My label Fade Records has been a true labor love for the past 2 decades. What started out as purely an outlet to release my own music in the early 90’s because we simply didn’t know how to contact labels or the process to send demos to anyone, has has become its own living entity.

The label has ebbed and flowed over time with output of releases. We released 4 records in the first 3 years and I wasn’t sure there would be anymore. But while on my first UK tour in ’97, I came across a record in a shop, bought it and played it every gig. Soon after I reached out to the label and told them how I was playing it on tour and was getting great reactions every night. I had the thought to license it to Fade and give it new platform. This would be the catalyst and vision to release music from other artists. Fade would continue to grow with the discovery of Steve Porter and Sphere. Along with Kolo, this would solidify the first 20 releases. I was very blessed to build the label on tracks that were each artist’s entry point into the production world scene. I now have a lot of pride in the fact that so many artists began their journeys in the industry with Fade, only to go onto greater things.

I have seen the label always at the core as another creative outlet for music. To work with new, young and emerging artists, to be a part of helping them launch and develop their careers has been an honor and truly gratifying.

Musically, the label has always been an extension of my own musical sound at the time. I always looked for music that was not cookie cutter or copycat on trend. I signed tracks that I believed in personally and never signed something for sales. Signing a track and going through the manufacturing of vinyl process and promotion, I remained 100% behind a release whether it sold 1 or 10,000 copies with the same passion and belief.

The historical roster lineup of the label charts a relevant musical journey through time.

Our foundation of the label has been, and is, a collective of artists. I would always refer to the label as “We”, even though I was running things from top to bottom. Without the music and these artists, there would be nothing.

Throughout the different eras of the label, there have been different groupings of “We”, but each are viscerally connected.

Fade has been hibernating for the last 3 years, moving distribution, re-thinking the way forward, my ears are always open to music which both inspires and captures my attention.

We have again, now found that, we have found “The Next We”

We feature some new names, new friends and old friends for this 2 part compilation.

Fade Records Presents The Next We pt. 2

Original productions, remixes and edits featured here, send inquires to info@kimballcollins.com

Edits & Remixes

jams

Kimball Collins & Rudiment - Cosmic Voices

Guy Dubois ft. Amanda Marks - Strings Of Fate

pMar - Treehouses

Pass Lane - What You Need

Conecte - Eighty Eight (Rudiment Remix)

Brookland - The Ninth Planet

Another epic night in downtown Orlando rave history. The Edge nightclub had one of the longest running, best weeklies called "Sunday Skool." The place was absolutely packed all night, every Sunday. The drink specials were ridiculously cheap and the djs Cliff T, Icey and Baby Anne always blew the place up. When the club was finally sold to new owners in 96 we had one last hurrah. This set was recorded during Cliff T's slot on the last night of the edge. For awhile it was the most coveted mix tape floating around Orlando if you could get your hands on it. Here it is again in all it's glory. Enjoy.


Tracklisting:
1) Level 42 - All Over You (K-Klass Pharmacy Dub)
2) Darren Pearce - Punk or Funk?!??! Need Someone to confirm this track name.
3) All Boxed In - Happen
4) Prodigy - Your Love
5) TNG - Basskick
6) Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam - Can you feel the Beat (Remix name?)
7) X-Press2 - London Xpress
8) Shades of Rhythm - My Love
9) Dee Patten - Who is the Badman?
10) Ralphi Rosario - You Used to Hold Me
11) Quivver - Twist &amp; Shout
12) Dubtribe - Mother Earth
13) Shout - Is It Ever Going To End
14) Mr &amp; Mrs Dale - It's You
15) Hysterix - Talk To Me (Sasha's Full On Mix)
16) Pure Silver - Silver
17) Grace - It's Not Over Yet


Cliff T- Last Night of The Edge [Orlando,Fl] 06-07-1996

A classic, almost down tempo set from two Orlando Legends - Kimball Collins and D-Xtreme. I don't know where this party was at. Maybe someone that  was there can confirm.  Suffice to say the track selection was clearly reminiscent of the early morning, come down hours. 

Also, I'm not 100% on the year. I would love to get an official date and year on this one. 

Tracklist courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bdee412">B.DEE</a>
01. DJ Roy Silver - Promised Land (ambient mix) 
02. Morgan King - I'm Free (Full Length La Serena mix) 
03. Ozo - Anambra Pt.2 (Sasha remix) 
04. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (original mix) 
05. Creative Thieves - Nasty Rhythm (Sasha's MFI remix) 
06. Freshtrax & Ace II - Destruction (war zone mix) 
07. Mr & Mrs Dale - It's You (free house mix) 
08. Dynamix II - Give The DJ A Break

Enjoy my old school friends! 


Kimball Collins vs D-Xtreme - After Hours Party - [Orlando 94]

Recorded live at Orlando's Legendary "Abyss" , DJ Stylus in the mix circa 1992

STYLUS - ABYSS LIVE 1992

Talavera Records 03

Aljamal (Kimball Collins & Rudiment Remix)

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Savvas is back with a silky emotive tune 'Adrift' which Kimball Collins & Rudiment have joint forces to give a more dance floor peak time spin. 
'Adrift' EP is up next on 'Where The Heart Is'

Release Date: 30.11.2017

Links
Savvas
FB: https://www.facebook.com/savvasmusik/
SC: @@savvas

Kimbal Collins
FB: https://www.facebook.com/kimballcollins
SC: @kimballcollins

Rudiement
FB: https://www.facebook.com/rudimentmusicofficial/
SC: @rudimentmusic

Where The Heart Is
FB: www.facebook.com/wheretheheartisrecords/
SC: @wheretheheartis

WTHI004 (Adrift)

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Premiere: Savvas - Adrift (Kimball Collins & Rudiment Remix) [Where The Heart Is]

The summer of 1995 was probably the height of the underground music scene in Orlando, FL. This is one of several rare mixes recored live on a Thursday night at Firestone right there at the peak of that era.

Live at Firestone - Late Summer 1995

Make It Real

Make It Real (Kimball Collins & Rudiment M32 Remix Edit)

Once upon a time...

There was sleepy town in the middle of Florida. When Mickey Mouse went to bed the local kids would head downtown to dance all night to a new sound.  This was the early 1990's and the rave scene had just started to explode.  One of the best local clubs was THE EDGE. It hosted many epic events where the biggest dance acts and the best young djs would grace their sound system. DJ Icey started there and was the head promoter for the club. Acts including Rhythm Section, Chemical Brothers, 2 Bad Mice and All Boxed In played here.   The local rave crowd from around the state would come out by the thousands.

This amazing 14 HOUR set was posted by one of the visual performers - Laser Matt.  Click the download link to get the full 14 hours.  It was recorded in the main room from the second the club opened to late in the next day when the last person left.  See clubs didn't really close back then. They usually waited for the last person to leave. There is a reason why downtown Orlando closes at 2am now. This is it. We are guilty. Sorry kids.

For those that weren't there this music may sound old and strange. For those that were, it will surely inspire nostalgic memories of a time that will never be repeated.

Energy Rave 1 - The Edge (Orlando, FL)- Sept 4th, 1994

There are few individuals within the underground dance music industry able to match Chris Fortier for both influence and achievement over the last two decades. With a mandate predicated upon the deceptively simple notion of "constant musical evolution", the founder and owner of the globally renowned Fade Records, is not constrained by boundaries, reflected in both the music he plays and creates.

An extensive list of achievements is testament to such elevated ideals, perhaps best showcased by the iconic 2005 "Balance 007" compilation; a groundbreaking CD at the vanguard of a fresh, innovative and underground sound movement, that history would later record as an aural blueprint for the worldwide dance music explosion that followed in the subsequent decade and beyond. A further eight commercially released mix albums would also contain the Chris Fortier DNA.

As a production artist, Fortier's portfolio of skills have been crafted and honed through an intimate 20-year knowledge of clubs across the globe's dance-floor capitals – from Tokyo, Melbourne, Mexico City to Budapest and Buenos Aires to residencies at the legendary AAHZ in Orlando in the early 90’s through to New York's Twilo and London's The Cross. Always in demand and prolific in output, a continually rising 400 plus Beatport production credits tell only half of an impressive story. Fortier's remix of Delerium's "Silence", was the first and original remix and sold in excess of one million copies worldwide; while work for John Digweed's Bedrock imprint further cemented an ever-growing reputation alongside the full-length album, "As Long As The Moment Exists" and its follow-up remix album on behemoth Australian imprint, EQ.

Never one to rest on his proverbial laurels, Chris' productions have seen him take on the mantle of highly regarded modern producer with releases spanning the underground sound including most recently on Bedrock, Selador, Balance, Mooseeka, Tulipa, Maya, Manual, Ground Factory, Maktub, Mindwarp and his own imprint Fade. His remixes and collaborations since 2009 tell their own tale, as Chris remains as integral, relevant and at the leading edge in the Underground as ever. With an innate and immaculate sense of what makes the industry tick, built upon longstanding personal experience, Fortier's musical evolution shows no sign of extinction.