Dave grew up in Isle of Wight and his late teenage years he spent selling ice cream and sorting
onions - to make money to buy records. In 1986 he moved to London and got his first "real" job in
a Record store called Smithers & Leigh.
In 1987 Smithers & Leigh was closing down and Dave got a job in a record distribution company
called Rough Trade Distribution, where he started up their dance department - Demix
and was working with labels like Rhythm King and Big Life.
After 1 successful year with Demix he started own record label in 1988 - Republic Records,
probably UK's first soulful house label. It was on Republic he released his first own production;
M.D.EMM - "Get busy". He had the label running for about 3 years and he released
most of his early work on the label.
The best of his own work was, in Dave's own opinion, "Forever together" by one of his alter
ego's Raven Maize. One funny history around this track is that Dave pretended it was by a
just-released prisoner, fresh out of jail, which led to many speculations and built up a hype
around the song. Actually the song is a cover of the classic Exodus' song "Together forever".
On the Republic label he also released some classic songs he licensed from US labels, songs like
"You're gonna miss me" by Turntable Orchestra, "Reachin'" by Phase II
and "Take some time out" by Arnold Jarvis.
In 1991 he released his first record as Joey Negro - a name which is now said with great
respect within the music business. The first song under his most known alter ego was "Do it
believe it" and was released on the US House label - Nu Groove.
Dave tells me he made up the name to sound like a New York Hispanic, because he thought it sounded
more exotic to the English audience. Joey Negro was born.
The second Joey Negro single was "Do what you feel" and it was released on Dave's new
label Z Records. Dave had the record
shrink-wrapped to make it look like a US 12" when he released it and he said in an interview; "When I
recorded it I wasn't sure how people would react to it, I didn't know if they would like it so I thought
that I'd disguise it as a US record."
The song was later picked up by Virgin/Ten Records and it did very well in the clubs and became
a Top 40 pop hit. Besides being a big club and pop hit, it also really established Dave Lee as a
respected producer. To follow up the success of the single he got an album deal with Virgin/Ten.
Don't forget to check out the Z Records discography in the bottom of this page...
At around this time he also started to gain credit for his brilliant remixes and he did many
remixes during this time. Dave himself thinks his best remixes from this time probably are "Can't get
over your love" by Simphonia, "Shine on" by Sold Out and "Direct me"
by Reese Project.
So far, Dave has only released one full-length album with own material credited to Joey Negro as
artist, but numerous of great 12" singles. Look out for the great "Enter your fantasy" 4-track EP, with 4
great Disco-House songs - "Love fantasy", "Get up", "Enter your mind" and "Everybody".
Dave was one of the first producers to sample from disco music and it is said that the term
"Disco-House" was first invented by the music press to describe
Dave's releases under his Joey Negro alias.
In 1992 he was voted best UK Remixer by both DMC/Mixmag and D.J. Magazine in
acknowledgement of his brilliant remixes for both dance and pop artists.
When Dave later in '92 released his "Universe of Love", it was released as a special DJ promo triple
12" pack and in the DMC (Disco Mix Club - Remix Service) related Mixmag Update magazine you could
read about it in two different places in the same Mag;
Essential Vinyl
"Special triple pack only for DJs brought
to us by Dave Lee with the help of Andrew "Doc" Livingstone, a stunning celebration
of '70s garage music. On the package you will enjoy reprises of two classics,
"Do you believe" and "Do what you feel" but it's "Universe of
love" that will fire the house up." |
|
"This is a very limited promo for the forthcoming
debut album from Joey Negro and if this is anything to go by we are in for a
treat. A triple pack with remixes of older material such as "Do what you feel"
and "Do you believe" plus new tracks, all gems. The title track "Universe of
love" for example is a beautiful produced slice of disco/garage delight with
Joey Negro stamped proudly all over it. This also contains the next single
"Whatever happened to the music", the Trammps classic. No messing around as
they came back into the studio to re-do this, what a result! Quality music
with melody, song and a lot of class" (5 dancers = Guaranteed floor filler /
Greg Fenton) |
It was about the time of the second Joey Negro single Andrew "Doc" Livingstone and Dave Lee
became partners. Andrew had played keys on some of Dave's work and they had became buddies, so
it was quite natural for him to ask Andrew become partners when the workload got too much for one
person. Together they leased the Unit 3 studios in Camden, North London, where most of their
excellent remixes and productions was done.
Some of the highlights include Thelma Houston's "I need somebody tonight", Diana Ross'
"Love hangover", "Girls & Boys" by the Hed Boys [another of Dave's alias'] and the
UK # 1 Pop Hit "Relight my fire" by Take That.
Both Dave and Andrew tell me they have had some brilliant times at Unit 3, but they haven’t worked
together for some years now. Because when their studio lease expired and the landlord wanted to increase
the rent by over 50% - the two friends decided to go separate ways.
Dave have set up a new studio in Islington, North London, and Andrew have set up a studio at home - to be
able to spend more time with his kids. They still speak a lot and is still very good friends, even though
they don't work together.
Musically Dave and Andrew have a similar taste in music and both see Disco music as a great inspiration.
Dave is now more into using real instruments (Rhodes, live bass, etc) and is into full songs. While
Andrew is more into using filters and messing up samples and more electronic sounds. Or as Andrew say
himself "I am trying to develop the disco-ey sound in the same way that Georgio Moroder or
Francois Kevorkian took it to a new level."
Andrew has released some records on his own and his most famous track is a tune called "Bamboogie"
under the alter ego Bamboo. This tune got to # 2 in the UK Charts and was based around
a sample from KC & The Sunshine Band, an idea Andrew got from seeing a Budweiser advert on TV.
You should look out for some great Disco-House 12" singles he released under the name Lifeforce
a couple of years ago.
Mark Moore, one of Dave's long time friends told me the following about his friend;
"Dave Lee is one of the most passionate producers I know who is also one of the most interesting
and interested. He is down to earth and at times a bit of a party animal too! He's friendly and
reliable and would bend over backwards to be helpful."
But Dave has also made recordings under many other alter ego's, except for the most famous Joey
Negro he has used names like; Swingtime Dee, Raven Maize, Doug Willis,
Mistura, Z Factor, Foreal People and Sunburst Band just to mention a few.
He have explained that he's not making up all these pseudonyms because he would be shy or something,
it's just that he releases so much stuff all the time that he thinks the different names would be a
great way of keeping track. Then he use the name again if he's about to release something new in the
similar vein.
By the way - the name Doug Willis he got from a character in the TV-soap - Neighbors.
In the late 90's Dave was working a lot with former Disco diva Taka Boom, she was adding her vocals
to most of his releases at that time.
For example they made a cover of the old Patrick Adams act Rainbow
Brown's Disco classic "'Til you surrender". Dave and Taka released it as "Surrender"
under the name Rainbow Connection. They gave this great classic a new up to date sound and one funny
detail is that Taka actually happens to be best friends with the singer of the original - namely
Fonda Rae.
But... besides the fact that she is best friends with Fonda Rae, Taka also happens to be the sister of
the famous and legendary Chaka Khan.
In fact - in 2001 Dave re-released this track ["Surrender"] again, but this time under the name
Prospect Park.
In 1997 Joey and Taka released a single called "Can't get high without you" on Dave's own label;
Z Records. In the fall of 1998 the song was remixed and re-released on the US DJ Eric Morillo's
new label - Subliminal Records. DJ's all over the world loved the song and the success of this
double 12" single pack was soon a fact - and in the last week of October, the song was # 1
in the Billboard Dance / Club Play Chart.
The song came in 8 mixes, Joey Negro has mixed two of them himself, the Philly World Mix and the
Sessomatto Dub. Other mixes are done by Eric Kupper, The Constipated Monkeys (Jose Nunez
and Harry "Choo-Choo" Romero) and The Trunkids (Halo Varga and Angel Alanis).
Another funny detail with this release is that it has a special thanks to Maria Granditsky on the label.
Maria was the one who put Dave and Taka in touch with each other, my dear friend Maria is most known to us
Net surfers as Miss Funkyflyy.
The success of "Can't get high..." was huge in the US and the song was crowned the 1998 Dance Single
Of The Year in the American ASCAP Writer's awards.
In late 1998 Dave also released a whole album called Here comes the Sunburst Band under the
name Sunburst Band. The vinyl copy is a 3 LP set and the album include 12 songs - some really
good funky-disco-house tunes like; "U make me so hot", "Big blow" (which always give me
associations to Jimmy Castor's "Bertha Butt Boogie", but actually is a cover of the Manu
Dibango song with the same name), "Master Rocker" and the title track of the album "Here
comes the Sunburst Band" which sounds influenced by Chic's song
"Chic cheer".
Check out the Barry White'ich "What's your sign" and the nice "New York city woman",
but there's also some garage-ey tunes like "I'll be there 4 U". It's more jazz influences in this
record then we're used to in his work, but this release is still something for every Dave/Joey fan to
look out for.
The new Millennium couldn't have started better for any Dave Lee/Joey Negro fan... In February 2000, the
famous Azuli Records in the UK released the CD - Can't get high without U - the Joey Negro
Compilation. "Finally" a CD that includes some of Dave's best moments as a writer, producer and/or remixer.
You'll find great tracks under many of the Dave's alter ego's, like Sunburst Band, Z-Factor, Doug Willis and
Raw Essence - all with classy Disco samples like in "the Lovin' game" where Joey samples Brainstorm's
"Lovin' is really my game"...
Besides this, all the songs on the CD are all segued together into a 70 minutes Disco-House orgy by Joey himself -
this is the record that any Dave fan really "Can't get high without... (U)". See the GREAT tracklisting below...
| Joey Negro | "Can't get high without U" |
| Sessomatto | "I'm back" |
| Dino & Terry pres. Karla Brown | "Get another love" |
| Sunburst Band | "Big blow" |
| Mistura | "Think positive" |
| Agora | "Montayo" |
| Z-Factor | "Gotta keep pushing" |
| Mistura | "You can't run from my love" |
| Sunburst Band | "Garden of love" |
| Raw Essence | "the Lovin' game" |
| Doug Willis | "Got to get your own" |
| Pasha | "One kiss" |
| Thelma Houston | "I need someone tonight" |
In the beginning of 2000 Dave released, as Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom, a track called "Must be the Music".
This is NOT a cover of the 1981 classic Secret Weapon track on Prelude Records.
It's just the title that's the same. Actually the track uses pieces of another Prelude classic - Sticky Fingers'
"Wastin' my love".
Late summer of 2000 - Joey Negro returns with a more commercial but VERY slamming remake of the Nile
Rodgers & Bernard Edwards [Chic] written Norma Jean classic -
"Saturday". As always it's very uplifting Disco-House at its best and this release will be a sure floorfiller.
Promotional copies of the song appeared in radio top lists and DJ charts long before its official release. This
top tune is released on Yola Records, a sub-label of the legendary Azuli label in the UK. The double promo
12" comes in Gridlock and Solar remixes to satisfy every dance floor. The Solar mixes are by Dave as well as the
Original Club mix that's available on another 12".
The idea of covering this song was suggested to Dave by Incentive Records, who also are involved in this release.
Make sure to check this record out!!!
During summer 2001 Dave released an excellent cover version of the Silver, Platinum & Gold track "I got a thing".
This track was released under his Foreal People alias and is credited to Foreal People feat. Taana.
This Taana is no less than the famous WestEnd Records Diva -
Taana Gardner.
In the first part of 2001, it's time again for another Joey Negro album. Azuli released the CD - Back to the scene of
the crime. Another great CD with stuff that Dave has been working on and with, either as a remixer, artist or producer.
Included in this CD is the track that probably is Dave's biggest hit, Jakatta - "American Dream". This track
samples music from the film American Beauty and it's told the Ministry label paid a LARGE amount of money
in a bidding war to get the rights to this song - and it seems to be well invested money since it's a huge worldwide HIT.
You also have to note the "Disco [Travolta] pose" of the murdered person, a clear hint of what you can expect to hear at
this 'Back to the scene of the crime' album. Check the tracklisting...
| Jakatta | "American Dream" |
| Sessomatto | "Moody" |
| Benjamin Diamond | "We Gonna Make It" |
| MFSB | "K-Gee" |
| Lab Rats | "Feel The Need" |
| Atlanta | "Wonderland" |
| Yolanda Wyns | "I Know You, I Live You" |
| Doug Willis | "Dancin'" |
| Brick | "Living From Your Mind" |
| Doug Willis | "Skate Dancer" |
| Lovestation feat.Fayleine Brown | "Teardrops" |
| Sunburst Band | "New York City Woman" |
| Blaze | "Wishin You Were Here" |
Throughout 2001 and 2002 Dave keeps himself busy releasing stuff under several of his aliases, where Jakatta
is probably the most widely know "act" - scoring hit after hit for Dave and the Ministry of Sound label. Dave
also brought in famous UK artist Seal as singer of the track "My vision".
But besides Jakatta, Dave also released other great stuff on his own Z Records, stuff like
"Sweet magic" by Mistura feat. Taana Gardner, the "Full frontiera" EP by Nova Frontiera
and others.
In April 2003 he released the Jazz'N'Groove remixes of the Fonda Rae
Disco classic "Over like a fat rat" (credited to Community feat. Fonda Rae) on his Z Records.
A great remix of this extremely hard-to-find original...
In 2003 Dave hits us with another Joey Negro album. This time released by his own Z Records. The CD is called Pleasure
House, with the under title Joey Negro's Soulful, Funky, Sexy Best VOL 3.
This is a double CD were the first CD is mixed by the man himself, as said on the record, it's For listeners, loungers,
dancers & maniacs, while the second CD is unmixed and include Full length for fiddlers, DJs, Musos & messers.
Again work by Dave/Joey either as remixer or by some of his monikers like Doug Willis, Sessomatto, Sounds
of Inner City, Akabu, Motif, Community feat Fonda Rae and others.
As always - Disco House of the best kind, just see the tracklisting of the mixed CD...
| Community feat Fonda Rae | "Over Like A Fat Rat" |
| Secret Sounds | "Love is Freedom" |
| Paul Johnson | "Follow that Beat" |
| Doug Willis | "Begun 2 Luv U" |
| Motif | "Let The Madness Begin" |
| Sessomatto | "I Need Somebody" |
| Akabu | "The Way" |
| Q Burns feat Lisa Shaw | "Innocent" |
| Kojo pres The Blackbyrds | "Mysterious Vibes 2003" |
| Joey Negro feat The Trammps | "Universe of Love" |
| Simphonia | "Can’t Get Over Your Love" |
| Sounds of Inner City | "Inner City Groove" |
As a Remixer Dave's famous for his Disco-House sound and he has done remixes for stars like M-People,
Diana Ross, Pet Shop Boys, Sister Sledge, Lionel Ritchie, Sheena Easton,
Artful Dodger and the Brand New Heavies... the list could go on and on and on... Dave is credited
with over 200 releases as an artist and producer/remixer - So I won't even try to list a complete "Remixology"
here.
Of the releases Dave's been involved in, he's most satisfied with the mixes of Diana Ross' "Love hangover",
Benjamin Diamond's "In your arms (We gonna make it)", "Philly groove" by DJ Romain & Danny
Krivit and Inner City's "As if I am".
Of his own work he likes "Can't get high without you" under his Joey Negro alter ego and his Sunburst Band
album - 'Here comes the Sunburst Band'.
But Dave has never been very keen on making real commercial tracks just to make money. He has been working on some,
but there have always been other, and in Dave's opinion - more exciting - projects coming up that he has chosen
instead. Most of his projects probably just ends up selling a couple of thousand records and he's more satisfied
with that than the idea of making a commercial track just to make lots of money. That's just the way he is.
Dave was also among the few DJ's who was asked to remix songs for the Red, Hot & Dance album.
For this special AIDS benefit album he did a remix of Crystal Waters' "Gypsy woman",
you remember the song with this "La-di-di La-di-da" from the beginning of the '90s.
Other acts and Remixers who contributed to this album were George Michael,
Frankie Knuckles, Madonna, David Morales, PM Dawn,
Lisa Stansfield, Sabrina Johnson, Seal among others...
Dave always makes his excellent remixes with a nice Disco touch, often with a little sample or snippet from
an old Disco tune... For example he used Jupiter Beyond's "River drive" in his own
"Love fantasy", Gibson Brother's "Oooh, What a life" in his "What a life"
(actually this is a cover of the Gibson's song) - and in one of my personal favorite Joey Negro remixes
- Nikita Warren's "I need you" he sampled the great - but unknown - Disco stomper
"You got me dancing in my sleep" by Frisky. That remix is really a killer!!!
When Take That was recording the late Dan Hartman's "Relight my fire" it wasn't
really surprising that they had Dave and Andrew to produce it, to give it the right Disco touch.
Dave also did the 12" remix (of course). Critics said "The magic touch of Joey Negro and Andrew
"Doc" Livingstone has given a touch of class to this cover...". And - this was actually the
first time this club classic became a hit in the UK!!!
But "Relight my fire" isn't the only Disco classic Dave has produced for other people. As the great
Disco remixer and producer he is, Dave was hired in 1998 to produce 911's cover of the
Bee Gees' classic - "More than a woman". This cover became a # 2 pop hit in the
UK that year and did well in many countries all over the world.
Dave have been asked about the difference in producing for a group like Take That or 911, compared to
doing a track of his own and he replied;
"Doing a track like Take That is so hard because basically you have the man from the record company
in the studio telling you what they want it to sound like. Unfortunately, those kind of people find it
very hard to articulate what they want musically. They just keep saying things like 'I want it to sound
bigger... can you make it sound bigger?'"
And he continues; "'Relight My Fire' was a really tricky one to do because we had to do it three times.
We did it first time and they decided they didn't like Robbie Williams doing the vocal so we had
to do it over again. Then they decided that they wanted to bring Lulu in so we had to do it once more.
It was hard work but it was well worth it financially."
Next question was (of course) how many remixes it would take to make the same money as one production.
Dave answered; "It's hard to say. When you are doing a remix there are all kinds of cost that go with
it. Not only is there the studio time, there is also the expense of anyone I might like to bring in, like
a bass player. I didn't earn too much from 911 because it wasn't such a big hit, but 'Relight My Fire'
was a massive hit all over Europe and went onto a 'Best Of' album which sold loads... I think it would
probably be about fifteen remixes to one Take That sized production."
Beside all his great remixes and studio work he's also a highly regarded and popular DJ. He plays
mostly US vocal Garage and the work by other remixers like; Masters at Work, Blaze,
Todd Edwards and Tommy Musto among others. He usually also use to mix in some classic
Disco tracks between all the garage tunes.
Dave's very first gig as a DJ was at Sunday Night Funktion in Colchester. One of his most memorable
gigs was at a club called Yellow in Japan. That was the first night where he could play lots of Disco
stuff and the crowd there loved it! Among his worst gigs he has mentioned one in Ealing in a place that
were more into music like the Prodigy than Dave's Disco-House and his special space effects, which is
also his "trademark".
A fine example of his DJ'ing is Dave's 2 hours show in 'the Essential Mix' on BBC Radio 1
broadcasted in March 3, 1996. The songs played was;
| Don E | "Don't She" (Island) |
| Bizarre Inc. | "Keep The Music" (Mercury) |
| Dianne King | "You Give Good Strong Love" (Columbia) |
| Kenlou | "What A Sensation" (Masters At Work) |
| Serena | "Crazy" (Love To Be) |
| Gat Decor | "Passion" (Way Of Life) |
| Urban Bass Project | "Deliver Me" (Bassline) |
| Thelma Houston | "I Need Somebody Tonight" (Azuli) |
| Doug Willis | "Keep On Keepin' On" (Z) |
| Sharon Redd | "Beat The Street" (Prelude) |
| Key II Life | "Find A Way" (Suburban) |
| Pauline Henry | "Love Hangover" (Sony) |
| Musique | "Keep On Jumpin'" (Prelude) |
| First Choice | "The Player" (Philly Groove) |
| Lifeforce | "Philly Jump" (Acetate) |
| Funkshun | "Feel Real" (Subwoofer) |
| Roy Ayers | "Turn Me Loose" (Polydor) |
| Nu Yorican Soul | "Mind Fluid" (Talkin' Loud) |
| Francois K | "Kyperdelic" (Wave) |
| 4th Measure Men | "The Need" (Basement Jaxx) |
| Steve Banzara | "Black" (Oversky) |
| Don Carlos | "Alone" (Irma) |
| Blaze | "Fantasy" (Shelter) |
| Alexander Hope | "Brothers and Sisters" (Music USA) |
| Byron Stingley | "I'm Witcha" (Nervous) |
| Inner Life | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (SalSoul) |
What most people don't know - is that Dave actually is one of the world's most devoted Disco connoisseurs...
I most definitely know, since I've had the great opportunity of speaking to the man in person by phone
a couple of times. We have also faxed and e-mailed each other a lot and Dave has made me these great tapes
with lots of hard to find and obscure disco tracks plus that he have recommended me lots of other great
disco music. I'm still trying hard to get hold of all the stuff he has recommended. And he does have a
HUGE collection to choose from, he estimate the collection to some 10-15 thousand records...
Disco tracks he doesn't know of, or have - aren't worth having, and his unbelievable knowledge of Disco
really goes beyond my wildest imagination. He really knows all the obscure disco tracks you can
think of, plus lots of stuff you've never even heard of. But he does love to spend lots of time and money
in second hand stores trying to find "new" stuff he didn't know before.
Because of his great knowledge it's not surprising he was one of the guys selected to pick out the songs
to the Master Cuts' "Classic DISCO" CD.
Some of the great songs on this album is Tamiko Jones' "Can't live without your love",
Sylvester's "I need you", Tracy Weber's Larry Levan mixed
top tune "Sure shot", Coffee's "Casanova" and Francine McGee's instrumental Disco
orgy - "Delirium".
After compiling the Master Cuts CD he said "If I had been allowed to choose songs freely it most definitely
would had been more obscure 12"s, but I'm anyhow quite satisfied with the song selection."
But after that CD he have compiled lots of other Disco and Disco-House records, like Disco Spectrum - Real
Disco for Real People, Jumpin', Jumpin' 2 and Disco House mixed by Joey Negro...
All of these records include lots of obscure and hard to find Disco gems and they're all really worth buying.
Disco Spectrum includes hot classic tracks like "Bourgie bourgie" - John Davis Orchestra,
"I don't want you back" - Ramona Brooks, "Feel it" - Revelation, "You've got
that something" - Logg, "San Salvador" - Azoto, "Take some time out for love"
- Salsoul Orchestra, "Together forever" - Exodus and many others. You better make sure to
read Dave's own liner notes about each track, since those are just as enjoying as all the great music.
In late April 2000 Joey returned again with a new release in the Disco Spectrum series, called Disco Spectrum 2.
This is yet another great Disco collection, even if it's not that immediate as the previous - but this grooves by each
listening. Just look at songs like "I want you for myself" - George Duke, "Music is my way of life" -
Patti LaBelle, "Hooked on your love" - Fantastic Aleems, "Welcome to the Disco" - Air Power,
"Two hot for love" - THP Orchestra, "Let me be your fantasy" - Penthouse Orchestra, "Don't
let this rainbow pass me by" - Cloud One and others. A double CD with hours of great Disco music.
In May 2002 it was finally time for Disco Spectrum 3. Another double CD jam-packed with great classics.
This new CD is a little jazzier than the previous ones, but still great. It's including tracks like BT Express'
"Does it feel good to you" [sampled by Phats & Small some years ago], the track "Somewhere beyond"
by Hi Voltage [Began Cekic bootlegging Quartz and Dan Hartman], Delegation's
"Heartache No.9", "Goin' up in smoke" - Eddie Kendricks, "Step by step" - KOXO,
"Can't shake your love" by Syreeta, Denise La Salle's "I'm so hot" and others...
In the Jumpin' records [Jumpin' 1 & Jumpin' 2] you'll also find lots of hard to find Disco classics - great
tunes like; "Keep on jumpin'" - Musique, "Disco juice" - Cloud One, "Touch & Go" -
Ecstacy, Passion & Pain, "Groovin' you - Harvey Mason, "You've got me dancing in my
sleep" - Frisky and "Mainline" - Black Ivory.
In these compilations it's clear to see he was allowed to choose more freely - these records are fierce!
In this mixed party CD, Disco House mixed by Joey Negro, you'll get some more "current" Disco or - Disco House
- which really is Dave's trademark.
Some of the tunes in this compilation are his own work under some of his many, many aliases and some are other pumping
Disco House tunes that will keep you dance forever. One of the songs is a cover of the classic Phreek tune...
"Weekend" - now by Fibre Foundation. Other songs are "Get up" - the Zoo Tribe,
"Over like a fat rat" - Community feat. Fonda Rae, "I wanna know" - the Bucketheads
among others...
In March of 2000 Dave mixed and compiled a CD for X:treme Records called Joey Negro Presents The Voyage -
Excursions into early House Music. This double CD includes one CD with all the tracks mixed together by our
man himself, into an over one hour long House party. The other CD holds all these early House classics in their original
full-length versions.
The CD's start out with the track that has given the title to this compilation; "the Voyage" by Subculture.
Other tracks on the CD is "Take some time out" - Arnold Jarvis, "Let the music (use you)" - the
Nightwriters, "Luv dancin'" - Underground Solution [which include samples from the Larry Levan,
Paradise Garage and West End Records
classic; Loose Joints' "Is it all over my face"], "What you need" - Soft House Company,
"Holdin' on" - Intense and one of Dave's own all time Top 20 tunes (see below) - "Alone" by
Don Carlos.
In late 2004, the two Masters of Disco - Dimitri from Paris and
Joey Negro - joined forces and released this double CD some of their favorite obscure Disco tunes.
And ALL of these tracks really are obscure, I had only heard a handful of them before...
Dimitri starts out with a die-hard classic by Derrick Harriott and follows up with
Vince Montana Jr.'s Goody Goody, Lime, Macho and others to end with
Risco Connection. Most in his own edited versions.
Joey starts by 'rolling a joint' and then throws in some UK acts like Spandau Ballet and
Yazoo. He also takes you 'Skate dancing' and longing for 'that Friday pay' before rounding off by a wonderful track
by Touch.
Many of the tracks of his choice are also in his own re-edited versions.
In January of 2005 Dave mixed together some of his favorite House music on the triple CD - Joey Negro - In the House
for Defected Records.
He's a Master in blending music from different decades into a seamless flow of new stuff that sound old and old that still
sounds like new and fresh House.
Track listing include classic acts like SalSoul Orchestra, Erotic Drum Band, Brenda Taylor, Roxy Music,
Imagination and O'Jays all mixed up with various House tracks [and a few of Joey's own alter egos] like; Blaze,
Dimitri From Paris, Sydenham & Ferrer, Mistura, RSL, Rasmus Faber, Sunburst Band and
many others.
There's also a Bonus CD-rom with some special Joey Negro re-edits and remixes, as well as an interview, a full Joey Negro
discography and more...
During Summer of 2005 Dave Lee released his first Disco compilation on his own Z Records label. Along with longtime friend
Sean P they compiled and released the CD the Soul of Disco [compiled by Joey Negro and Sean P]. Together they've picked
some 23 rare Soul and R'n'B fuelled gems from the Disco era. Great stuff you might not have even heard before and B-sides to
12" singles people haven't bother to flip.
The two friends worked together already back on the Disco Spectrum collections where they choose the tracks. So you know
what to expect!
In September we got a compilation of some of Joey's productions and remixes. Stuff that you would have a hard time find
on 12" and CD. Lots of Joey's own work both under his Joey Negro moniker as well as several others, they are all there on the CD -
Joey Negro - In the Beginning [Classic Productions and Remixes 1988-1992].
You'll find classic stuff by Reese Project, Joey Negro, Doug Willis, Life On Earth, Azucar, Agora, Pasha, Masters of the Universe,
Umosia, Extortion, Raven Maize and others. It's great Disco-House that you'll enjoy!
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Big blow
Sunburst Band
Can't get high without you
Joey Negro
Do what you feel
Joey Negro
Do U really love me
Sunburst Band
Everybody
Joey Negro
Get another love
Dino & Terry pres. Karla Brown
Get up
Joey Negro
Gotta thing
Foreal People feat. Taana
I'm back
Sessomatto
Love fantasy
Joey Negro
New York City woman
Sunburst Band
Saturday (Gridlock rmx)
Joey Negro
Saturday (Solar rmx)
Joey Negro
Surrender
Rainbow Connection
Think positive
Mistura
U make me so Hot
Sunburst Band
Universe of love
Joey Negro
What a life
Joey Negro
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Don't stop the music
Lionel Ritchie
Angel St.
M People
I need you
Nikita Warren
Giving up Giving in
Sheena Easton
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Over like a fat rat
Community feat. Fonda Rae
CLICK to hear some Joey Negro Disco favorites...
Can't live without you love
Tamiko Jones
Can't play around
Lace
Casanova
Coffee
Dance, dance, dance
Marta Acuna
Dancin'
Crown Heights Affair
Deja vu
Paulinho DaCosta
Delirium
Francine McGee
Feed the flame
Lorraine Johnson
Give your body up to the music
Billy Nichols
Heartbeat
Taana Gardner
Hooked on your love
Fantastic Aleems
I don't want you back
Ramona Brooks
I hear music in the street
Unlimited Touch
Jazz carnival
Azymuth
Keep on jumpin'
Musique
My destiny
Alton McClain & Destiny
Nice and soft
Wish
Oooh, what a life
Gibson Brothers
Out of my hands
Omni feat. Connee Draper
Over like a fat rat
Fonda Rae
Poyson
Gwen McCrae
the River Drive
Jupiter Beyond
San Salvador
Azoto
Serious, Sirius space party
Ednah Holt
Shame
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Street Player
Chicago
Sure shot
Tracy Weber
Till you surrender
Rainbow Brown
Tonight I'm alright
Narada Michael Walden
Turn me loose
Roy Ayers
Won't you let me be the one
Michael McGloiry
You've got me dancing in my sleep
Frisky
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American Dream - Jakatta
Moody (Joey Negro Club Mix) - Sessomatto
We Gonna Make It (Joey Negro Z Mix) - Benjamin Diamond
K-Gee (Joey Negro Re-Edit) - MFSB
Feel The Need (Joey Negro Revival Mix) - Lab Rats
Wonderland (Joey Negro Rodox Dub) - Atlanta
I Know You, I Live You (Joey Negro Vocal Mix) - Yolanda Wyns
Dancin' (Extended Mix) - Doug Willis
Living From Your Mind (Joey Negro Re-Edit) - Brick
Skate Dancer (Z Mix) - Doug Willis
Teardrops (Joey Negro Club Mix) - Lovestation feat.Fayleine Brown
New York City Woman - Sunburst Band
Wishin' You Were Here (Joey Negro Extended Mix) - Blaze
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Disc 1:
Bourgie bourgie - John Davis Orchestra
Let me down easy - Rare Pleasure
I don't want you back - Ramona Brooks
Come back lover - Fresh Band
Out of my hands - Omni feat. Connee Draper
Feel it - Revelation
You've got that something - Logg
Don't turn your back - Frontline Orchestra
Gotta get your love - Clyde Alexander
In the forest - Baby'O
Disc 2:
Que tal America - Two Man Sound
San Salvador - Azoto
I'll be your pleasure - Ester Williams
Take some time out for love - Salsoul Orchestra
Together forever - Exodus
Trip to your mind - Hudson People
Love call - Ramsey & Co.
Trinidad - John Gibbs
I wanna be loved by you - Family of Eve
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Disc 1:
Standing in the rain - Don Ray
I want you for myself - George Duke
Music is my way of life - Patti LaBelle
Phoenix - Aquarian Dream
Don't let this rainbow pass me by - Cloud One
Let me love you - Bunny Mack
Do it anyway you wanna - Louis Ramirez
Hot to trot - Alfredo de la Fe
Evening of love - Main Ingredient feat. Cuba Gooding
Dancin to the Beat - Henderson & Whitfield
Give me action - Queen Samantha
Watch your step - Bigfoot
Disc 2:
Welcome to the Disco - Air Power
Spread love - Al Hudson & Partners
Get another love - Chantal Curtis
I'll keep my light in my window - NYCC
Two hot for love - THP Orchestra
Making love - Sammy Gordon & Hip Huggers
Let me be your fantasy - Penthouse Orchestra
My turn to love you - Eddy Grant
Hooked on your love - Fantastic Aleems
Hooked On You - Cerrone
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Disc 1:
Does It Feel Good To You - BT Express
Under the Skin - The Brothers
Goin up in Smoke - Eddie Kendricks
Somewhere Beyond - Hi Voltage
Heartache No. 9 - Delegation
Solar Flight - Mandre
Can't Shake Your Love - Syreeta
Isabelle & the Rain - Jo Boyer
Step By Step - Koxo
Hot Disco Night - Sweet Potato
Disc 2:
Could Heaven Ever Be Like This - Idris Muhammad
Can You Get Down - Universe City
I'm So Hot - Denise La Salle
Nightlife - Blair
Groove On Down - Dunn Pearson Jr
Don't You Want Me - Fever
Let's Get This Thing Together - Debbie Hayes & Universal Robot Band
Please Don’t Tempt Me - Lenny Williams
Reaching - Dazzle
Love Can't Come Will Come - Invisible Mans Band
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Disc 1:
Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys - Derrick Harriott
It Looks Like Love - Goody Goody
Nuclear Night - Crystal Disco Band
Agent 406 - Lime
Not Tonight - Macho
Pumping Iron - Larry Wood
Take Me I'm Yours - Mary Clark
He Will Dance With Me - Cappuccino
Musicland - Clymax
I'm Caught Up - Risco Connections
Disc 2:
Roll the Joint - Master Boogie Song & Dance
I'm in Love - Cela
Chant No. 1 - Spandau Ballet
Love Fantasy - Mighty Fire
Skate Dancer - Vinzerrelli
That Friday Pay, Pt. 1 - Sonny Jenkins & N.Y. Potpourri Strings
Situation - Yazoo
Get Down With the Jam Band - John Gibbs
Just Like a Door Knob - Touch
I've Been Searching - Art & Crafts
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Disc 1:
Relief - Steel Vyle
Salsoul Rainbow - Salsoul Orchestra
Soul Music - Notenchun
Soul Power - Basement Boys
Come Back Home - Secret Sounds
Do You Wanna Boogie - Two Tons
You Can Do It - Doug Willis
Put Our Heads Together - O Jays
Action 78 - Erotic Drum Band
Most Precious Love - Blaze
Nite Moves - Rickster
Sandcastles - Sydenham & Ferrer
Give Us Hope - SNS Project
Another Day - Kings Of Tomorrow
Alone - Don Carlos
Angel Eyes - Roxy Music
The Mast - RSL
Find A Way - Divinti
Sweet Magic - Mistura
Strong Man - Dimitri from Paris
Everyday - Sunburst Band
Disc 2:
You Can't Have You Cake... - Brenda Taylor
Burnin' Up - Imagination
Are You Gonna Be There - Shay Jones
Still - Tamia
Runnin' - John Cutler
Quincey's Joint - Conan Liquid
Closer To You - Roy Davies
Hindsight - Beady Belle
The Way - Akabu
Trust Yourself - Glenn Underground
Moody - Sessomatto
I'm Paying Taxes - Fred Wesley & JB's
I'm A Good Man - Martin Solveig
The Rain - Reel People
I Realised - Jiva
Get Out Of Here - Rasmus Faber
Someone To Love - Crusho
Evil Vibrations - Rebirth
He Is - Sunburst Band
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