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House, Techno, Breaks, Hip Hop, Progressive

As one of the longest standing independent record labels in the US, Nervous Records has built its reputation through a willingness to take chances on new sounds and new producers.

The label was famous almost immediately when it started back in 1991 because of its eye-catching, very distinctive cartoon character logo. Nervous’ first major dance release came in 1992, with “Feel Like Singing” by Sandy B. Nervous decided at that point to focus its energy on expanding the label’s musical field. The label’s first step outside the house music arena was with the Brooklyn, NY-based rap group, Black Moon, whose single “Who Got Da Props?” virtually put Brooklyn back on the map as a center of hip hop.

Nervous eventually released the debut album from Black Moon and Smif N Wessun, titled “Enta Da Stage” and “Dah Shinin” respectively. Both albums are now widely considered two of the most significant hip hop albums in the entire genre, and are top ten on most lists of the greatest East Coast Hip Hop Albums.

Nervous decided to continue to expand its musical boundries in 1993 by signing Mad Lion, which would be the first reggae artist on the Weeded imprint. Once again, there was huge success as Mad Lion’s single “Take It Easy” sold over 250,000 units.  Meanwhile, the Nervous merchandise continued to produce massive sales numbers as it established itself as one of the most favored t-shirts for the youth cultures of America,  Japan, and many European countries.

In 1994, the label decided it was time to move into the electronic genre, and signed Josh Wink, who went by the artist name Winx. While Winx’s debut release was a critical success although not a major seller, Winx’s follow-up release “Don’t Laugh” became the American dance community’s most talked about single, and ended up selling several hundred thousand units worlwide.

In 1996, Nervous virtually single-handedly created a garage house music revival by releasing the debut solo artist album by house music legend Byron Stingily. Byron was formerly the lead singer of gold-selling group Ten City. His second single on Nervous, “Get Up,” went to number one on dance charts around the world, including the Billboard Magazine club chart in America.

The label also has had many successful tours over the years. One of the biggest was in 2000, when the Nervous tour was sponsored by Playboy Magazine and KAMEL cigarettes, and featured DJ’s Jackie Christie, Razor-n-Guido and DJ Escape, along With PA’s by Nervous artists Byron Stingily, Charlotte And Kim English. In addition, Nervous created what became one of the Winter Music Conference’s most original Parties...

In 2006 Nervous gave the US one of the biggest dance radio records with “What A Feeling” by Peter Luts & Dominico, a track which won the 2007 WMC award for Best Euro Dance track. In addition, Nervous delivered the most memorable US underground track of the year with Ralph Falcon – “I Need Someone”, which was also number one club record of 2007 according to Billboard Magazine.

In the past few years Nervous has linked forces with Miami’s premier House Music Brand Murk Records. Acting as distributor of Murk and releasing 6 outstanding albums from Oscar G, along with his anthemic singles “Back To You,”  “What You Need,” and “Your Love.” Nervous has also collaborated with Oscar in producing one of Miami Music Week’s most important annual events The Made In Miami Pool Party.

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La La & Ilario Alicante - Patched Up (Official Snippet)

The _NRV series arrives with another exquisite vinyl of their signature sound, this time diving deep into the Russian underground to welcome Za__Paradigma who crafts 2 original tracks decorated with hypnotic layers, deep textures and a refined groove.

To close the record, a stellar remix from Cezar Lazar transforms Planeta Extrasolare into an 11 minute odyssey that weaves intricate percussion with delicate orchestral flourishes to highlight his distinctive minimal vision.

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It was back in 1989 when soulful dance music trio Ten City (aka Byron Stingily, Byron Burke & Herb Lawson) exploded on the scene with their ‘Foundation’ album, spawning global hits such as ‘Devotion’, ‘Right Back To You, and ‘That's the Way Love Is’. Boasting a career over 36 years, with 6 fantastic Ten City album releases, the band’s unmistakable spine-tingling lead singer, Byron Stingily, has teamed up once again with the talented Chi-town house producer, Emmaculate, along with a host of fresh vocalists on a stunning new collaborative Ten City album project aptly titled, ‘The Next Generation’. 
Across these 13 beautifully crafted songs, where decades of heartfelt songwriting experience meets today’s cutting edge dancefloor sensibilities, ‘The Next Generation’ comes loaded with a variety of pure soulful house vibes, where evocative vocal performances and meaningful lyrics come wrapped in lavish production and classy instrumentation. Joining Byron and Emmaculate on the project are a cast of innovative vocalists bringing their light to the project, including Mon'Aerie, El Boogie & Ric Wilson, DRAMA, D. Lylez, OVEOUS and Uneq'ka. The project also includes co-producers Shebazz Curtis, DJ Flipside, Na’el Shehade, Gershon Jackson and Paris Cesvette. - In Byron’s own words, “Staying TRUE while incorporating the NEW!” Get ready to experience the real deal as Byron, Emmaculateand co, deliver a superb slice of authentic and contemporary deep and soulful house magic.. Chicago style! 
Chicago’s Byron Stingily is a singer/songwriter/producer well known for his distinctive falsetto voice and considered a pioneer in the genre of house-music. Byron Stingily is the lead singer of the legendary group Ten City formed 1987. He has written over 20 top 100 pop songs around the world. In 2021, he teamed up with producers Emmaculate and Shannon Chambers to release ‘Be Free’, the first Ten City single in 25 years, taken from the Grammy nominated album, ‘Judgement’. Aside of Byron’s Ten City hits in the 80s and 90s, he had his biggest success on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, hitting No. 1 three times. In 1997 he spent a week in the top spot with ‘Get Up (Everybody)’ where he sampled Sylvester's ‘Dance (Disco Heat)’, then hit No. 1 again in 1998 with a remake of Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", produced by Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury. ‘That's the Way Love Is’, a No. 1 dance hit in 1989 for Ten City, brought him to No. 1 again in 1999 when he re-recorded it on his own.
Chicago born producer and DJ Eric Welton earned his nickname Emmaculate because of his immaculate attention to detail and quality. Developing his DJ'ing and production skills in House Music, Hip Hop & R&B in the 90’s, he became one of the go to producers and sound engineers in Chicago. In 2017 Emmaculate began releasing music as an artist on labels Ultra, Helix, Big Love, Soulfuric, Yoruba, Nervous, Reel People, Dopewax, Z Records, Peppermint Jam, Mirror Ball and more, notching up plenty of chart toppers! These include his remixes of Robin S’ ‘Show Me Love’ and Mary J. Blige’s ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’, along with remixes for Incognito, Roy Ayers and Barbara Tucker. Emmaculate has been nominated for a Grammy 3 times - as a producer on Ten City’s ‘Judgement’ album (2021), a mix engineer on Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)’ (2022), and Mariah Carey’s ‘Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)’ (2023). As a DJ, he has graced the decks at the Chosen Few Picnic & Festival, Southport Weekender, Amsterdam Dance Event, SXSW, Miami Music Week, and Suncebeat, among others.
Release Date: 19-09-2025
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PREMIERE: Ten City - Release feat. Uneq'ka (Extended Mix) [Nervous Records]

It was back in 1989 when soulful dance music trio Ten City (aka Byron Stingily, Byron Burke & Herb Lawson) exploded on the scene with their 'Foundation' album, spawning global hits such as 'Devotion', 'Right Back To You', and 'That's the Way Love Is'. Boasting a career over 36 years, with six fantastic Ten City album releases, the band’s unmistakable spine-tingling lead singer, Byron Stingily, has teamed up once again with the massively talented Chi-town house producer, Emmaculate, along with a host of fresh vocalists on a stunning new collaborative Ten City album project aptly titled, 'The Next Generation'. 

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**Ten City Turn Up the Heat with "Unique" Feat. Mon'Aerie**

House legends Ten City are back and bringing more bounce than a trampoline party with their latest album 'The Next Generation.' Our premiere spotlight is shining on the track "Unique" featuring the one and only Mon’Aerie. If you didn't already know, Ten City, led by the falsetto wizard Byron Stingily, basically wrote the book on soulful house back in the day. Remember those tracks that sent dancefloors into euphoria? Yep, that’s them! Now they're teaming up with Chicago's own production maestro, Emmaculate, to deliver some fresh magic.

"Unique" isn't just a track; it's a groove-laden journey into house heaven. Expect chunky basslines, silky vocals, and enough rhythm to shake the rafters of any warehouse. Mon’Aerie’s vocals glide over the beat like butter on a warm Chicago deep-dish, adding a touch of elegance to this dancefloor dynamite. This one belongs in after-hours spots, where the crowd’s energy is as palpable as the bass thumping through your chest.

Signed to Nervous Records, 'The Next Generation' is a testament to Ten City’s ability to blend timeless vibes with fresh sounds. With Byron’s spine-tingling vocals and Emmaculate's impeccable production, it's a modern classic. It's a collision of the old-school cool and today's dancefloor demands. This album is set to drop like a meteor on vinyl September 5th and digitally on September 19th.

Catch Ten City’s album launch party at 718 Sessions in Brooklyn's Good Room on October 12th. You don't want to miss this! Support the legends and grab "Unique" feat. Mon’Aerie on Beatport. Your playlist and the dancefloor, will thank you.

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Premiere: Ten City - Love Music | Nervous Records

Nervous Records assembles a top team of remixers, Teddy Douglas, Tedd Patterson, Shaka, and Danny Krivit, to rework Teddy Douglas's 2024 gem 'Don't Turn Your Back On Me‘ featuring Pauline Taylor. 

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Nervous Hip Hop Classics Retouched

Take It Easy (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Mad Lion  - Take It Easy (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Dance Hall Boy (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Redrum - Dance Hall Boy (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Make Munne (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Black Moon - Make Munne (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Slave (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Black Moon - Slave (Jesse Perez Retouch)

The Godfather (Jesse Perez Retouch)

Underground Mafia - The Godfather (Jesse Perez Retouch)

As one of the longest standing independent record labels in the US, Nervous Records has built its reputation through a willingness to take chances on new sounds and new producers. Nervous was the first American label to sign and release tracks from such dance industry luminaries as Armand Van Helden, Paul Van Dyk and Nuyorican Soul. This spirit has enabled Nervous to build a catalogue of hits that spans the complete range of underground dance and hip hop genres.

The label was famous almost immediately when it started back in 1991 because of its eye-catching, very distinctive cartoon character logo. In addition the first three releases were produced by Roger S., Kenny Dope, and Todd Terry respectively, representing the three best house producers of that time. By 1992 Nervous was featured in magazines like Billboard, DJ Magazine (cover story), Mixmag, and ID, hailed by all as the “Sound of New York nitelife.”

Nervous’ first major dance release came in 1992, with “Feel Like Singing” by Sandy B. Nervous decided at that point to focus its energy on expanding the label’s musical field. The label’s first step outside the house music arena was with the Brooklyn, NY-based rap group, Black Moon, whose single “Who Got The Props” virtually put Brooklyn back on the map as a center of hip hop. At the same time, the label decided to alter the Nervous character for this release, giving it specific hip hop characteristics, and calling the hip hop label Wreck Records. Massive success followed with the Wreck imprint, as hits soon followed by Smif-N-Wessun, and Funkmaster Flex.

Nervous decided to continue to expand its musical boundries in 1993 by signing Mad Lion, which would be the first reggae artist on the Weeded imprint. Once again, there was huge success as Mad Lion’s single “Take It Easy” sold over 250,000 units.

Meanwhile, the Nervous merchandise continued to produce massive sales numbers as it established itself as one of the most favored t-shirts for the youth cultures of America, Japan, and many European countries.

In 1994, the label decided it was time to move into the electronic genre, and started an imprint called Sorted. The first artist on that label was Josh Wink, who went by the artist name Winx. While Winx’s debut release was a critical success although not a major seller, Winx’s follow-up release “Don’t Laugh” became the American dance community’s most talked about single, and ended up selling several hundred thousand units worlwide. Subsequently Nervous released Winx’s debut album, “Left Above The Clouds.” This album was one of the first “electronica” albums to be released, and lead to Josh Wink being signed to Sony as an artist. Nervous also released an album by two Long Island based dj’s, DJ Micro and Vicious Vic. The album, entitled “Progress Into Our Future,” since became a seminal album for the crew of Long Island dj’s that currently dominate clubs with their hard trance sound.

In 1996, Nervous virtually single-handedly created a garage house music revival by releasing the debut solo artist album by house music legend Byron Stingily. Byron was formerly the lead singer of gold-selling group Ten City. His second single on Nervous, “Get Up,” went to number one on dance charts around the world, including the Billboard Magazine club chart in America.. For his album, “The Purist,” Nervous assembled an all-star cast of legendary House producers, including Frankie Knuckles, Masters At Work, David Morales, Basement Boys, Maurice Joshua and MK.

As the musical trends continued to evolve in the late 90’s, Nervous continued to create new imprints to remain at the cutting edge of all independent labels. Nervous Dog was created to accommodate the emerging harder-edged house sound of New York; Strapped was the home for uptempo, club oriented hip hop Party tracks; and Nervous Chill released the down tempo, jazzy grooves that are always in vogue in the newest restaurants.

The label also has had many successful tours over the years. One of the biggest was in 2,000, when the Nervous tour was sponsored by Playboy Magazine and KAMEL cigarettes, and featured DJ’s Jackie Christie, Razor-n-Guido and DJ Escape, along With PA’s by Nervous artists Byron Stingily, Charlotte And Kim English. In addition, Nervous created what became one of the Winter Music Conference’s most original Parties, the Nervous After-hours breakfast at Denny’s, which featured an International list of dj’s entertaining conference attendees at 5:00 AM while they ate their grand slam Denny’s breakfast.

In 2000 and 2001, the energy tribal sound dominated the US club and Nervous gave America’s club-goers four of the its most dominant anthems, “Skin” by Charlotte, “Ssst…Listen” by Jonah, “Unspeakable Joy” by Kim English and Dive In The Pool by Barry Harris featuring Pepper Meshay. During this same time, the label has also created many successful compilation series, among them “Hip Hop Independent’s Day,” and “Future Progressive,” and “Club Nervous.

As the hits grew in number, so did the value of the catalogue for sampling purposes. Nervous songs have been sampled in major hits by Mariah Carey, New Edition, Coolio, Flip Squad, Basement Jax, George Michael, Soulsearcher and more..

In 2006 Nervous gave the US one of the biggest dance radio records with What A Feeling by Peter Luts & Dominico, a track which won the 2007 WMC award for Best Euro Dance track. In addition, Nervous delivered the most memorable US underground track of the year with Ralph Falcon – I Need Someone, which was also number one club record of 2007 according to Billboard Magazine.

In 2008 Nervous had two of the top five most played records of the year at dance radio, with Bellatrax feat. Sophia May/I Can’t Help Myself and Every Word by Ercola featuring Daniella, and ended the year as the two most played label at dance radio in the USA according to Billboard Magazine.

Nervous has also made a strong foray into the compilation market, building a roster with some of the most credible house music. The past twelve months has seen full length cd’s from Oscar G, Ralph Falcon, Funkagenda, Mark Brown, Behrouz, Chris Lake, Starkillers & Austin Leeds, DJ Theo, Exacta and Marlon D. Second half of 2009 will see releases from Danny Krivit, Frankie Knuckles, Tom Stephan, Peter Bailey and Richie Santana and Anane (produced by Louie Vega. 

In the grand tradition of Nervous launching sub-labels to embrace the next sounds to take over Nitelife ... In 2011 we launched Nurvous Records.  With the Indie Dance / Nu-Disco sound that has erupted from England and is now barreling towards full speed in America, one of our primary goals is to provide innovative homegrown style; and bringing back emotion to the music, squashing the over-commercialized big-room invasion.

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Stereo
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This is the nightclub that put Montreal on the map, the house that House built. It is known for its gay events, which are plentiful. Check the night before you arrive, but any night it's worth it to sample the sound and lights.

Unity
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This gay favorite offers two rooms with a rooftop terrace for a mostly (but not exclusively) younger dance crowd.

Stud Bar Montréal
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The many street-level entrances to Le Stud give the bears, the dads and the lads easy access to the decadence that awaits them inside. Billiard tables and video-game poker machines line the interior of Le Stud and provide opportunities (or at least a cover) for what goes on further inside. Start on the cruisey dancefloor. Then position yourself in a dark corner and let the fun begin. Musical styles range from dance and disco to new wave and rock, but after a while, you’ll be too busy to pay attention.

Sky Pub Club
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This mixed venue in the Gay Village has three floors for dancing, each one offering a distinctly different sound for distinctly different crowds, but it is definitely our territory. The food is worth trying.

Aigle Noir
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That's French for “Black Eagle,” and that should give you a hint that this place takes the leather scene very seriously, indeed. Head for the back bar for live fetish shows that make San Francisco or New York (or, for that matter, pre-Castro Havana) look like Peoria. During the summer, the outdoor street-level terrace is filled to the rafters. Theme nights of leather and rubber gear draw in those the hard-core — or at least those who dress that way.

Chez Mado
www.mado.qc.ca

This is the place any of the locals where to catch the best drag show in a city where drag performance is not an entertainment, it's an art form. This internationally renowned campy cabaret offers nightly themes like “La Guerre des Bitches” (“The War of the Bitches”), Edith Piaf cover acts and ABBA tributes.

Campus
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Montreal is justly famous for its gay strip clubs. They're all pretty fabulous, but this is the one to see hot studs dancing in your lap (for a generous tip, of course).

Bar Le Cocktail
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In the heart of the Gay Village, the crowd may like the sophisticated drink offerings, but it's les spectacles that are the big draw: drag and karaoke, with a French twist (or is that twisted French)?

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Club Unity ★ Montréal
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Complexe Sky
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District Events
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Fierté Montréal
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Festival international de créativité numérique et musiques électroniques | MUTEK
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Stereo
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