As the Weekender mission draws to its close with the penultimate mix, we realised something had been keeping us awake at night… How can we have something called the History of House from 87-97 without the legends that are Masters At Work so far in the series? Well, 23 fixes that with a set that dons its cap to the soulful vibe of New York City and the influence those pioneers had on us over here in Old Blighty…  

We know that not everyone understands House music, and that it’s a spiritual thing, a body thing, a soul thing - and as the bassline from To Be In Love drops into Eddie Amador’s House Music, we think you’ll get it. Yep, we’re up and running people.

Nobody surely can complain with back-to-back vocals from India, and MAW’s remix of River Ocean’s, Love & Happiness is testament to this. Three tracks in and two Master At Work productions down see us lay the foundations for a run of back-to-back deep-house anthems from Ideal, Roach Motel, Underground Solution and Inner City to name a few.  A little burst of energy is injected by the fantastic Serial Diva Paris Is Burning Club Mix of Inner City’s, Your Love followed by Barbara Tucker’s Beautiful People, and Ruffneck’s Everybody Be Somebody – deep house at its foundations…

As the set progresses, Tears by Frankie Knuckles surely has to stand out as a bona-fide all-time classic, with the third Masters At Work production, I Can’t Get No Sleep not far behind. And yes, that paragraph did miss out classic and rare tracks from the likes of Ladycop, Funky Green Dogs, C&C Music Factory and our second track from Inner City…

As the set heads to its conclusion the pace and energy is picked up with absolute vocal belters from Future Force, Judy Cheeks and Sarah Washington, as well as instrumental crackers from Sueno Latino, Alfredo; and somewhere in the middle, the excellent Fever Called Love by Rising High Collective.

The set closes with a couple of real classics; the first from Farley Jackmaster Funk; the second the On The House classic, Pleasure Control…

But as Grace told us a couple of tracks ago, It’s Not Over Yet.

And it isn’t - One more to go folks…  

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Here's the full track listing:

House Music (Message Mix) – Eddie Amador
To Be In Love (MAW 12”) – Masters At Work ft. India
Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochun) (MAW Remix) – River Ocean ft. India
Hot - Ideal
Movin’ On (Correct House Mix) – Roach Motel
Luv Dancin’ (In Deep Mix) – Underground Solution
Feels So Right (Original Mix) - Solution
Your Love (Serial Diva Paris Is Burning Club Mix) – Inner City
Beautiful People (Underground Network Mix) - Barbara Tucker
Everybody Be Somebody (Original Vocal Mix) – Ruffneck ft. Yavahn
To Be Real (12” Club Vox) - Ladycop
Tears (Classic Vocal) – Frankie Knuckles Pres. Satoshi Tomiie
Fired Up (Mark’s Original Groove) – Funky Green Dogs
Kimana Tana (Original Mix) - Lifeforce
I Can’t Get No Sleep (Ken/Lou 12” Version) – Masters At Work ft. India
I Found Love (C&C Underground Club Mix) – C&C Music Factory
Pennies From Heaven (Kevin’s Tunnel Mix) – Inner City
Ride On The Rhythm (Masters At Work Dub) – ‘Little‘ Louie & Marc Anthony
What You Want (Mark’s Epic Vocal) – Future Force
As Long As You’re Good To Me (Love To Infinity’s Club Mix) – Judy Cheeks
Heaven (Serial Diva Heavenly Club) – Sarah Washington
Sueno Latino (Paradise Versionx) – Sueno Latino
Action! (Piano Mix) – Alfredo
Fever Called Love (Original Mix) – Rising High Collective
Not Over Yet (Perfecto Mix) – State of Grace
As Always – Farley Jackmaster Funk Pres. Ricky Dillard
Pleasure Control (Long) – On The House

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