Ask any seasoned club-goer who their favourite male vocalist is and nine times out of ten Robert Owens' name will come up. Sure, there are other great house vocalists out there, but with almost twenty years as a DJ, producer and singer under his belt, Robert has not so much embellished house music as played a large part in defining it. 'Mysteries Of Love', 'Bring Down The Walls', 'Tears', 'I'll Be Your Friend' and 'Ordinary People' are just some of the tunes that have borne his black velvet voice and gone on to become truly classic records under the genius production supervision of Larry Heard - together with whom he initiated legendary Chicago house group Fingers Inc.
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Essential 2010 Albums Now On Sale
We wish you an amazing 2011! To start the celebrations we have compiled 200 of our favourite albums of 2010 for our biggest ever New Year Sale!
From today on until January 16 all selected albums will be available for a special price - including many of the more...
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Apparat, John Roberts, Darkstar
Gems aplenty in this edition of our monthly newsletter, from Apparat's stunning DJ-KiCKS, to John Robert's excellent album debut for Dial, and Darkstar's likewise stunning first on Hyperdub. The Modeselektor boys release the extended vinyl edits of their more...
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The voice of house music returns with a new album: 'Art' sees Robert Owens' vocal brilliance backed by noteworthy producers, first and foremost former Fingers Inc. partner Larry Heard, with additional contributions by Atjazz, Beanfield, and Compost's Show-b. A double volume of finest, soulful vocal house.
