Take a look back at the top selling and top charting releases from the Large Music artist roster in 2014. There are plenty of dynamic grooves to choose from here from our worldwide collective of talent as we celebrate 21 years of House Music History.

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Large Music- Best of 2014

Chris James and Lee Dearn have made quite a splash since forming as Purple Velvet in late 2011 by releasing quality music on esteemed labels such as Dirt Crew, Local Talk, Exploited and now Large Music. Their debut release with us clearly shows why all of the hype surrounding these two is warranted. We are proud to present a quality pack of three deep, sensuous and creative cuts molded perfectly in classic Large Music style. May this release serve as a Remedy to anything that might be ailing you as we kick off 2014. 

Purple Velvet- The Remedy

London's very own James Dexter returns to Large Music for his 3rd outing with four distinctive and varied high-caliber House cuts.

This illustrious collection gets started with the energetic disco slap of Don't Wait followed by the Mood II Swing-inspired dub frenzy of Coming Home. Dex ventures back into his trademark subsonic Deep Garage territory with Air and finishes out the EP with the gritty, experimental Tech flourishes of Buttons.

Welcome home, Dex! 

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James Dexter- Dont Wait

James Dexter- Buttons

Esteemed artist and producer Matthias Vogt returns to Large Music with The Wobble Track. This classically trained jazz musician shows his chops on the title piece, layered with warm pads and a relentless wobble synth that dips and dives straight into Deep House perfection. We enlist the talents of the enigmatic producer and dj Montel to provide a quality remix and his version flips the composition into a straight up House stomper. As an added bonus, Matthias drops the slightly abstract Something in Common which clocks in as a piano-laden slow burner that hearkens back to the classic days of Chicago and Detroit underground warehouse sounds.

Matthias Vogt-The Wobble Track (Original Mix)

DJ Support from Supernova, Homework, Rhythm Operator, Evren Ulusoy, Purple Velvet, Inland Knights, James Dexter, Robert Owens, Spoony, Supacooks, L'Atelier, Montel, Mr. V, Sek and many more...

Steve Mill returns to Large for a second outing after the successful Fizzy EP from 2013. This London based producer and DJ continues to make waves and his latest offering reveals why his original productions are so highly regarded and exciting. Right Up is a straight up House peak-time thumper with unique chord swaths and trademark Steve Mill percussion. Side To Side strays into deeper territory with catchy hooks and enough swing to illicit dancing from even the most jaded jocks.
For added swagger, we have asked the esteemed artist known affectionately as Washerman (Drumpoet Community, Morris Audio) to provide a quality classic NYC-style remix.

Right Up

Vienna-based production duo Jakobin & Domino return to Large Music for their 3rd outing entitled the Closer EP. Nobody creates warm, romantic analog grooves quite like these two do and we are thrilled to feature them and their talents one more time.

The title track hits hard with unrelenting bass & groove and is perfectly constructed for peak time use. The two following cuts entitled Point of View and Here to Stay are simply pure class. Authentically deep and emotional music that not only makes us dance but also makes us dream.

Jakobin & Domino - Closer (Preview)

Deep House was born here.
Deep House lives here.
3 decades of House Music history...and counting.
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Cast your mind back to 1992. The world wide web had only just been invented, and mobile phones were for yuppies and drug dealers. The world we know today was just being born – and being born right at the same time, over in Chicago, was a little label called Large.

Large Music was the brainchild of Windy City resident Jeff Craven, who was worried that house music was in danger of being sidelined in its own birthplace, the international spotlight that had once shone on the pioneering Trax and DJ International imprints having moved on to New York labels such as Strictly Rhythm, Nervous and 8-Ball. “I thought a label with that kind of energy and underground profile could work in Chicago,” says Jeff.  So, pooling funds with a friend, he began finding talent and pressing records. Kerri Chandler's 'Raw Grooves EP' became the label's breakout release, and Large Music hasn't looked back since.

In fact, far from looking back, Large is a record label that's always been about looking forward. In the 90s, their catalogue featured the likes of DJ Sneak, Mateo & Matos and Dennis Ferrer when they were right at the start of their careers, not to mention providing a then-nascent UK garage scene with one of its most enduring anthems in the form of Roy Davis Jr's 'Gabriel'. In the 2000s, the Chicago-based label was quick to pick up on the deep and soulful house coming from the West Coast, releasing material from the likes of Halo, Jay-J, Rasoul, Miguel Migs and Julius Papp. And now as a new decade takes shape, we see Jeff embracing the techier deep house sound that's emerged out of Europe, with recent releases from the likes of Roland Nights, Evan Iff, James Dexter and Matthias Vogt.

Yet while fashions fluctuate and music mutates, one thing that hasn't changed is the Large A&R policy. It's simple: “My formula has always been to release music that I was really into and what I would play as a DJ,” says Jeff. “I'm still just as excited about house music as I was in 1992.” Which probably explains how Large has been able to stay relevant all these years – this is one veteran label that isn't content to endlessly rehash former glories, but who instead keep searching out new underground talent.

At the time of writing this, Large Music is 20 years old, with some 200 singles and 50 albums under their belt, and tracks licensed to over 400 compilations. Which means they've been putting out upfront house music on a weekly basis since before many of the people dancing to it in clubs this weekend were even born. They set out to ensure that house music didn't get sidelined in Chicago in the 90s. What they've actually achieved is to push house forward all over the world for two decades – and counting…