Classic House Music blog…
INTERVIEW: Victor Simonelli
Behind the Groove are deeply humbled to be working with house music heavyweight royalty Victor Simonelli, and spent some time with the great man to talk about his history before embarking on a vinyl release of his finest early work…
BTG Presents Victor Simonelli 'The Early Years Vol 1 & 2
Dropping April 2023, we announce our ltd (500 pressings per volume) collectors edition double pack Vinyl releases. This is the most comprehensive collection rare Victor Simonelli cuts compiled on to 2 volumes of vinyl!
30 Years of Strobe Records - Classic House Music Tribute Mix
Revered as one of the most influential and credible underground independent ‘house music’ labels to help shape the burgeoning house music scene of the early 1990’s, Toronto’s Strobe Records set the gold standard…
Sara De Sanctis, Richard Earnshaw - Fading (Inner Spirit Remixes)
The incredible Richard Earnshaw delivers again, honouring the sublime vocal stylings of Sara De Sanctis, with this hypnotic slice of sublime deep soulful house, out Sep 30th 2022 on the might Colour & Pitch
Coffee Table Book ‘Lady of the House - Stories of Women in Dance Music’
‘Lady of the House - Stories of Women in Dance Music’, is a beautiful hardback coffee table book, celebrating and venrating some of the most important female influencers and contributors to the world of dance music…
Sumsuch & Will Brock - Humanity Remixed
A year after the release of the original version, Colour and Pitch revisits Sumsuch and Will Brock's tender Deep House cut 'Humanity', with remixes by Paul Losev and DJ Joma.
INTERVIEW: Robert Owens
Earlier this month, we were humbled to spend some time getting Behind the Groove with one of house music’s most prolific artists of all time, to talk bout some of his landmark classics. Welcome along Mr Robert Owens
Rebellious Wellness - The Rogue Room @ Fabric
Introducing The Rogue Room, the new face of rebellious wellness. And a new residency for BTG Founder Alex Rose. A merging of the transcendence of yoga, with the euphoric power of deep electronic music…
Carl Craig Psyche From Beyond Remix Competition
Detroit Techno legend Carl Craig will himself preside over this 30 year anniversary competition, which offers you the chance to remix his 1990 techno classic ‘Psyche - From Beyond’
Kiko Navarro - Ogun In Ta Été We (She Is Calling) (Coflo & KOKI Remixes)
Deep afro house silk… Ogun In Ta Été We (She Is Calling) is the latest single to be taken from ‘Sounds Of My Breath’, the new album by Kiko Navarro, issued on Afroterraneo Music, with remixes from Coflo and KOKI.
Alex Rose presents - Music Box #1
Digging deep into the crates of my back catalogue to put this piece of nostalgia together, and it really is a mere slither of some of the earliest and most influential House/Techno/Acid tracks...
DJ International Announce Jackmaster 7 - Chicago House Music
Iconic 80's Chicago House Label DJ International announce the long awaited 'Jackmaster 7', their first compilation release since 1991 featuring some of House music's most seminal records.
Romanthony: Let Me Show You Love - Azuli Records
Among a great many Romanthony releases I have amassed down the years, there is one track that stands out vividly in shaping my love for house music... Here’s why ‘Let Me Show You Love’ means so much to me…
Archive Mixtape: Femi B & Rusty Live @ Tonic - Empire 1993
A prized member of my tape collection, this cassette formed the soundtrack to the lives of myself and my aspiring DJ buddy's lives for much of our youth...
Masters At Work Records re launch and new MAW productions about to drop...
Set to drop this April 2021, MAW Records re launch with remastered with tracks and previously unreleased mixes, plus an all new, fresh Masters at Work single, this first in more than 2 decades!
Classic House Music - Fallout ‘Morning After’ (Sunrise Mix)
Fallout ‘Morning After’ (Sunrise Mix)……to be precise, is an absurdly simple, classic house music, deep house/techno concept with devastatingly hypnotic effect, and is possibly the single most important record in my collection…
INTERVIEW: Steve Bug
Steve Bug is a multi-faceted ambassador of the ever developing world of deep, tech house and minimal techno. With his Poker Flat imprint turning 20 years old, we chatted to Steve about his history and ever evolving career…
Classic House Music tribute mix - MURK Records - Oscar G & Ralph Falcon
12 of the finest deep house cuts from the formidable force that is Ralph Falcon & Oscar Gaetan… This is, a tribute to MURK… In the early days of my crate digging adventures, MURK records and the extended productions…
Adventures in crate digging, Hong Kong style...
Behind the Groove took a few days out to explore the world of independent record shops in Hong Kong’s sprawling metropolis, and found this little gold mine… and a Cat.
Kerri Chandler: Get it off / Super Lover
Yo, get it off... get it off, Yo, set it loose... set it loose. As holy grail, blueprint 'deep’ style house music goes, Kerri Chandler’s 1990 house music classic ‘Get it off’ serves as a genre defining moment in time