release, Slow to Speak have licensed and reissued this masterpiece in its full splendor, a pinnacle of the NY/NJ house sound and beyond. "Oh my people, We've gotta get over, Before we go under." If ever we've needed Mr. Tinsley's words and this music, it is now.
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MoTP" (originally released in 2013 on a limited MLIU pressing) is back, including a Tuff City Kids remix!
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Having surfaced with a few potted releases in the mid-nineties, My Love Is Underground have taken it upon themselves to call upon LA's Teflon Dons to reissue three punchy lessons in that currently most mined of house music eras. There's no arguing with the authenticity of a track like "Planet Eater", as the subby bass and pounding drums take the lead with just subtle dabs of noise and samples chilling in the background. "Sun Fist Rising" has a more rounded atmosphere, leaning on layers of keys and a classic garage shuffle for a sweet and soulful end result, while "Psycho Ray" gets on a darker tip with creepy vocal samples and moody organ bass. More

There's only one thing that matches a new My Love Is Underground 12" - a remastered pressing of one of the label's certified hits! Paris Underground Trax Volume 1 was one of the records that catapulted the French label into the spotlight - at the time produced anonymously, it later emerged that Mr Brawther was the man behind the four retro house cuts. It's a wonderful homage to the deeper strains of 90s New Jersey; "NYC Underground" and "Sexy Thing Remix" still smack of Kerri Chandler at his most bumping, with fat pads, sultry vocals and gritty basslines. The B-Side features uptempo gem "Hardcore Deep House", while "GTFO!" glides along with warm, embracing chords. If you missed out first time round, don't make the same mistake again More

After the success of the "Nathaniel X project ep" in may, the parisian label finally comes back with another killer ep! from this label calling all souls and spirits from the old skool new jersey house, early Italian after-hours house and chicagoan finests, from Music Station, to Prescription Underground, to Palmares, to Goldtone... who’s “paris underground trax”? we don’t really know, as the label wants to keep the producer’s name secret! only thing we know is that these tracks were produced in 2010 by a young french dude! so again, these are proper 90’s vibes, in the purest deepest tradition, heavy kick, fat basslines, hard swing and massive oldschool keyboards!
kerri chandler: “great tracks, i love them all” More