20 albums celebrating 20 years in 2017
A toast to 1997
Etienne De Crecy 'Super Discount'
At a time when French house music was blowing up (see: 'Homework' above), Etienne De Crecy’s ‘Super Discount’ album was in the right place at the right time with the right tracks. It can be mistaken as a compilation, with various artists (Alex Gopher, Air, DJ Tall) included in the tracklist, but it's De Crecy credited as the sole producer in the album notes. Featuring a collection sloping house grooves and downtempo tracks, it’ll have you wanting to buy a pack of cigarettes and move to Paris before you can count to trois.
Larry Heard 'Dance 2000'
The Chicago house pioneer was truly on form when he turned out this deep house classic in 1997. The producer’s fourth album under his own name, ‘Dance 2000’, is stocked with mellow grooves and floating synth textures that marked Heard’s best material since his Mr Fingers days. Those characteristic basslines come through clear on ‘Calm To Panic’ while the keys on ‘And So I Dance’ will simply never go out of style. It’s an album for hazy Saturdays and mellow Sundays. LAR
