The Legends & Deep House
The deeper, soulful, more musical end — Larry Heard’s Mr. Fingers ("Can You Feel It", "Mystery of Love"), Fingers Inc., Lil Louis, and Ron Hardy’s legendary Music Box nights — gave house its emotional depth.
Part of Chicago House
34 moments in this segment.
- — Mr. Fingers — "Mystery of Love". Larry Heard’s foundational deep-house record.
- — Mr. Fingers — "Washing Machine" / "Can You Feel It". The two-sided deep-house cornerstone.
- — Mr. Fingers — "Can You Feel It" (1986). Larry Heard’s "Can You Feel It" is one of the most beautiful and influential records in all of house music — the birth of deep house.
- — Mr. Fingers — "Washing Machine" (1986). Larry Heard’s hypnotic, machine-soul deep-house classic.
- — Jungle Wonz — "Time Marches On". Marshall Jefferson & Harry Dennis — deep, spoken-word house.
- — Frankie Knuckles — "Only the Strong Survive". A classic Frankie Knuckles production.
- — Jamie Principle — "Baby Wants to Ride". Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles’ sensual, sprawling classic.
- — Larry Heard / Mr. Fingers — the deep-house master. A tribute to the man who invented deep house.
- — Mr. Fingers — "What About This Love". Larry Heard’s lush, emotional deep house with Robert Owens.
- — Fingers Inc. — "Distant Planet". Larry Heard’s Fingers Inc., cosmic deep house.
- — Robert Owens — "Bring Down the Walls". Robert Owens’ soulful vocal defined the emotive side of Chicago house.
- — Fingers Inc. — "Can You Feel It" (vocal). The Robert Owens vocal version of the deep-house cornerstone.
- — Kym Mazelle — "Useless". Chicago’s "first lady of house", a powerhouse vocalist.
- — Jungle Wonz — "Bird in a Gilded Cage". Name: Jungle Wonz - Bird In A Guilded Cage Label: Trax Records - TX 315 Country: USA /Subgenre: Deep House / Year : 1993
- — Kariya — "Let Me Love You for Tonight". A lush, much-loved vocal-house record.
- — Fingers Inc. — "Music Take Me Up". Robert Owens’ soulful vocal house.
- — Mr. Fingers — "Bye Bye". A wistful Larry Heard deep-house cut.
- — Lil Louis — "French Kiss" (1989). Lil Louis’ hypnotic, slowing-and-building "French Kiss" became a global crossover hit and a Chicago house landmark.
- — Ten City — "That’s the Way Love Is". Marshall Jefferson-produced soulful house — the sophisticated, song-led Chicago sound.
- — Virgo — "Free Yourself". Marshall Jefferson & Adonis’ Virgo project, deep and dubby.
- — Ron Trent — "Altered States" (1990). A teenage Ron Trent’s hypnotic, era-defining deep record.
- — Alison Limerick — "Where Love Lives" (Knuckles mix). Frankie Knuckles’ remix of a beloved vocal-house anthem.
- — Robert Owens — "I’ll Be Your Friend" (1991). Robert Owens & David Morales — a soaring vocal-house anthem.
- — Vincent Floyd — "I Dream You". Lush, dreamy Chicago deep house.
- — Cajmere ft. Dajae — "Brighter Days" (Underground Goodies). The Cajual/Relief Records sound — Curtis Jones’ deep, soulful second wave.
- — Cajmere — "Percolator". Curtis Jones (Cajmere/Green Velvet)’s "Percolator", a Chicago staple.
- — Cajmere for Dajae — "Brighter Days". Dajae’s soulful vocal over Cajmere’s deep house — a Cajual classic.
- — Chez Damier — "Can You Feel It" (Prescription). The Prescription Records deep-house sound.
- — Mr. Fingers — "Stars". Larry Heard’s lush, jazzy deep house.
- — Glenn Underground — Chicago deep house. A pillar of the deep, jazzy second-wave Chicago sound.
- — Boo Williams — "Home Town Chicago". Relief / Cajual-era deep house.
- — Gemini (Spencer Kincy). The brilliant, prolific, enigmatic Spencer Kincy.
- — Larry Heard / Mr. Fingers. Larry Heard, as Mr. Fingers, brought lush chords and emotion to house — "Can You Feel It" and "Mystery of Love" essentially invented deep house. The subject dates from 1986; this photograph was taken in 2010.
- — Ballroom, voguing & house’s queer roots. House grew out of Black and Latino, largely queer, club culture — the ballroom scene and voguing share its DNA.
