Joey Negro’s Z Records Prepares ’90s House & Garage Vol 2 Comp

“If there is one person who links all these songs together it’s Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson.” With these words Joey Negro (aka Dave Lee) has announced ’90s House & Garage Vol 2, the latest compilation from Negro’s Z Records dance music factory.

The double LP/double CD/digital compilation – featuring tracks from Abacus, Kerri Chandler, Martha Wash, Cassio Ware and Marshall Jefferson – comes as Z Records enters their 30th year.

Neil Pierce joins Negro as “co-compiler” of tracks from the “definitive decade for House and Garage: the ’90s.” As is usually the case for Z Records compilations, a compilation that is ostensibly aimed at listeners is also of interest to pro DJs with several tracks that have long been out of print or never appeared in a digital format before. (The full playlist is below.) The selection was in part motivated by highlighting the “drum patterns, sampling techniques and vocal lines that have inspired the likes of Bicep, Brawther and Huxley amongst many more.”

In the liner notes, Joey Negro dedicates the album to the late, great and deeply missed Paul “Trouble” Anderson, who passed away last year. “Though the tunes are mainly American,” he says, “the sound is very much the type of soulful house that Paul played and was popular in clubs here. There are so many classic songs from the ’90s I heard for the first time either at his club or on Paul’s radio show. He absolutely loved his music and clubs, that was his life and he lived that life to the full. This album is dedicated to you Paul.”

CD Tracklist

CD One
01 Satoshi Tomiie feat. Diane Charlemagne – Inspired  
02 United Future Organization – Flying Saucer (Kings of Tomorrow Remix)
03 N-Joi – Anthem (Kerri Chandler Distant Run Mix)
04 LNR – Reachin’ (Vocal Mix)
05 Sound Source – A Naked Theme (Source Mix 1)  
06 Fini Dolo – Blow (Restless Soul Poetic Peak Time Mix)
07 Abacus – Moonbeamz  
08 Glenn Turner – I Need A Lover For Myself (Key Mix)
09 Bonnie Byrd – We Can Make It   
10 Biddu Orchestra – Humanity (Club Mix)
11 Screamin’ Rachel – Rock Me (The Marshall Jefferson Deep Underground Dub)

CD Two
01 Martha Wash – Runaround (Tee’s 12” Mix)  
02 Elé Ferrer – I’ll Make U Happy Baby (X-Tended Club Mix)
03 Alexander Hope – Share (Tommy Musto’s New York Thang Mix)
04 Slam Mode – 100% Power  
05 Alexis P Suter – All Night Long
06 Mama’s Children feat. Lee Truesdale – Let Us All Be Friends (Colonel Abrams Original Mix)
07 Cassio Ware – Makin’ Love (Mentalinstrum Remix)
08 Kathy Summers – I’m In Love (House of Jazz Mix)
09 Donald O – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright  
10 Joi Cardwell – Run To You (Philip Damien’s Extended Vocal Mix)
11 Mental Instrum – Music On My Mind (Smack Productions Mix)  
12 Joey Negro – Take Me Higher

Vinyl Tracklist

Side A
Elé Ferrer – I’ll Make U Happy Baby (X-Tended Club Mix)
N-Joi – Anthem (Kerri Chandler Distant Run Mix)
Slam Mode – 100% Power  

Side B
United Future Organization – Flying Saucer (Kings of Tomorrow Remix)
Mama’s Children feat. Lee Truesdale – Let Us All Be Friends (Colonel Abrams Original Mix)
Abacus – Moonbeamz  

Side C
Alexis P Suter – All Night Long  
Mental Instrum – Music On My Mind (Smack Productions Mix)  
Fini Dolo – Blow (Restless Soul Poetic Peak Time Mix)

Side D
Cassio Ware – Makin’ Love (Mentalinstrum Remix)
Screamin’ Rachel – Rock Me (The Marshall Jefferson Deep Underground Dub)
Sound Source – A Naked Theme (Source Mix 1)

Digital Only Bonuses

The Congregation – Be Grateful (Classic Version)
Ann Consuelo – See The Day (StoneBridge Club Mix)
Tyronne Summers – All Because of You (Original Vocal Mix)
Urban Soul – I Got This Feeling (Club Vocal)