Two decades on: 12 albums that will still blow you away
1995 was a very, very decent year for dance music
10 Mr Fingers 'Classic Fingers'
It might not be a studio album as with the rest in this list, but we had to find a space for this cracking compilation by Larry Heard's alias. At the time of the release, some of the bits hadn't been available to buy before La Casa Records unleashed the triple vinyl package. Fruity jam 'Amnesia' and 'Dream' are a couple of his solo cuts to feature, with work by Fingers Inc. (Heard, Robert Owens, Ron Wilson), The It (Heard, Harry Dennis) his Gherkin Jerks and House Factors aliases and Kriss Coleman contributing towards the 15-track gem.
11 T.Power 'The Self-Evident Truth Of An Intuitive Mind'
Long before making bangers like 'Shake Ur Body' and 'Don't Wanna Know' with Shy FX, Marc Royal put together this critically-acclaimed collection. Much like A Guy Called Gerald's 'Black Secret Technology' and Goldie's 'Timeless', it's considered one of the most important jungle albums of all time. Packing enough power for the dancefloor, there's also cosmic tunes like 'Turquoise' to make you feel like you're on some kind of space-age adventure. Big up T for remastering it and letting you buy a digital version for about 65p.
12 St Germain 'Boulevard (The Complete Series)'
Forget about the hoard of music promoted as 'deep house' today, the tunes on here are enough to educate you on what that label really means. The Frenchman is one of the best when it comes to swish dancefloor flavours and 'What's New?' is an absolute dream. Throw in some cruising jazz instruments and a bit of dub and you've got a top piece of work via F Communications. Two decades later he's preparing to release a new one, too!
