Vocal House

Twenty-seven tracks over six sides, and the tempo map is the substance: broken beat and future jazz near house pace on the first two discs, then long stretches on sides D and E dropping into downtempo, neo-soul and hip-hop time before snapping up to double-time and back. Nearly every track...

Two Sade vocals rebuilt for the floor — Like A Tattoo and Smooth Operator, stretched out with a kick put underneath them.

Two Detroit originals take on Sade — Kenny Larkin and Stacey Pullen each rebuilding Surrender Your Love from the vocal up.

Moodymann's Black Mahogani reissued across three records by Peacefrog. Detroit house built from soul and jazz samples over slow, low-slung drums — Shades Of Jae, I Need You So Much and the title track among the most-loved things in his catalogue.

Four records from Sub-Urban's vaults given modern edits — the New York garage and vocal house label Tommy Musto founded in 1992. Scott Diaz reworks Next Phase's My Desire, Crackazat takes Deep Zone and Ceybil Jefferies, and Kerri Chandler's Kaoz 6:23 Mix of Free Me sits alongside Key To Life's...

Blue Boy's 1997 crossover anthem, lifted from a Marlena Shaw record, gets two fresh reads — David Penn on the A-side and Franky Rizardo pushing it to on the B. The original version closes the record out.

Joseph Capriati steps away from techno for a soulful house turn on New York's long-running Nervous Records, teaming with revered vocalist Arnold Jarvis on 'Peace & Blessings'. The main mix and Capriati's groove version sit side by side, with an a cappella included. Vocal, deep and East Coast through and...