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Joey Negro launches Back In The Box next month |
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
 BACK IN THE BOX is a brand new series from NRK, launching in April. Taking the World’s leading and longest serving DJ legends, B.I.T.B. invites them to plunder deep into their collections to those old house records that rocked the party time and time again, records that have since been left dormant on the shelves, waiting for the right moment to be dusted off (and this is that moment!). We’re talking about those records that shaped and influenced a whole music scene, from that golden era of house music from the late 80s-mid 90s. A mix that will evoke great memories of lost nights on the dancefloor, B.I.T.B is the trip back in time you’ve been waiting for.
UK house pioneer Joey Negro (AKA Dave Lee, Jakatta, Doug Willis, Sunburst Band, Akabu) steps up to the platters to mix the first in this new series. Joey Negro began producing in 1988 and also founded the influential Republic Records (home to Blaze, Turntable Orchestra, Kym Mazelle & more), producing and releasing a string of acid house tracks, the first wave of garage house records and disco sampling club hits. Setting up Z Records after the demise of Republic, Joey Negro became a much sought after producer, working with the likes of Take That (“Relight My Fire”), Crystal Waters (“Gypsy Woman”) and recently Robbie Williams. Negro also found considerable success with the Jakatta project, spawning a Top 5 single in “American Dream”.
And so it is no surprise that a DJ with so much heritage has excelled himself with the selection on the very first BITB compilation. We're keeping the full tracklist under wraps for a couple of weeks, although the audio links below give you a good idea as the the flavours on offer on this fantastic mix. An upfront 12” sampler, featuring two tracks included on the compilation, gets released prior to the album. Joey Negro creates two exclusive re-edits for us; Neal Howard’s 1988 classic “The Gathering” was one of those genre crossing records, that captured the ears of both the Balearic DJs and the techno jocks. Sounding as if Derrick May had collaborated with Italian Don Carlos, uplifting piano chords and filtered 909 drums created a classic that just won’t go away. On the flip, Bam Bam’s frenzied acid house track from 1988 also get’s revived by Mr. Negro on the comp. The original Chicago acid sound in all its glory, another classic gets dusted off to go Back In The Box.
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