[Dynagroove] LARRY HEARD IN LOS ANGELES

[Elena Y. Astilleros]

Does anyone have more info on good old Mr. Fingers being in Los Angeles?


On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Will Yardley wrote:

> Noel Vibeflow.com/LushRecordings wrote:
>
> > Anyone care to shed some light on who Larry Heard is?
>
> well it shouldn't be necessary to shed light on who he is, but.....
>
> larry heard is a producer and dj from chicago.  he recorded some really
> early house records on trax records as 'mr. fingers', and continues to
> produce beautiful and unique music to this day.  he's been recording
> since at least 1987 or 1988.
>
> his most famous track is probably 'Can U Feel It", which is known for
> both the instrumental version, the vocal with 'jack's house speech' (and
> the very rare acapella of jack's house speech).
>
> this speech will probably be familiar to most househeads (and certainly
> a number of sections have been sampled in other tracks).
>
>   "In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove.
>   And from this groove came the groove of all grooves.
>   And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldy
>   declared,
>
>   "Let there be house!" and house music was born."
>
>   "I am, you see,
>   I am the creator, and this is my house!
>   And, in my house there is only house music. But, I am not so
>   selfish because once you enter my house it then becomes OUR house and
>   OUR house music!" And, you see, no one man owns house because
>   house music is a universal language, spoken and understood by all."
>
>   "You see, house is a feeling that no one can understand really unless
>   you're deep into the vibe of house. House is an uncontrollable
>   desire to jack your body. And, as I told you before, this is
>   our house and our house music. And in every house, you
>   understand, there is a keeper. And, in this house, the keeper
>   is Jack. Now some of you who might wonder."
>
>   "Who is Jack, and what is it that Jack does?"
>
>   "Jack is the one who gives you the power to jack your body!
>   Jack is the one who gives you the power to do the snake.
>   Jack is the one who gives you the key to the wiggly worm.
>   Jack is the one who learns you how to walk your body.
>   Jack is the one that can bring nations and nations of all
>   Jackers together under one house."
>
>   "You may be black, you may be white; you may be Jew or Gentile.
>   It don't make a difference in our House."
>
>   "And this is fresh!"
>
> official larry heard homepage (google.com is your friend):
> http://www.sondexter.com/larryheard/
>
> w
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