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Various Artists – Nervous Records 30 Years (part 1)

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Nervous Records, the iconic label synonymous with the rise of house from the streets of New York City, will mark 30 years in the music industry by releasing the celebratory compilation LP โ€˜Nervous Records: 30 Yearsโ€™ on October 1st (Part 1) and October 15th (Part 2).

Featuring original mixes of the labelโ€™s biggest tracks, plus remixes by some of its most celebrated acts, โ€˜Nervous Records: 30 Yearsโ€™ is both a celebration of the past and of the future. Featuring a whoโ€™s who of electronic dance music, the long player sees names including Louie Vega, David Morales Darius Syrossian, Tensnake, Monki, Franky Rizardo, Danny Howard and more take on iconic Nervous cuts: โ€˜You Make Me Feel Mighty Realโ€™, โ€˜Treat Me Rightโ€™, โ€˜Future Grooveโ€™, โ€˜Feel Like Singingโ€™, โ€˜Get Up Everybodyโ€™, โ€˜Break Youโ€™, โ€˜Hotโ€™, โ€˜End This Hateโ€™, โ€˜Unspeakable Joyโ€™, โ€˜Can Ya Tell Meโ€™, โ€˜Jerk Itโ€™, โ€˜The Anthemโ€™, โ€˜It Makes A Differenceโ€™, โ€˜Learn 2 Luvโ€™ and โ€˜Donโ€™t You Ever Give Upโ€™.

The album marks one of the most enduring, extraordinary legacies to grace Americaโ€™s illustrious music history, not just in electronica but far beyond. Founded in 1991 by Michael and his father Sam Weiss, and recognizable immediately by its distinctive character logo, the label grew rapidly, in no small part due to Michael Weissโ€™ practically unmatched passion for discovering new music.

โ€œLouie Vega and Kenny Dope woke me at 4am on Tuesday night, Wednesday morning from their studio telling me they had something really different that I needed to hear,โ€ Michael recollects. โ€œI asked if they could play it over the phone. They said if I wanted to hear it I had to come to the studio. So of course I got myself up, got dressed and went there. That โ€œreally different trackโ€ ended up being โ€˜The Nervous Trackโ€™, a tune that became our signature release and was also highly instrumental in the emergency of Londonโ€™s โ€˜Broken Beatโ€™ movement.โ€

The labelโ€™s willingness to take chances on fresh sounds and innovative concepts rising up from the melting pot sidewalks of NYC ensured a body of work that has become a living musical history of the city. House cuts โ€˜Unspeakable Joyโ€™ and โ€˜Nitelifeโ€™ (Kim English), โ€˜Get Up (Everybody)โ€™ (Byron Stingily) and โ€˜Feel Like Singingโ€™ (Sandy B) bump up against hip-hop anthems like โ€˜Who Got Da Propsโ€™ (Black Moon) and โ€œBucktownโ€ (Smif-n-Wessun) and reggae cut โ€˜Take It Easyโ€™ (Mad Lion); soulful flows from Mood II Swing (Kim English โ€˜Learn 2 Luvโ€™, Loni Clark โ€œRushingโ€), Armand Van Helden (โ€˜The Anthemโ€™) and Nuyorican Soul (โ€˜Mind Fluidโ€™) sit alongside seminal techno singles like Winxโ€™ โ€˜Donโ€™t Laughโ€™. The young artists and producers who joined the Nervous Recordsโ€™ family have gone on to become some of the most hallowed and celebrated dance acts of all time: Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, David Morales, Tony Humphries, Roger Sanchez, Armand Van Helden, Kerri Chandler, Kim English, Byron Stingily, Josh Wink, to name just a handful.

โ€œWe did a release with Josh Wink under his Winx alias entitled โ€˜Nervous Build-Upโ€™,โ€ Michael said. โ€œIt did well and it was obvious how talented Josh was. Subsequent to that release I was pretty persistent in asking him to continue to play me his new demos. During one phone conversation he said, โ€œMike Iโ€™m gonna play you something over the phone but donโ€™t laugh when you hear it.โ€ That demo ended up being โ€˜Donโ€™t Laughโ€™, which became one of our biggest international hits and still to this day is one of Americaโ€™s earliest and most impactful techno hits.โ€

As much a celebration of the labelโ€™s future as it is of their past, Nervous Records: 30 Years is but a marker in the imprintsโ€™ history, a clear sign of where theyโ€™ve been and also where theyโ€™re going. With 30 years behind them, the labelโ€™s determination to unearth new raw diamonds in the rough is as unwavering as ever.

โ€œIโ€™ve always been one to look at what others are doing (the industry at large) and think, โ€œok, are they doing this specific thing for a reason, or doing it because everyone else is doing the same thingโ€ and make my decision based on that,โ€ says Nervous Recordsโ€™ General Manager Andrew Salsano. โ€œIn an age where data metrics and analytics reign supreme, I remain steadfast that they should be complementary to your decision and not the sole indicator to make one. So many songs today are written with 15 second hooks in mind for social media, and while thereโ€™s nothing wrong with that business model you will always be chasing the wave instead of carving out your own path and identity.

โ€œMy primary focus for the sound of the label has and will continue to revolve around signing good songs and music that has the ability to react at the street level first. The best results come from artists that are firstly given a bit of local love that grows into a global impact. Fresh ideas that express child-like curiosity and artists showing vulnerability in their music are also something I look for, artists and producers that are not making music with certain markets in mind, but rather their own style and signature that is unique but able to straddle the fine line of underground and overground.โ€

Still as raw, as underground and as finely tuned to the dance floor as they ever have been, perhaps the secret to the success – and the longevity – of Nervous Records has something to do with that hard, dogged, no-holds-barred NYC edge that runs through the veins of the label. With the next generation of producers rising from the clubs of New York, one thing is certain; Nervous Records will be there to find them, nurture them and bring them to the world at large, over the next decade and beyond.