Originally brought to life in 1989 in New York, Strictly Rhythm marks a milestone in the history of House music as the most influential and innovative label of the genre throughout the 1990s. Founded and established by Mark Finkelstein, who had before been working as an astronomer and engineer of the American moon landing programme Apollo 1, Strictly Rhythm quickly became the authority in the field of House music, with Top Ten Chart successes, several releases per week and heavy rotation on record decks throughout the world. It even defined the sub genres of the house sound by introducing styles like wild pitch, vocal house or garage. The label gave first home to artists like Reel 2 Real and Armand van Helden, but also Josh Wink, DJ Pierre and of course Masters At Work, a.k.a. Kenny Dope and Lil Louie Vega.
In 1999 major label Warner Music became the majority owner of Strictly Rhythm and stopped business in 2002. Control over the label is now back in the hands of Finkelstein, who with the help of Simon Dunmore, owner of the British Defected label, has relaunched the label out of London, United Kingdom.
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Soon New York's greatest house music talents united under the banner of Strictly Rhythm: Todd Terry, Little Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, and even Chicago's acid house inventors Phuture joined the label's ranks, releasing eternal house anthems such as 'Rise From Your Grave'. Phuture's DJ Pierre even invented a unique signature style for his productions for Strictly Rhythm: Wildpitch, which debuted on Photon Inc.'s 'Generate Power' from 1991.
By 1993, Strictly had become the leading label in the field of house music, with 'I Like To Move It' by Erick Morillo (as Reel 2 Real) topping the charts that year. A year later Strictly Rhythm jump-started the career of Armand Van Helden, whose 'Witch Doctor' became a huge underground hit. The same goes for Josh Wink and his spiralling acid madness 'Higher State Of Consciousness'.
All these classics are of course included on this release, along with plenty more of house music's finest moments. The current resurgence of house music might lend the fortune of good timing to this compilation, but at any rate this is an unmissable slice of music history.
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