This month… A humble tribute to the mighty
MURK Records …
“Celebrating the music of Ralph Falcon & Oscar G…. MURK…
12 of the finest classic house music cuts from the formidable force that is Ralph Falcon & Oscar Gaetan… This is, a tribute to MURK
In the early days of my crate digging adventures, MURK records and the extended productions of Ralph Falcon and Oscar Geaton featured heavily in my record collection. From Liberty City, to Funky Green Dogs from outer space, to Mission Control, to Deep South, to Coral Way Chiefs and beyond, the releases, aka’s and alias went on and on and on, with Oscar and Ralph covertly dominating the early deep house scene from down in deepest Miami.
Along with countless original cornerstone releases like Believe, Some Lovin’, Release Myself, Outer Limits, Every Now and Then, Together, Reach for me, Been a long Time and a great many more (and I do mean many…) they also peppered the scene with exceptional landmark hard to ID remixes such as the Murk Mixes of Deborah Harry’s ‘I can see clearly now’, Murk Boys remix of Tito Valdez’s ‘Tumbe’ and MURK’s stone cold classic remixes of Karen Pollacks’s You can’t Touch me, all of which are still highly sought after, hard to ID deep classics that effortlessly carve up the dance floors today… Suffice to say then that the pair stormed the emerging 90’s underground music scene like no other.
Ralph, Oscar…. We salute you and are eternally grateful for your pioneering work…
Everything about MURK oozes depth, from the intentionally rough, minimal, rustic label artwork, to the signature low slung beat construct and percussive arrangement…. when MURK release a track you know exactly what to expect, and that’s unapologetic, heavyweight depth and groove, accompanied by exceptional song writing.
So with all this in mind, we thought it was time to celebrate the contributions these guys gave and continue to give to the world of underground house music and curate a tribute mix of some of their finest work from the early years..
Enjoy the mix all…
