Junior Vasquez is also known for releasing (what has to be) the second or third most sampled Loleatta Holloway acapella. Although he wasn't allowed to do so but he wasn't the main culprit, that was actually Shep Pettibone doing. Read more from this discogs comment on the release in question

some of the tracks that have used this acapella is Armando "100% of Disin' You", Moguai "U Know Y" and countless Eric Prydz-productions

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this was a 2011 trailer for "Back In The House" a NY house documentary about the 90's, but I heard it's never going to be released. what a fucking shame.

JV @ 9:35

I think at this point its obligatory for me to post in this thread (surprised Scoops isn't in here yet!). There was definitely a bit of crossover between the dark prog and the tribal hard house that dominated NYC club life in the late 90's... hell even to this day you can see traces of it when you go to see a prog DJ in NY - they'll play a bit of tribal for the audience.

Some great articles and insight posted in this thread too. I'd love to see NYC become a prominent place for dance music again.

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch I think at this point its obligatory for me to post in this thread (surprised Scoops isn't in here yet!). There was definitely a bit of crossover between the dark prog and the tribal hard house that dominated NYC club life in the late 90's... hell even to this day you can see traces of it when you go to see a prog DJ in NY - they'll play a bit of tribal for the audience.

hahah I'm here

No label dominated dark prog and the tribal house label like Twisted Records did back in the late 90s; even mixed in some Diva vocals. It was the label the really captured that sound for NYC. And their roster of talent was top notch at that time with the likes of DJ Vibe, Tenaglia, SuperChumbo, Murk, Saeed, etc.


AS far as Junior Vasquez is concerned, there I no bigger prick in the industry then Junior. We had him do a Twilo (Vasquez) vs Exit (Tsettos) vs Tunnel (Baez) at a club in north jersey a few years ago and the guy kicks baez out of the booth and off the decks just so his crew can hook up his turntable. needless to say, we had to deal wit 5 minutes of silence. and 45minutes later, Junior walked out. Luckily Baez saved the nite

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch I'd love to see NYC become a prominent place for dance music again.

It has, albeit for a much more underground sound.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.

Yeah, New York is absolutely huge for dance music in America atm, seems to concentrate most of the European talent coming through as well.

New York is still thriving its just in Brooklyn now and a lot of the strong parties are TBA locations, not always at the clubs.

What about this release? It certainly helped in popularizing it.







I'd also argue that Steve Porter lead the way with his "Porterhouse" sound which he made accessible to the U.S. To me he really set the trend for early 00's prog.

He made the darkest prog ever, hands down...and made heaps of it too.

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Originally posted by Syntonic What about this release? It certainly helped in popularizing it. I'd also argue that Steve Porter lead the way with his "Porterhouse" sound which he made accessible to the U.S. To me he really set the trend. He made the darkest prog ever, hands down...and made heaps of it too.

No

There is no such thing as the "dark prog" genre. I don't know where you guys come up with this nonsense.