House Salad Music presents
House Heroes, tributes to those who have left their mark in the history of house music

This chapter | Rick Wade
Detroit, USA

Michigan born Rick Wade might not get the headlines of his more celebrated Detroit peers, but few have done as much to contribute to the house canon as he. For nigh on two decades ‘big daddy Rick’ has consistently turned out deeply channeled grooves that need every second of their often elongated lengths to have best effect. Peppered only lightly with strings, the odd breathy voice or some other delicate hook culled from the funk and soul sounds around which he grew up, Wade’s style is the perfect embodiment of minimum effort, maximum impact.

A famously rapid and prolific producer who turns out hundreds of excellent tracks on a non stop basis, Wade is also the force behind legendary imprint Harmonie Park, which has released classics from peers like Mike Huckaby, amongst others. His own discography stretches to three pages and is a pure gold mine for house heads, with each track sounding as timeless as the next. In DJ terms Rick is just as assured, laying down sets that are tinged with funk and soul and keep you dancing in his long form grooves all night long. From Europe to the US, this true house legend has played every venue worth its salt.

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This tribute was selected and mixed by Dr. Dee
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House Salad Tributes | Rick Wade

House Heroes | Rick Wade

This recording is available to download from: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/roy-davis-jr-2/

Roy Davis Jr Boiler Room Chicago DJ Set

Here's a recording of Simon DK, when he played at my PENG event in Exeter, 30th June 2007.
Simon was my fave ever deep house dj, and a super lovely guy! 
His dj sets influenced the sounds of The Rurals.
He'll be missed...but, his legacy will live on through the music!!

Simon DK - Peng Records party, Exeter, 30th June 2007

Dat 'UK Garage House' Vibe Mix #3 [Vinyl Only]
Tracklist: 

1. Sanza:Digabla feat. Victory - Vibe Elevation (Original Vocal Mix) [VVR 20]
2. Clayton. M - You Got My Luv [FX 003]
3. Henry - Something On My Mind (Something On My Dub) [CSTA 008]
4. R.I.P. Productions - Donnie [FLAKE 002]
5. Dub Syndicate - No Longer [NNF 001]
6. Grant Nelson & Richard Purser - Sensation One [NNR 023]
7. Smokin Beats - Times Are Changing (Vocal Club) [SMB 011]
8. Sly - Patiently 4 Love (Instrumental) [DP 018]
9. Inland Knights - Trapped [DRM 003]
10. The Dub Project - Time Will Show - Part. 1 [UNC 008]

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Dat 'UK Garage House' Vibe Mix #3 [Vinyl Only]

Listen to it on Youtube : https://youtu.be/SKtajYuy3p0

Label: Semi Delicious
Artist: Retromigration
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: SEMID024
EP Title: Half Fried EP
Release Date: 31st October 2025
Support it: https://retromigration.bandcamp.com/album/semid024-half-fried-ep

Demi Riquísimo welcomes esteemed Amsterdam based producer & DJ Retromigration to Semi Delicious for the label’s 24th edition. The 'Half Fried’ EP is a perfect union of the sounds synonymous with both the label and artist. Littered with playful nods to the roots of house and techno that’ are sleekly assembled with all the modern trimmings. Deepness in 2025 at it’s finest with finely tuned dynamics ready to rattle bassbins throughout the autumn and beyond.

Retromigration :
https://soundcloud.com/retromigration
https://instagr.am/retromigration
https://fb.me/retromigration

Semi Delicious : 
https://soundcloud.com/semi-delicious
https://www.instagram.com/semidelicious

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House Six :
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PREMIERE: Retromigration - Half Fried

VELVET is back with an EP from Madrid based artist Alvaro Medina. Founder of Jazzy, presents this EP which includes two original tracks plus two remixes, Djebali and the owners of the JNJS label.

An EP with support from Enzo Siragussa, Raresh, Arapu and a long etc that mixes minimal, hiphop and techhouse sounds.

A1 Yes, But
A2 Yes, But (JNJS Remix)
B1 Monday Disco
B2 Monday Disco (Djebali Remix)

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Alvaro Medina - Monday Disco EP (VELVET004)

Thank you guys for all the continuous support.

Here's a Free Download to say THANK YOU !!

Free Download

Playlas Playmore - There's A Phone (FREE DOWNLOAD)

From latest blog post - 'Manchester Vibes In The Area':
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/10/manchester-vibes-in-the-area/

The Electric Chair, with its legendary residents, The Unabombers (Luke & Justin), ran from 1995-2008, hosting 151 ‘executions’. A who’s who of guests, from both sides of the Atlantic, appeared during this time, and it was the favourite UK night of so many DJ’s. After 13 years they decided to go out at the top, their beloved ‘dirty basement’ still packed to the rafters for the monthly sessions (the venue, the Music Box, was previously another seminal Manchester club called Rafters, which I first became aware of in the late 70’s when it was at the forefront of the North’s Jazz-Funk scene, with DJ’s John Grant and Colin Curtis at the helm). Luke & Justin now run a successful bar, Electrik, in Chorlton, Manchester, whilst still making DJ appearances – they also host the Electric Elephant Festival in Croatia once a year.

Playing for the first time at the Electric Chair, on February 26th 2005, was a big deal for me, not only because it was the leading night on the scene I was now a part of, but also because it represented a lineage of cutting-edge Manchester clubbing dating right back to the 60’s, including Legend and The Haçienda, 2 landmark clubs I had the good fortune to be personally associated with 2 decades earlier. 

So, as you can appreciate, there was a deeper sense of time and place, almost a sniff of destiny, about that night at the Electric Chair for me. I’d prepared in accordance, putting together some new edits for the occasion. I started off with a mash-up, ‘Soul Squelch’, which coupled a contemporary track, ‘Squelch’, by Manchester’s own Dubble D, a Chair regular, with the classic Rakim rap from ‘I Know You Got Soul’ (Eric B & Rakim), which harked back to my 80’s Hip Hop connections with the city – this would be pressed-up on the first Redux 12” as ‘Soul Squelch’ (by Dubble D & Rakim). 

My final track, again specially edited for the occasion, was Mr Bloe’s harmonica workout, a feelgood favourite from my younger years, 1970’s ‘Groovin’ With Mr Bloe’. This would later be become more widely known as the closing cut on my first ‘Credit To The Edit’ compilation, which was issued the following August. 

The recording features an additional ‘one for the road’ track, which was an extended edit I did of ‘The Word’ by The Beatles. Luke and Justin always played the last spot, but they got me to come up at the end of the night to spin a final tune, and this is what I went with. Also, the recording is presented here for the first time as a whole 2 hour mix. It was originally split into 2 CD length halves, hence the fade out you’ll hear on ‘WFL’ by the Happy Mondays at the end of what was Disc 1.
  
Prior to my initial Reels Of Steel at Band On The Wall, Stretch Disco, who were hosting the night, put a YouTube piece online, where I was interviewed about my career defining ‘Manchester Moments’ - Legend and The Haçienda first time around, and Music Is Better and the Electric Chair more recently. Here’s what I said about my Chair debut:

“I knew about the Electric Chair beforehand, and I’d recognised it as the leading night on the scene, not just in Manchester but nationally. I think Electric Chair is one of these nights that, now, I don’t think people give full credit to - it will need a separation of time, give it 10 years and people will talk about the Electric Chair in real hallowed terms because, you know, the amount of nights up and down the country that I’ve done since that have said that they got their inspiration from the Electric Chair. It was just such a great night! 

What they were doing was mixing all the different styles together and I think that reconnected to the original spirit that went back to my time (at Legend). I can remember when I first went in there, listening to some of the tracks that were being played - I knew that Justin (Unabomber) had come from an Indie side, he was in a band called The New Fast Automatic Daffodils, and I was aware of this, but I didn’t know much about Luke at the time. I thought there’s a connection back to the black scene here, but I couldn’t quite work out what it was, and then I realised what it was, it was that Luke was from Sheffield and he’d been schooled at a night called Jive Turkey, which Winston (Hazel) and Parrot were the DJs at. Now they were kids on the scene who used to come to the All-Dayers that I used to do - no doubt that they came to Legend and stuff. So it’s all within that side of things, and he (Luke) made his connection there, and that made perfect sense to me as to why that black sensibility was there within the music that was being played at the Electric Chair. 

It was an incredible night, I mean they still do one-offs now, but obviously the night was at The Music Box - not the original though, they started in pubs in the 90s. I mean it was going for a long time beforehand but eventually found its home at The Music Box with a real dedicated crowd who were really into the music and everything. So when I came to play there it was like a homecoming in a way, and in a sense it made me feel like I’d arrived as a DJ again - it had gone beyond the stage that here’s somebody from the past and there’s a novelty value aspect to it, to somebody who’s current and doing stuff now, and I felt that very much with playing at the Electric Chair, with the warmth and reception of the crowd.”

The full ‘Manchester Moments’ clip can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXHJQ_mDPiU

Greg Wilson - October 2011


ELECTRIC CHAIR MANCHESTER 26.02.05 (greg wilson live mix)

Kai Alcé recorded live May 13 2017 at the boombox affair. 

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Kai Alcé - live mix at the boombox affair - san francisco - may 13 2017

Playlist:

01. Crustation - Flame (Mood II Swing Borderline Insanity Dub) - Jive
02. Mood II Swing Productions presents Wall Of Sound - 8 Ways To Knock Down A Wall - Eightball Records
03. Mysterious People (Love Revolution (Mood II Swing Remix 2) - Yoshitoshi Recordings
04. Mood II Swing - Chicago Blues - Nite Grooves
05. Mood II Swing - Closer (Swing II Mood Dub) - King Street Sounds
06. Mood II Swing - I See You Dancing (Remix) - Groove On
07. Mood II Swing - Do It Your Way - Groove On
08. Mood II Swing - Ohh - Groove On
09. Mood II Swing - Sunlight In My Eyes - Nite Grooves
10. Mood II Swing - Got To Have It - NIte Grooves
11. Mood II Swing - Call Me (Mood II Swing Remix) - Music For Your Ears
12. Mood II Swing - Function - Music For Your Ears
13. Modjo - What I Mean (Mood II Swing Vocal Dub Remix) - Sound Of Barcley
14. A:xus - Callin´U (Mood II Swing Dub Mix) - Guidance Recordings
15. Mood II Swing - Nafara - Nite Grooves
16. Mood II Swing - I Like It - Groove On
17. Mood II Swing - Move Me (Alternative Mix) _ Music For Your Ears
18. Mood II Swing - Slippery Track - Groove On
19. BT - Remember (Mood II Swing Dub Mix) - Kinetic Records
20. Mood II Swing - All Night Long - Groove On

#066 - A Tribute To Mood II Swing - mixed by Moodyzwen

Part Two - The Late Years

Playlist:
01. Bas Noir - Shoe-B-Doo (Kerri´s Jazzy Mix)
02. Kerri Chandler - All The Downloads
03. Kerri Chandler - Downtown (Dark Mix)
04. Kerri Chandler - Watching The Moon
05. Kerri Chandler & Monique Bingham - In The Morning (Lost Love Dub)
06. Ekkohaus - D58 (Kerri Chandler Remix)
07. Gabriele Carasco & René - Passengers (Kerri Chandler Mix)
08. Kerri Chandler - Vector Graphics (Long Edit)
09. Kerri Chandler - ESC
10. Kerri Chandler - Checkmate
11. Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym
12. Kerri Chandler - The Machine (New Interface Mix)
13. Kerri Chandler - Peace Of Mind
14. Kerri Chandler - Return 2 Acid
15. Kerri Chandler - Back To The Raw (Ruff Mix)
16. Kerri Chandler - Hexadecimal (Chord Version)
17. Kerri Chandler - 11th Hour
18. Kerri Chandler - House Is House
19. Kerri Chandler - Oblivion

#066 - A Tribute To Mood II Swing - mixed by Moodyzwen

the tribute mix show