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Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm is an American house music record label. History The label was founded on May 1, 1989, by Gladys Pizarro and Mark Finkelstein, who were both working as A&R in a label called Spring Records. Working with house music artists from the beginning, during the 1990s the label had a string of hit releases by Roger Sanchez, Todd Terry, Masters at Work, Josh Wink, Armand Van Helden and Kenny Dope, amongst others. In 1994 ' I Like To Move It' by duo Reel 2 Reel became the first of many worldwide hits for the label. By the end of the decade Strictly Rhythm's influence and notoriety began to fade, finally folding in 2002. Strictly Rhythm relaunched in 2007 after a five-year break, following a venture with Warner Music. The label made a number of its recordings available for digital download and signed new productions from Quentin Harris, Osunlade, Chocolate Puma, Dennis Ferrer, Dirty South and Bob Sinclar. Three years later, in November 2010, the label open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Pizarro
Gladys Pizarro is an American A&R executive, noteworthy for co-founding the legendary New York-based house music record label Strictly Rhythm.(24 January 2004)A&R Exec 'Thinks Fink' For New Launch ''Billboard (magazine)''(30 March 1996)Indies: Dance Lessons ''Billboard (magazine) ''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles re ...'' References A&R people Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American music industry executives {{US-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Like To Move It
"I Like to Move It" is a song by American solo project Reel 2 Real ( Erick Morillo), featuring ragga vocals by Trinidad and Tobago rapper The Mad Stuntman (Mark Quashie). Released by Strictly Rhythm in October 1993 as the second single from the project's debut album, '' Move It!'' (1994), it appeared on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1994, peaking at number 89, and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart the same year. It was a number-one hit in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Zimbabwe. On the '' Billboard'' Dance Club Play chart, it peaked at number eight. At the second International Dance Awards in 1995, it won the award for Best Tune of the Year. Its music video was directed by Craig K. McCall and filmed in New York City. The song was adapted in a Spanish version by Dominican merengue-house duo Sandy & Papo, as "Mueve, mueve", in 1995. In 2021, it was reworked in a remix version by Tunisian DJ-producer duo, Outrage and Spanish DJ and vocalist Alejandro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters (born November 19, 1961) is an American house music, house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman (Crystal Waters song), Gypsy Woman", "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her studio albums produced a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In December 2016, ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine ranked her as one of the most successful dance artists of all time. Her accolades include six ASCAP Songwriter awards, three American Music Award nominations, an MTV Video Music Award nod, four Billboard Music Award, ''Billboard'' Music Awards and twelve No. 1 Dance Club Songs, ''Billboard'' Dance Chart hits. Her hit song "Gypsy Woman” has been sampled hundreds of times. Though her music sales have yet to be re-certified, Waters has sold over 7 million records worldwide. Life and career Early life Born in Deptford Township, New Jersey, Waters is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Morel
George Morel (born 20 September 1967 in New York) is a DJ and record producer. He is considered "one of the central figures in the early-'90s New York garage/house scene".Biography of George Morel on , retrieved on Juli 27, 2020 Life and career Morel is of Dominican descent. His DJ career began in the New York clubs Red Zone, , Traxs and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet Soul
Planet Soul was a house duo from Miami, Florida, composed of producer George Acosta and singer Nadine Renee. Biography They released one album in 1996, entitled ''Energy and Harmony'', and are primarily remembered as a one-hit wonder for their song " Set U Free", which peaked at number 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1996. Brenda Dee did lead vocals on their second biggest hit, Feel The Music and went on to tour for the group throughout the US and Europe. She was lead vocals on the completion of their debut album, Energy & Harmony which was co-written by Veronica Barrios and produced by the group’s creator, George Acosta. Nadine Renee's death On December 2, 2004, Renee died of complications from the delivery of her first child, Liat Nadine Shamir. Discography Albums *''Energy and Harmony'' (Strictly Rhythm, 1996) U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 #165Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Pierre
Nathaniel Pierre Jones, better known by his stage name DJ Pierre, is an American DJ and performer of house music based in Chicago. Musical career Phuture Jones has recorded Audio Clash, Darkman, Disco Fuhrer, DJ Pierre, DJ Pierre's Afro Acid Project, Doomsday, M & M, Nathaniel Pierre Jones, One Screaming Idiot, P-Ditty, Pfantasia, Photon Inc., Phugitive, Phuture Scope, Pierre's Pfantasy Club, Raving Lunatics, the Don, Time Warp, X Fade, and Yvette. He formed the group Phuture with his friends Spanky (Earl Smith Jr. –founder/technical producer) and Herb J (Herbert R Jackson Jr. - keyboards). During the late-1980s, the trio began using the squelch sound that became common in Acid House recordings after the group's initial experiments with a Roland TB-303 bass line synthesizer. Living in the Chicago area, they were exposed to many house artists, such as Hot Mix 5 artists (Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Ralphi "The Razz" Rosario, Kenny "Jammin" Jason, Mickey "Mixin" Oliver, and Scott " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Sinclar
Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ, and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began DJing in the 1980s under the name Chris the French Kiss. During this time he was more influenced by hip hop music, hip hop and jazz music and created music projects such as The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, the latter with an ensemble of musicians and where Le Friant used the alias Desmond K. In 1998 Le Friant adopted name of Bob Sinclar after the titular character from the 1973 film ''Le Magnifique''. He became known for popularising the French house, "French touch" of house music with heavy use of sample (music), sampled and filtered disco strings. He describes his musical style as inspired by "peace, love, and house music". In the 2000s, several of Sinclar's releases became international hits, being particularly popular in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty South (DJ)
Dragan Roganović ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Рогановић, ; born 15 November 1978), better known by his stage name Dirty South is a Serbian-Australian DJ, record producer and remixer based in Melbourne. Biography Born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, now Serbia, Dirty South's producing career developed in tandem with his DJing career. He got his start at the age of 13 after he relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where he currently resides. Influenced by everything around him, the artist started improvising with his old NEC Hi-Fi and mixing with the tape decks, and then started making bootlegs and mashups, which eventually led to getting a computer, software, and keyboard that resulted in his first official production in 2004 as Dirty South. He used his family computer to create remixes and mashups of other artists' tracks and distributed them worldwide, which caught the attention of Australian Vicious Vinyl records, who signed him in 2005. Since then, the Australian-based DJ ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Ferrer
Dennis Ferrer (born December 26 1970) is a New York–based DJ, producer and remixer. He currently resides in Union City, New Jersey. A veteran of soulful house music production, he has worked with the likes of Masters at Work (MAW), Little Louie Vega, the Martinez Brothers and many other notable New York producers and DJs. Ferrer is also the founder of the Objektivity record label. In 2010 he released his most famous single, "Hey Hey", on Defected Records. Discography Albums * '' The World as I See It'' (2006) Singles *"Touch the Sky" (feat. Mia Tuttaville) (2007) *"Hey Hey" (2010) *"Sunny Days" (feat. Dawn Tallman) (2020) Remixes * 2004: Blaze Feat. Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love (Dennis Ferrer Remixes) * 2007: Fish Go Deep – "The Cure and the Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix)" * 2008: The Sunburst Band – Journey to the Sun (Dennis Ferrer Remix)" * 2008: Dido – " Don't Believe in Love (Dennis Ferrer Objektivity Mix)" (nominated for Grammy Award for Best Remixed Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate Puma
Chocolate Puma are a DJ and music production duo from Haarlem, North Holland, consisting of René ter Horst ("DJ Zki") and Gaston Steenkist ("Dobre"). Their stage names include "Zki & Dobre", "The Good Men", and "Riva". Zki & Dobre have produced dance music under various group names since the early 1990s. Their most notable productions are " Give It Up" (1993) credited to The Good Men, " I Wanna Be U" (2001) credited to Chocolate Puma, and " Who Do You Love Now?" (2001) credited to Riva, and featuring Dannii Minogue. They also founded their own record label, Pssst Music. Musical career As the Goodmen, their most notable production was " Give It Up", a 1993 house music track based upon samba-styled percussion and the simple, repeating vocal line of the song title. The percussion was inspired by a Sérgio Mendes recording. The song rose to #1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1993 and made a brief appearance on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osunlade
Osunlade (; born March 13, 1969) is an American musician and music producer. Biography Osunlade was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He composed music for ''Sesame Street'' during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Afterward, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with artists such as Patti LaBelle and Freddie Jackson. After a stint there, he moved to New York, where he founded Yoruba Records because of "the continued need to create the music I wanted". To date, he has worked with such artists as Roy Ayers, Nkemdi, Salif Keita, Poranguí, and Cesária Évora. In 2006, he released the album ''Aquarian Moon''; in 2007, he released the album ''Elements Beyond'' on the revived Strictly Rhythm label, and in 2009, he released the album ''Passage''. He is a priest of the Yoruba religion of Ifá. Controversy His performance at Irish festival All Together Now was cancelled in 2023, following complaints about public social media posts he made which were negative ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
