Deep house masterpieces. Recommended popular tracks.

New Day (Club Vocal Mix)Round Two feat. Andy Caine

New Day (Club Vocal Mix)

A classic released on the house-classics sublabel of the enduringly popular dub techno imprint Basic Channel.

Following their hit “ROUND ONE,” the duo of Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald featured soul singer Andy Caine.

The engineering is superb as well—an immortal deep house track.

FadeSolu Music feat. Kimblee

Solu Music feat. Kimblee – Fade (Original Mix)

If you’re familiar with the House Nation label project that Avex pushed in the 2000s, you’ve probably heard this track—but most likely the glitzy remixed version.

I remember that version being the one more widely distributed in Japan.

This is the original mix, and you could say it helped lay the groundwork for the kind of glamorous, female-friendly house championed by UK labels like Hed Kandi.

A truly musical deep house classic.

J.A.N.Moodymann

Moodymann – JAN

Kenny Dixon Jr., better known as Moodymann, primarily produces Detroit techno and Detroit house.

In the mid-1990s, while working at several record shops, he also held a residency as a DJ at Detroit’s Outcast Motorcycle Club.

In 1997, his release on Carl Craig’s label Planet E sparked a surge in popularity in France, leading to a flurry of gigs.

This work, released on his own label KDJ in 2001, is a dark yet somehow warm deep house record.

Your LoveFrankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle

Your Love

With its striking arpeggiated intro, this phrase continues to be sampled across countless tracks.

A masterpiece whose acclaim speaks for itself.

This early work by the late father of house music, Frankie Knuckles, is also his most popular track.

Vocals by Jamie Principle give it a mysterious mood.

The two of them are considered part of the first generation of house music and helped shape its very origins.

HallelujahKerri Chandler

Hallelujah

Kerri Chandler, a heavyweight and originator of American deep house.

Active since the 1990s, he continues to exert immense influence on younger generations.

It’s still fresh in our memories that in 2018 he made past tracks—previously released only on vinyl—available as free downloads.

The track I’m introducing today is “Hallelujah,” released in 1996 by an artist who has produced countless hits and classics.

The signature Kerri-style, straight-ahead rhythm track paired with soulful female vocals and an organ sound is unbelievably cool!

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Lovelee DaeBlaze

Lovelee Dae

Blaze was formed in New Jersey in the 1980s by Josh Milan and Kevin Hedge.

Both were DJs and devoted clubbers who frequented the legendary Paradise Garage, and they went on to thrive as producers as well.

This track, among their works, is a deep house piece that particularly evokes a classic Garage background; its gently melancholic mood and vocals are outstanding.

Promised LandJoe Smooth, Anthony Thomas

Promised Land

Joe Smooth, a Chicago house veteran, is a house music producer and DJ who earned worldwide acclaim from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

He influenced tracks by artists such as Destiny’s Child, Ludacris, New Order, and Whitney Houston, and later played a major role as a bridge to dance music hitmakers like Daft Punk.

This track is one of his deepest productions—a highly regarded classic.