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Seka Records - 25-Feb-06 08:12 PM
Seka Records was a label where Joey Negro (Dave Lee & Andrew "Doc" Livingstone at the time) released their hard house output. This was in an era (the mid 1990's) when Junior Vasquez, X-Press II, and DJ Duke were all the rage so it's not surprising the versatile Dave Lee did several hard house records under various aliases on this label (the names Lee and Livingstone appear on none of these records). "Boys And Girls" from the label's 1st release was rereleased on Deconstruction and became a huge worldwide dancefloor smash. The Hed Boys alias was subsequently used by Lee & Livingstone as their monniker on several high-profile remix projects including M-People and Pet Shop Boys. This label would be of interest only to Joey Negro completists and fanatics.
Vicar Disco - 25-Feb-06 08:33 AM
This short-lived label was used as the platform for some rather dodgy but excellent Joey Negro material in the mid nineties, but at least the first 2 records make no mention of Dave Lee and/or Doc Livingstone whatsoever. The label also released a Lee Genesis song licensed from Sub-urban "Ya Can't Separate Me". Records on this label usually came with a Vicar Records sticker. A small but important chapter in the musical development of Dave Lee.
MK* Featuring Alana - Surrender - 27-May-05 12:22 AM
This is more of a pop/r & b album than a house album. Some of the songs which were previous vocal house hits appear in rather lame r versions and the new previously unreleased songs were mostly pop/r and failed to inspire. MK had previously had a long string of highly acclaimed house AND techno singles, many of them classics, but this full-length release came as a major disappointment and is mostly forgotten today, unlike so many of MK's earlier releases.
Judy Albanese - Happy - 27-May-05 12:04 AM
An outstanding female vocal piano house anthem type song with great remixes from Matty Heilbronn and Tommy Musto of the NCP/Sub-urban Records stable. Fans of Germany's Peppermint Jam label will probably enjoy this release also as both of those remixers were closely connected to that label.
Brutal Bill - Project #1 - 10-May-05 02:27 AM
"Everybody's Pumpin'" worked for me the first few times I heard it but it had no staying power...initially impressive upfront house with vaguely Latin horns lacking the depth to make it timeless or interesting over ten years after its initial release.
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