dance FLOOR

Rip It Up, Issue 144, 1 July 1989, Page 33

dance FLOOR

. _ Therearerecordlabelsandthere arerecord labels Alabelisonlyas | goodasthe people running it and thisis. _ especidlly true of dance. Some labels, whetherthey infenditornot havea _ certainimage, and the appearanceof acertaindisc ona cerfain record label | | canofenjusify purchasewithouta _ listen, For exomple Fourth & Broadway, | Island's dance offshoot wasfofally Emmamaaiiiaecnanap e s e . reliobleforseveralyearsinthe | mid:Bosuntila change of personnel J%@%fifi%fi%fi%fi%fifi%fififififi | Shottrecovered i qualiy evelnow | withthe Delicious crew, Womackand | Womackand Will Downing. _ Fourthßßroadwayisagood exampleofamajorlabeltryingto | disguiseifself formarkefingand credibiity purposes, asanindie.a common enough ployinthe UKinthe | 80s. FFRR, for example, is an offshoot hasadeserved reputation forquality f¢a§”"‘+°""‘”‘*§s¢‘v"bO:zq,,‘;\fl"sbi’o"‘q? | that eludesifs FFRR has records " like FRANKIE KNUCKLES | house Tears’,adesp JopansSatoshie Tommileon ' keyboardsondavocolfromsome . blokenamedßobert Owens,or | SIMONHARRIS's Plegsure | nowavalableasakillerremixthol . redllyaceentuates thevocal Urbanis . anotherPolygram offspring, thistime | viaPolydor,anddlsohasagoodrep, althoughafewturkeysappearfrom | timefotime. CLEVELANDWATKISSs | Spend Some Time', a defjazz / hip-hop | /reggae fusion remixed by Coldcutis | nofoneofthem. Thelabelalsohasa | commendablepolieyof refsuing | dossicß&B,andhosreleasedan excellentseries ofjozz compilations, ' thelatest of which, The Originalllicit | Groovesisessential stufffromthe 60s, | 705 and 80s.On the Polydorlabel tself thenew STYLE COUNCIL - theirhabitofadispensibletopside coupledwith a great flip, This fime the A | sapoiniless 89 remixoflong Hot ST e e eR e e R s T | Summer'whereas e Bisa groovy e featuring London gospelsingerßrian | Powellonvocalswitha Freddy Bastone . BreakoutisA&M's dancelabeland | usually prefty reliable s Your Time'is | ajozzyhousegroove by ARTHUR | BAKERfealuring vocals from SHIRLEY | LEWIS, whoeversheis, Now Arthurhas beenresponsibleforsome rubbish. _ overtheyears butthequyhasalso | producedabout 10 or 15 ofthe greatest | singlosevermadeond whilethisone. _ ntinthotleague, ifsprefydamn | goodandis, asthecoversoys, ‘The | _ Ontothemajors themselves, mostof | Ontothemajors themselves, mostof. | whichhaveno mageatal,andare usuallypartofalargerorganisation. - MCAisnumber one dance labelinthe | States, withocislke GUY,BOBBY BROWN, MACBAND, NEW EDITION, JODYWATLEYand ERICBARAKIM. newsingle, | newsingle, Friends’ destinedfobea _ USNo.I ond easily the best thing she's everdone, the hip-hopper's _ input.Checkoutthe dubmixonside | wo less Jody and more Rakim.The newGUY single‘Spend The Night'isin 512" mix, the bestthing they've done _ since Groove Me'. Guy's Gene Criffin _ producedthe new JAMESINGRAM

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