A beginners guide to … nu groove records
bobby konders - nervous acid (mp3)
major problems - murder (25 to life mix (mp3)
a fresh face for best foot forward today, and for my first trick i present a beginners guide to what is one of the most seminal house labels of all time - nu groove records.
for those interested in the house sound of new york at the beginning of the 90’s, a trawl through the nu groove archive is a must, as it showcased some of the early work of joey beltram, bobby konders, lennie dee, kenny dope and the brothers ronald and rheji burrell. the label covered a broad spectrum of styles but it all sounded very straight outta brooklyn and in 1990, they released classic after classic, chilling out the summer acid house scene with konders and 331/3 queen, and getting militant later in the year with major problems dropping the city under siege ep around the time of gulf war 1. the burrell brothers contributed greatly to the label under a variety of names - ny house’n authority, metro, bas noir - and all should be checked out.
by 1992 the label had run it’s course and the strictly rhythm label had firmly established itself as the label from new york. nu groove released well over 100 releases and in them you can hear how house music, made by young kids on basic equipment, progressed into the 90’s with better technology and the emergence of a global audience. dopewax, rhythmatic rage and massive b were all offshoots from nu groove and as with just about everything else coming out of brooklyn at the time, are all well worthy of a listen.
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Marc added these pithy words on Mar 30 07 at 5:06 pmI love Bobby Konders. Let The Be House is one of those records that you play to death and sit on it for a while and then you pull it back out and fall in love with it all over again. Such an insanely talented producer. Check ‘A Lost Era In NYC 97 - 92′ on Gigolo for proof of his undeniable ability to get a groove going.
Marc added these pithy words on Mar 31 07 at 6:54 amDo you guys want to do a gig swap? You play at our night and we play at yours?
schoolsy added these pithy words on Mar 31 07 at 12:01 pmhi marc…
i’m up for that. should be good fun, ill speak to kev tonight about it. you guys are doing the thing at the urbis right - freq ?
we are a bit booked up with guest/friends coming down at the minute, but im sure we can sort something out…
send us your email/number via mark@bestfootforward.info and ill get back to ya…
cheerio
schoolsy added these pithy words on Mar 31 07 at 12:04 pmneil - top selections matey. when are we gunna get you up to manchester again, its been a while?
anyway, hope your all well down in’t big smoke…
mark
Jamie added these pithy words on Apr 02 07 at 9:46 amBobby Konders is a genius - altough he does pop in some strange places now - I saw him in an Elephant Man video last week!
Jocko added these pithy words on Apr 06 07 at 8:35 pmThanks for the 33 1/3 queen tune, I love Searchin’ but I’ve never heard disco 4, excellent!
Run DMB added these pithy words on Apr 24 07 at 12:38 pmThanks for these.
I’ve got “House Rhythms” 6 track EP (bought 16 years ago!?), but I don’t think I’ve got anything else by him.
tim added these pithy words on Feb 09 08 at 10:28 pmAnyone got any Nugroove stuff on Mp3 - especially song of the siren.
I had the whole catalogue on vinyl which i sold several years ago…
Current running a nugroove style digital label.
Tim
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