NRK celebrate 15 years with Forever Underground

Not many record labels can lay claim to a 15 year stretch, but NRK Music has been a consistent and trusted source of the finest deep house and tech house for the last decade and a half. Set up in 1996 in Bristol, UK, NRK Music quickly delivered a hefty slew of releases from the off from artists like Ian Pooley, François K, Dimitri From Paris and Nick Holder, and have never looked back since. Now with over 170 single releases and 45 albums, plus the mix compilation series Back In The Box, The Lab, nite:life and Deep Sensations, NRK prepare to celebrate 15 years in the business with “Forever Underground”.

A 3CD package, “Forever Underground” collects some of the finest moments from the label’s career to date, and showcases the variety of sounds and trends within the house music scene over the last 15 years. CD1 features such hi-lights as Quentin Harris’ epic “Let’s Be Young”, the sensationally deep Charles Webster mix of Shara Nelson’s “Go That Deep”, Blackjoy’s awesome disco jam “Moustache” and Foremost Poet’s legendary call to the dancefloor “Moonraker”, plus truly memorable deep house cuts from Nick Holder, Sirus and Twisted Pair.

CD2 continues the delve into the NRK catalogue, opening up with perhaps one of the defining deep house records of our time, François K’s “Time & Space”, swiftly plucking another bomb from the vaults in Tom Middleton’s remix of Kerri Chandler’s “Bar A Thym”. The underground vibes continue with the luscious King Britt remix of “Innocent”, Nick Holder’s classic “Summer Daze” and DJ Q’s pounding and hypnotic “Superclique”. Throughout it’s 15 year tenure, NRK have always reflected the evolving sounds of electronic dance, and the trio of tracks that round off CD2 are some classic, analogue techno sounds from Paul Woolford, Ed Davenport and the legend that is Carl Craig, confirming that NRK has been a label that stands by quality underground music, regardless of the many sub genres out there.

CD3 is a bonus mix CD from NRK founder, DJ and producer, Nick Harris. With not an easy task to pick out a CDs worth of 170 releases and upwards to 700 tracks & remixes, Harris deftly programs and mixes some of the standout tracks from over the years along with various Dub Mixes, Bonus Beats and underground goodies from the vaults. And so, along with many of the catalogue favorites, Harris pulls out tracks and remixes from Spencer Parker, Pete Heller, Kings Of Tomorrow, Trackheadz, Joey Negro and Chris Lattner, creating the perfect mix to encapsulate NRK’s forward thinking music policy and ear for an underground dancefloor bomb!

The 3CD of Forever Underground will be released on 7th May, with an extended digital album bundle available as from 21st May

CD01

01. SIRUS – AN EYE FOR AN EYE (ORIGINAL MIX)

02. NUFREQUENCY FT. SHARA NELSON – GO THAT DEEP (CHARLES WEBSTER REMIX)

03. QUENTIN HARRIS – LET’S BE YOUNG (ORIGINAL MIX)

04. NICK HOLDER – PARADISE (SALT CITY MIX)

05. TERRA DEVA – FRESH START (JOSHUA’S HOUSE MIX)

06. BLACKJOY – MOUSTACHE (LA STACHE)

07. FOREMOST POETS – MOONRAKER (ORIGINAL MIX)

08. TWISTED PAIR – HORNY HUSTLE

09. TRACKHEADZ – OUR MUSIC

10. ROCKET – PEOPLE (JENO’S STORMY WEATHER MIX)

CD02

01. FRANÇOIS K – TIME & SPACE

02. KERRI CHANDLER – BAR A THYM (TOM MIDDLETON’S COSMOS MIX)

03. AKABU FT. LINDA CLIFFORD – RIDE THE STORM (JOEY NEGRO DUB STORM)

04. Q-BURNS ABSTRACT MESSAGE – INNOCENT (KING BRITT’S SCUBA MIX)

05. NICK HOLDER – SUMMER DAZE (RADIO EDIT)

06. DJ Q – SUPERCLIQUE

07. ED DAVENPORT – NEW YORKSHIRE (CLUB MIX)

08. PAUL WOOLFORD – 313 (PART ONE)

09. HOT LIZARD – THE THEME (CARL CRAIG REMIX)

CD03 (MIXED BY NICK HARRIS)

01. AUDIO SOUL PROJECT – COMMUNITY

02. TRACKHEADZ – FEEL (INSTRUMENTAL MIX)

03. KINGS OF TOMORROW – THE SWAY

04. QUENTIN HARRIS – LET’S BE YOUNG (JULIEN JABRE REMIX)

05. TWISTED PAIR – HORNY HUSTLE

06. KERRI CHANDLER – BAR A THYM (ORIGINAL MIX)

07. AKABU FT. LINDA CLIFFORD – RIDE THE STORM (JOEY NEGRO DUB STORM)

08. FRANÇOIS K – TIME & SPACE

09. MATTHIAS HEILBRONN – BROOKLYN SUB (SOULFLOWER DUB BEATS)

10. CHYMERA – WISH (PETER DILDO RAWJUICE RESHAPE)

11. FOREMOST POETS – MOONRAKER (SPENCER PARKER’S A GUN FOR HIRE REMIX)

12. NICK HOLDER FT. SACHA – TIME (SIX SERIES DUBSTRUMENTAL)

13. SIRUS – AN EYE FOR AN EYE (PETE HELLER EDIT)

14. HIPP-E – BROVAS DARKNESS

15. LEWIS BOARDMAN – MIST (CHRIS LATTNER REMIX)

16. BLACKJOY – MOUSTACHE (LA STACHE)

17. ROCKET – PEOPLE (JENO’S STORMY WEATHER MIX)