Deep Heat (compilation series)
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Telstar Records
' range of Deep Heat compilations were one of the first house music
collections to be released by a Specialist Marketing firm in the United Kingdom.
's version of 'Respect' while Underground favourites such as 'Break 4 Luv' by Raze and Hithouse's 'Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Acid Mix)' ensured the album reached the top of the newly created Compilation
Chart, the first of many.
Vinyl
was still relatively popular with DJs and this format of Deep Heat sold well with each Volume being released on Vinyl when other Companies such as Arcade (who came on board in 1991 with the Groovy Ghetto series) had largely abandoned the format, preferring to concentrate on packing as many tracks as they could onto a 74-minute single CD.
Also unique to the Deep Heat Compilations was that there would often be 'Exclusive Remixes' of tracks, such as the Megamix of Technotronic's biggest hits. This appeared on Deep Heat 7 ~ Seventh Heaven several months before it was commercially released, while "Exclusive Deep Heat Mix"s of tracks by The KLF
featured on later editions. It would be these 'exclusive tracks' that would form the focal point of Deep Heat's extensive Television Advertising campaigns launched by Telstar to promote each release. These would feature clips of videos of the albums biggest Club hits, usually with graphics in the style of the albums theme on the sleeve.
saw each of their 5 Deep Heat compilations reach the Compilation Top 5, the first four peaked at either #1 or #2, all gaining Gold BPI
Awards for UK sales over 250,000. The December release Fight The Flame collected the biggest hits of the year and became one of Telstar's four Platinum selling albums of 1989. An influx of similar releases appeared on rival labels, including Stylus
collections, The Right Stuff ~ Remix 89 and Where's The House? who also teamed up with another rival K-Tel
for Hip House ~ The Deepest Beats in Town. Both companies had disappeared by the end of 1990.
During 1990, another five Deep Heat albums were released each with declining popularity. This was due in part to a general swamping of the Compilation market of Dance collections, with EMI
Virgin Polygram
increasing their Dance album output with an unprecedented three Volumes of their Now Dance spin-off, while a newcomer in the TV-advertised concept-compilation field, Dino Entertainment
, would go on to steal the Deep Heat thunder with their Hardcore series they launched in early 1991. Telstar only added to this 'swamping' effect by launching Get On This! in 1990, and then replacing it with Thin Ice the following year to run concurrently with Deep Heat, often containing very similar track listings. Another factor was the difficulty in licensing tracks from different record companies. By 1991, the major companies were either keeping tracks for their own Compilations, or wanting high licensing fees. Furthermore, later editions of the series featured Edited 7" Mixes so that each album could contain more tracks, mainly to compete with the other albums on the market. This served however to make them less popular with serious Dance music buyers who liked the series' earlier 'underground' feel with rarities and remixes.
Deep Heat 2 - The Second Burn
(04/89. #2. 13 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 3 - The Third Degree
(07/89. #2. 13 wks. Gold)
Deap Heat 4 – Play with Fire (09/89. #1. 11 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 5 - Feed The Fever
(02/90. #1. 11 wks. Gold
Deep Heat 6 - The Sixth Sense (03/90. #1. 14 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 7 - Seventh Heaven (07/90. #1. 9 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 8 - The Hand of Fate (10/90. #3. 5 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 9 - Ninth Life ~ Kiss The Bliss (01/91. #1. 7 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 10 - The Awakening (06/91. #2. 7wks.)
Deep Heat 11 - The Spirit of Ecstasy (12/91. #3. 8 wks. Gold)
s.
Deep Heat 89 ~ Fight The Flame (11/89. #4. 17 wks. Platinum)
Original Vinyl Album Tracklisting:
Deep Heat 90 (11/90. #3. 12 wks. Platinum)
Original Vinyl Album Tracklisting:
Re-introduced as a Dance companion to the Hits Album
series Telstar had effectively relaunched with BMG in January 1993, the Deep Heat version was unsuccessful. It reached #3, bowing out of the Compilation chart just 7 weeks later. The planned follow-up was never compiled.
of the biggest hits from two albums; Feed The Fever and The Sixth Sense. This was the first time the Megamix had been used to promote a Compilation series, but Telstar would use the gimmick
again with the Megabass series (itself a compilation of Megamixes) and a Technotronic
Remix Compilation in 1990.
To promote the releases of both Deep Heat 1989 ~ Fight the Flame and Deep Heat 6 ~ The Sixth Sense, Telstar released Megamix
es under the guise Latino Rave on 7" and 12" vinyl, and CD single, each featuring the biggest dance hits from each album.
Latino Rave - Deep Heat '89 (12/89. #12. 11 wks)
This Megamix consisted of original excerpts of the following tracks; Pump up the Jam by Technotronic
; Stakker Humanoid by Stakker; A Day in the Life by Black Riot; Work it to the Bone by LNR, I Can Dance by Fast Eddie; Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald; Numero Uno by Starlight; Bango (To The Batmobile) by The Todd Terry Project; Brake 4 Love by Raze; Don't Scandalise Mine by Sugar Bear.
Latino Rave - The Sixth Sense (03/90. #49. 2 wks)
This release coincided with the release of Deep Heat ~ The Sixth Sense and consisted of excerpts of the following tracks; Get Up (Before The Night is Over) by Technotronic
; The Magic Number by De La Soul
; G'Ding G'Ding (Do You Wanna) by Anna G; Show 'M The Bass by MC Miker G; Eve Of The War by Project D; Moments in Love by 2 To The Power.
A similar marketing ploy was successfully used on the next major Telstar Dance series Megabass.
Telstar Records
Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges...
' range of Deep Heat compilations were one of the first house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
collections to be released by a Specialist Marketing firm in the United Kingdom.
Format
Launching in March 1989 with the Number 1 album Deep Heat, the brand achieved a successful four year run and set the footprint for Dance Music Compilations for many years to come. The record company, which had formed in 1982, had achieved modest success with Dance-themed multi-artist compilation albums with notable successes in the genre including the Dance Mix collections of 1987 and 1988 and The Best Of House '88. What was initially unique about the Deep Heat collections was that they contained exclusive 12" Remixes of recent Club Hits, instead of Extended versions of Chart Hits featured on similar collections such as Now Dance 89 which was charting around the same time as the first Deep Heat albums. The success of the series was partly due to the CD boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s and it was the first time full 12" Mixes could be commercially bought on Compact Disc, offering the listener at home a whole new experience of enjoying digitally enhanced Dance Music. Tracks on the first and longest running release kicked-off with AdevaAdeva
Adeva is a female African American house-music and contemporary R&B artist from Paterson, New Jersey, United States, the youngest of six children...
's version of 'Respect' while Underground favourites such as 'Break 4 Luv' by Raze and Hithouse's 'Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Acid Mix)' ensured the album reached the top of the newly created Compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Chart, the first of many.
Vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
was still relatively popular with DJs and this format of Deep Heat sold well with each Volume being released on Vinyl when other Companies such as Arcade (who came on board in 1991 with the Groovy Ghetto series) had largely abandoned the format, preferring to concentrate on packing as many tracks as they could onto a 74-minute single CD.
Also unique to the Deep Heat Compilations was that there would often be 'Exclusive Remixes' of tracks, such as the Megamix of Technotronic's biggest hits. This appeared on Deep Heat 7 ~ Seventh Heaven several months before it was commercially released, while "Exclusive Deep Heat Mix"s of tracks by The KLF
The KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
featured on later editions. It would be these 'exclusive tracks' that would form the focal point of Deep Heat's extensive Television Advertising campaigns launched by Telstar to promote each release. These would feature clips of videos of the albums biggest Club hits, usually with graphics in the style of the albums theme on the sleeve.
Chart Success
During 1989, TelstarTelstar Records
Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges...
saw each of their 5 Deep Heat compilations reach the Compilation Top 5, the first four peaked at either #1 or #2, all gaining Gold BPI
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
Awards for UK sales over 250,000. The December release Fight The Flame collected the biggest hits of the year and became one of Telstar's four Platinum selling albums of 1989. An influx of similar releases appeared on rival labels, including Stylus
Stylus
A stylus is a writing utensil, or a small tool for some other form of marking or shaping, for example in pottery. The word is also used for a computer accessory . It usually refers to a narrow elongated staff, similar to a modern ballpoint pen. Many styli are heavily curved to be held more easily...
collections, The Right Stuff ~ Remix 89 and Where's The House? who also teamed up with another rival K-Tel
K-tel
K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series...
for Hip House ~ The Deepest Beats in Town. Both companies had disappeared by the end of 1990.
During 1990, another five Deep Heat albums were released each with declining popularity. This was due in part to a general swamping of the Compilation market of Dance collections, with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Virgin Polygram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
increasing their Dance album output with an unprecedented three Volumes of their Now Dance spin-off, while a newcomer in the TV-advertised concept-compilation field, Dino Entertainment
Dino Entertainment
Dino Entertainment was a firm specializing in the compilation market of the late 1980s and early 1990s, releasing records such as the That Loving Feeling and Energy Rush range of CDs, in competition with Telstar Records, Stylus and K-Tel....
, would go on to steal the Deep Heat thunder with their Hardcore series they launched in early 1991. Telstar only added to this 'swamping' effect by launching Get On This! in 1990, and then replacing it with Thin Ice the following year to run concurrently with Deep Heat, often containing very similar track listings. Another factor was the difficulty in licensing tracks from different record companies. By 1991, the major companies were either keeping tracks for their own Compilations, or wanting high licensing fees. Furthermore, later editions of the series featured Edited 7" Mixes so that each album could contain more tracks, mainly to compete with the other albums on the market. This served however to make them less popular with serious Dance music buyers who liked the series' earlier 'underground' feel with rarities and remixes.
Cover Artwork
The packaging of each album was also a factor of the album's popularity, with often a striking design gracing the front and interior packaging. Earlier themes revolved around fire, heat, flames, temperatures and burning - metaphorically suggesting the tracks will make the dancefloor burn (an idea used again later with the Megabass track.) Later releases, such as Deep Heat 6 ~ The Sixth Sense used mystic symbols as a theme; Deep Heat 7 ~ Seventh Heaven cools down the collection with heavenly blue skies and Angelic artwork; Deep Heat 9 ~ Ninth Life Kiss The Bliss features Egyptian monuments praising heavenly skies and Deep Heat 10 ~ The Awakening contains graphics of an alien being.Original albums
Deep Heat (03/89. #1, 15 wks. Gold)Deep Heat 2 - The Second Burn
Deep Heat 2 - The Second Burn
Deep Heat 2 - The Second Burn, the second album in Telstar Records' hugely successful Deep Heat compilation series, was released in April 1989. Containing 28 full length dance tracks, it continued the series' success, reaching #2 on the Compilations Chart and being awarded a UK Gold Disc for album...
(04/89. #2. 13 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 3 - The Third Degree
Deep Heat 3 - The Third Degree
Deep Heat 3 - The Third Degree, a continuation of Telstar Records' hugely successful Deep Heat compilation series was released 7 August 1989. Containing 28 full length dance tracks, it continued the series' success, reaching #2 on the Compilations Chart and being awarded a UK Gold Disc for album...
(07/89. #2. 13 wks. Gold)
Deap Heat 4 – Play with Fire (09/89. #1. 11 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 5 - Feed The Fever
Deep Heat 5 - Feed The Fever
Deep Heat 5 – Feed The Fever is a continuation of Telstar Records' hugely successful Deep Heat compilation series released in February 1990. Containing 32 dance tracks, it continued the series' success, reaching #1 on the Compilations Chart and being awarded a UK Gold Disc for album sales in excess...
(02/90. #1. 11 wks. Gold
Deep Heat 6 - The Sixth Sense (03/90. #1. 14 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 7 - Seventh Heaven (07/90. #1. 9 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 8 - The Hand of Fate (10/90. #3. 5 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 9 - Ninth Life ~ Kiss The Bliss (01/91. #1. 7 wks. Gold)
Deep Heat 10 - The Awakening (06/91. #2. 7wks.)
Deep Heat 11 - The Spirit of Ecstasy (12/91. #3. 8 wks. Gold)
Year end compilations
In addition, there were two Deep Heat themed compilations collecting the biggest hits of the year. Note all tracks on the year-end collections were the standard Radio EditRadio edit
In music, a radio edit is a modification to make a song more suitable for airplay, whether it be adjusted for length, profanity, subject matter, instrumentation, or form...
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Deep Heat 89 ~ Fight The Flame (11/89. #4. 17 wks. Platinum)
Original Vinyl Album Tracklisting:
- A1 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock Get On The Dancefloor
- A2 Royal House Can You Party (Club Mix)
- A3 Inner City Big Fun
- A4 S'Express Hey Music Lover
- A5 Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield People Hold On
- A6 Adeva Respect
- A7 Monie Love I Can Do This (Uptown Mix)
- A8 LNR Work It To The Bone
- A9 Black Riot A Day In The Life
- B1 A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray
- B2 De La Soul Me Myself And I
- B3 Wee Papa Girl Rappers Wee Rule
- B4 Joe Smooth Promised Land
- B5 Beatmasters featuring Merlin Who's In The House
- B6 Lisa Stansfield This Is The Right Time
- B7 Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Hip House Syndicate Free At Last (Hip-Appella Mix)
- B8 Donna Allen Joy And Pain
- B9 Raze Break 4 Love
- C1 Starlight Numero Uno
- C2 Sueño Latino Sueno Latino (The Latin Dream Mix)
- C3 Technotronic Pump Up The Jam
- C4 Raúl Orellana The Real Wild House (Wild Mix)
- C5 Hithouse Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Acid Mix)
- C6 Humanoid Stakker Humanoid (Snowman Mix)
- D1 Rhythm Is Rhythm Strings Of Life
- D2 Digital Underground Doowutchyalike (Radio Edit)
- D3 Kimiesha Holmes Love Me True (Radio Lovers Mix)
- D4 Jo Ann Jones I Don't Need Your Love
- D5 James Bratton & Kelly Charles Keep On Reachin
- D6 Mac Thornhill Diana
- D7 Humanoid Tonight
- D8 The House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House Do It Fast
Deep Heat 90 (11/90. #3. 12 wks. Platinum)
Original Vinyl Album Tracklisting:
- A1 Technotronic Megamix
- A2 Snap! Ooops Up
- A3 Adamski The Space Jungle
- A4 Black Box I Don't Know Anybody Else
- A5 Chad Jackson Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked)
- A6 Don Pablo's Animals Venus
- A7 Soup Dragons I'm Free
- A8 Queen Latifah & De La Soul Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children
- B1 Beats International Dub Be Good To Me
- B2 D Mob Put Your Hands Together
- B3 49ers Touch Me
- B4 Beloved, The Your Love Takes Me Higher
- B5 Twenty 4 Seven I Can't Stand It (Bruce Forest Remix)
- B6 Candy Flip Strawberry Fields Forever
- B7 FPI Project Going Back To My Roots
- C1 Blue Pearl Naked In The Rain
- C2 Family Stand Ghetto Heaven
- C3 En Vogue Hold On
- C4 JT & The Big Family Moments In Soul
- C5 Guru Josh Infinity
- C6 F.A.B. The Prisoner
- C7 MC Tunes Vs 808 State Only Rhyme That Bites
- C8 Bizz Nizz Don't Miss The Party Line
- D1 KLF, The What Time Is Love
- D2 Hi Tek 3 and Ya Kid K Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real)
- D3 Betty Boo Doin' The Doo
- D4 Jam Tronik Another Day In Paradise
- D5 Latino Rave The Sixth Sense
- D6 De La Soul Magic Number
- D7 Nightmares On Wax Aftermath
Brief re-brand
The Deep Heat name was resurrected, albeit briefly, in March 1993, as Deep Heat 93 Volume 1. It differed from the previous releases in that it was a single CD compilation rather than a double collection released between 1989 and 1991.Re-introduced as a Dance companion to the Hits Album
The Hits Album
Hits was a compilation album series which ran in the United Kingdom for over 20 years between 1984 and 2006. It was compiled as a joint venture, usually between the compilation arms of the Sony BMG and Warner Music groups Hits was a compilation album series which ran in the United Kingdom for over...
series Telstar had effectively relaunched with BMG in January 1993, the Deep Heat version was unsuccessful. It reached #3, bowing out of the Compilation chart just 7 weeks later. The planned follow-up was never compiled.
Megamixes
An interesting addition to Telstar's marketing of the Deep Heat series was the release of a MegamixMegamix
A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...
of the biggest hits from two albums; Feed The Fever and The Sixth Sense. This was the first time the Megamix had been used to promote a Compilation series, but Telstar would use the gimmick
Gimmick
In marketing language, a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries. However, the special feature is typically thought to be of little relevance or use. Thus, a gimmick is a special feature for the sake of having a special feature...
again with the Megabass series (itself a compilation of Megamixes) and a Technotronic
Technotronic
Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
Remix Compilation in 1990.
To promote the releases of both Deep Heat 1989 ~ Fight the Flame and Deep Heat 6 ~ The Sixth Sense, Telstar released Megamix
Megamix
A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...
es under the guise Latino Rave on 7" and 12" vinyl, and CD single, each featuring the biggest dance hits from each album.
Latino Rave - Deep Heat '89 (12/89. #12. 11 wks)
This Megamix consisted of original excerpts of the following tracks; Pump up the Jam by Technotronic
Technotronic
Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
; Stakker Humanoid by Stakker; A Day in the Life by Black Riot; Work it to the Bone by LNR, I Can Dance by Fast Eddie; Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald; Numero Uno by Starlight; Bango (To The Batmobile) by The Todd Terry Project; Brake 4 Love by Raze; Don't Scandalise Mine by Sugar Bear.
Latino Rave - The Sixth Sense (03/90. #49. 2 wks)
This release coincided with the release of Deep Heat ~ The Sixth Sense and consisted of excerpts of the following tracks; Get Up (Before The Night is Over) by Technotronic
Technotronic
Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
; The Magic Number by De La Soul
De La Soul
De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...
; G'Ding G'Ding (Do You Wanna) by Anna G; Show 'M The Bass by MC Miker G; Eve Of The War by Project D; Moments in Love by 2 To The Power.
A similar marketing ploy was successfully used on the next major Telstar Dance series Megabass.
Other Telstar dance collections
Telstar continued to thrive in the Dance Compilation market with fresh ideas following the demise of the Deep Heat brand in Spring 1993. Some titles ran concurrently.- Get On This!!! ~ launched in Spring 1990, the series featured mainstream Dance music, similar to EMI's Now Dance. Despite a promising start, the second volume didn't sell as well as the first and the strand was discontinued.
- Thin Ice ~ launched as a companion to the established, although stalling Deep Heat series in 1991, these collections were the 'cooler' counterparts, opposing Deep Heat's theme of fire with its own element of cool ice, hence the sub-titles The First Step (presumably onto the ice) and The Second Shiver (brrrr it's cold). The other main difference was that all the tracks on Thin Ice were present in their 12" form, or at least in some variation to the standard Radio Edit.
- The Best of Dance ~ these collections replaced the Deep Heat yearly collections and ran from 1991 to 1999. These albums concentrated purely on Dance hits from the Top 40 rather than underground club hits.
- Kaos TheoryKaos TheoryKaos Theory was a short series of compilation albums by Telstar Records which were compiled from "hardcore rave" records that were not on general release to the public. These tracks were condemned by some as "kiddie rave"...
~ released in response to the HardcoreHardcore punkHardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
fad of 1992 and ran for four volumes. The name of the series had shortened to KT4 by the fourth volume.
- Megabass ~ Three volumes of Megamixes of big club hits released between 1990 and 1991. The single Megamix Time To Make The Floor Burn was released to promote the first volume and it reached #16 in October 1990.
- 100% Dance ~ part of the extensive '100%' range, which started in 1993 with 100% Dance and spun off into many other genres including ReggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, Rap, Acid JazzAcid jazzAcid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
, Hip hopHip hopHip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
and others. The final 'Dance' edition was Volume 4 in 1994, although there would be a form of Dance compilation (such as 100% Dance Hits 96) using the 100% Dance tag until 1997.
- Clubzone ~ Telstar's 1995 Dance series lasted just two Volumes.
- Clublife ~ now faced with increased competition in the Compilation market in the late 1990s, this series saw an interesting spin on Compilations by using the Record Labels the tracks had been licensed from as part of the concept; including Hooj ChoonsHooj ChoonsHooj Choons is a house record label formed by Alex Simons and Red Jerry in 1990. The first release was "Carnival de Casa" by Rio Rhythm Band, however, it was not until 1992's release of Felix's "Don't You Want Me", which Red Jerry and Faithless founder-member Rollo co-produced, that Hooj Choons...
, MultiplyMultiplyMultiply is a social networking service with an emphasis on allowing users to share media – such as photos, videos and blog entries – with their "real-world" network...
and ReactReact (record label)Resist Music was the replacement company for React Music Limited, established in June 2004. 4am/Flute, part of the Beechwood Music group owed React in excess of £1,000,000 in distributed income, and was forced into voluntary administration in June 2004. Following the closure, React was unable to...
. A thoughtful idea lasted just two editions in 1998.
- Clubcuts ~ this series Capitalised on the Mix album concept that caught on in the late 1990s. Clubcuts lasted three volumes in 1997, all editions mixed by Club DJ Graham Gold)
- EuphoriaEuphoria (compilations)Euphoria is a series of dance music compilations that debuted on the Telstar Records label in early 1999. During the first year, Euphoria focused primarily on Trance music until mid-2000 when Euphoria release the first Chill-out album in the series and the first Hard House album in late...
~ the biggest and probably most well-known Telstar brand, launched in 1999, effectively jettisoning all other Dance titles Telstar had used up until then. Originally 'Digitally Mixed' by Red JerryRed JerryJerry Dickens, better known by his stage name Red Jerry, is an English DJ, music producer and remixer of trance music.He was also of a member of Lost Tribe along with Matt Darey. He was founder of the recently resurrected Hooj Choons. His remixes can be found on numerous DJ compilations and mixes...
, Matt DareyMatt DareyMatthew Jonathan "Matt" Darey has been a trance music producer since 1994. He is also a member of Lost Tribe with Red Jerry. He is perhaps best known for his work in the Euphoria trance series and for 'Gamemaster' and his remixes of Agnelli & Nelson's "El Niño". In 2005, his first major U.S...
, Agnelli and Nelson, Alex Gold and perhaps most famously, Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
DJ Dave PearceDave PearceDave Pearce is a British dance DJ and record producer, who has played gigs across the UK and the world, although he is perhaps best known for his work in radio. He currently works for the BBC 6 Music...
. When Telstar closed in 2004, the name transferred to the Ministry of SoundMinistry of SoundMinistry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
label.
- Breakdown (As Euphoria explored darker territory, Breakdown launched in 2000 to re-capture the 'euphoric' sound of Trance.)