Items12The creator’s order
  1. 1Nuyorican Soul (1997)Nuyorican Soul (1997)Released 1 Jan 1997Masters at Work production duo Kenny Dope and Louie Vega assembled an all-star orchestra of Latin and soul royalty including Tito Puente, George Benson, Roy Ayers and Jocelyn Brown. Blending authentic salsa horns, live disco strings and driving garage house beats, the album is an ecstatic…0
  2. 2Silentintroduction (1997)Silentintroduction (1997)Released 1 Jan 1997Kenny Dixon Jr. defined the smoky, uncompromising sound of Detroit deep house. Built on unquantised live drum swing, deep gospel piano runs, crackling vinyl noise and passionate soul vocal loops, the music rolls with a raw, late-night warmth that feels utterly timeless and proudly human.0
  3. 3First Floor (1998)First Floor (1998)Released 1 Jan 1998Theo Parrish approaches house music like an abstract sculptor. Rather than smoothing out rough edges, he loops dusty disco and funk fragments with hypnotic, polyrhythmic patience. The grooves wobble, stretch and breathe with magnetic analogue imperfection that rewards patient, deep listening.0
  4. 4Homework (1997)Homework (1997)Released 1 Jan 1997Recorded in a Parisian bedroom with affordable Roland drum machines and analogue compressors, Daft Punk brought the raw energy of Chicago acid and ghetto house to the global mainstream. Punishing kick drums, filtered disco samples and playful vocal chops create an unpretentious, infectious…0
  5. 5Amygdala (2013)Amygdala (2013)Released 1 Jan 2013Hamburg producer Stefan Kozalla treats house music as an intimate, surrealist fairy tale. Enlisting vocalists like Caribou, Matthew Dear and Milosh, Koze blends micro-sampled acoustic instruments, delicate vocal fragments and rolling rhythms into an album that works as wonderfully on headphones as…0
  6. 6It's Album Time (2014)It's Album Time (2014)Released 1 Jan 2014Norway's space-disco maestro proved that an electronic dance record could be witty, melodic and musically sophisticated from start to finish. Infectious synthesizer arpeggios, Latin rhythms, live brass and Bryan Ferry's guest vocals turn playful grooves like Inspector Norse into timeless club…0
  7. 7Hercules and Love Affair (2008)Hercules and Love Affair (2008)Released 1 Jan 2008Andy Butler teamed with singer ANOHNI to resurrect the emotional grandeur of late-1970s New York disco and Chicago house. Towering brass fanfares, buoyant live basslines and ANOHNI's otherworldly, vibrato-rich voice turn songs like Blind into an emotionally transcendent, communal dancefloor rite.0
  8. 899.9% (2016)99.9% (2016)Released 1 Jan 2016Montreal producer Kaytranada transformed the groove of contemporary club music by blending Brazilian bossa nova chords, boom bap swing and R&B vocals with four-on-the-floor house tempo. His signature off-grid drum bounce and liquid basslines make every collaboration sparkle with warm, effortless…0
  9. 9Bicep (2017)Bicep (2017)Released 1 Jan 2017Belfast duo Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson channelled decades of crate-digging knowledge into a soaring, melodic house masterpiece. Shimmering synthesizer arpeggios, nostalgic vocal chops and muscular rhythm programming create an overwhelming sense of festival catharsis on anthems like Glue.0
  10. 10Space Is Only Noise (2011)Space Is Only Noise (2011)Released 1 Jan 2011Nicolas Jaar decelerated house music down to an unhurried, hypnotic 100-BPM crawl. Incorporating field recordings of water drops, delicate acoustic piano chords, saxophone flourishes and deep sub-bass weight, the album redefines club music as a tactile, deeply atmospheric private listening…0