Taken from '20 Years of Henry Street Music - The
Definitive 7“ Collection – Part 2', released exclusively for Record Store Day 2016.
http://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2016/various-artists-20/
Incredible as it seems, this year marks twenty years since the launch of Johnny D’Mairo’s Henry Street Music label. To celebrate, BBE is marking the occasion with a very special 5 x 7 inch vinyl box set.
Many of the movers and shakers of the day had their best moments on Henry Street, and some of the best of them are represented here: Johnick, DJ Duke & Roland Clark, Todd Terry & Marshall Jefferson, King Britt, Mateo and Matos, Brutal Bill, Robbie Rivera, Furious George, Ralphi Rosario – a veritable roll-call of the premiere-league of dance at the time, an era when dance music still seemed incredibly fertile and the link with its own past is still vital.
Henry Street (named after Brooklyn homeboy Johnny’s neighbourhood) always had a ‘New York’ vibe, and even when drawing its producers from further afield, the label encapsulated the city’s melting-pot of talent and raw, bristling energy... energy captured here, and exploding off these remastered tracks like it’s 1999 all over again!
So... dust off those dancing shoes, and get ready to feel the heat, it’s one more time for the Henry Street Hustle!
