bobby konders - nervous acid (mp3)

33 1/3 queen - disco 4 (mp3)

major problems - murder (25 to life mix (mp3)

a fresh face for best foot forward today, and for my first trick i present a beginners guide to what is one of the most seminal house labels of all time - nu groove records.

for those interested in the house sound of new york at the beginning of the 90's, a trawl through the nu groove archive is a must, as it showcased some of the early work of joey beltram, bobby konders, lennie dee, kenny dope and the brothers ronald and rheji burrell. the label covered a broad spectrum of styles but it all sounded very straight outta brooklyn and in 1990, they released classic after classic, chilling out the summer acid house scene with konders and 331/3 queen, and getting militant later in the year with major problems dropping the city under siege ep around the time of gulf war 1. the burrell brothers contributed greatly to the label under a variety of names - ny house'n authority, metro, bas noir - and all should be checked out.

by 1992 the label had run it's course and the strictly rhythm label had firmly established itself as the label from new york. nu groove released well over 100 releases and in them you can hear how house music, made by young kids on basic equipment, progressed into the 90's with better technology and the emergence of a global audience. dopewax, rhythmatic rage and massive b were all offshoots from nu groove and as with just about everything else coming out of brooklyn at the time, are all well worthy of a listen.