Defected presents House Masters - Heller & Farley

Defected presents House Masters Heller & Farley is a new 30 track collection that covers all aspects of their long and illustrious careers in the studio, from remixing some of the biggest bands in the world to producing underground sleeper hits that would prove pivotal in the popularisation and development of house music in the UK. Trace the roots of house music in the UK and you’ll find Pete Heller & Terry Farley at its source. Shoom, Future, Spectrum, The Trip: they were there. Omnipresent at those early, exploratory and revelatory trips to Amnesia, Boys Own parties out in the sticks, expeditions to The Hacienda, Basics and Cream, the early years of Ministry of Sound and transatlantic ventures to worship at the altar of Junior at The Sound Factory. Heller & Farley productions are steeped in the sights and sounds of these experiences, the most influential of nightclubbing moments from the last 25 years. Their music is heritage, quality down to the bone: a bastion of the UK sound that has influenced and inspired subsequent producers all over the world. “For Pete and I to be included in the House Masters series is such a honour" says Terry. "Looking at those who have already been included, icons like Frankie, MAW and MURK it's really a big deal. “The track listing itself is fantastic, it’s a wide scope of what we are about and where we were at. We wanted to include a mix of the underground stuff like the Robert Owens mixes and the big 'pop' acts like New Order and U2 and some of our dubs that the likes of Junior Vasquez, Tony Humphries and Frankie Knuckles first picked up on and 'broke' us in New York. We're really proud of this and proud to have contributed to house music’s cultural foundations.” As Fire Island, the duo took Simply Red’s funk-laced ballad ‘Money’s To Tight To Mention’ and transformed it into a 10-minute percussive house epic, with hazy Rhodes chords and a wandering bassline twisting their way to the euphoric payoff at its centre. Similarly impressive reimaginings of U2, New Order and Happy Mondays kept them firmly in the limelight throughout the 90s. But it’s for their own productions, those club anthems that are still hammered to this day, that they are held in such high esteem. Whether as Fire Island 'If You Should Need A Friend', 'In Your Bones'), Roach Motel ('The Night') or under their own name as Heller ‘N’ Farley Project, their influence cannot be overstated. All the aforementioned records are included on House Masters Heller & Farley, along with a brand new version of perhaps their best-known record ‘Ultra Flava’, exclusive to this compilation. Further classic Farley & Heller productions will be remastered and reissued as House Masters singles in early 2016.

Disc: 1

1. How Long (Fire Island Remix) - Ultra Nate

2. Music Is The Answer (Dancin' & Prancin') [Fire Island's 'La Musica Es La Respuesta'] - Danny Tenaglia & Celeda

3. Stinkin' Thinkin' [Junior Style Mix] - Happy Mondays

4. A Feelin' (Heller & Farley Project Remix) - Jasper Street Co.

5. A Place Called Heaven (Fire Island Mix) - Tension

6. Get Your Hands Off My Man (Fire Island Dub 4 Junior) - Junior Vasquez

7. I Don't Want To See Myself (Without You) [Heller & Farley Saturday In Chicago Mix] - Terry Callier

8. The Way (The Way Into The Roach Motel) - Funky Green Dogs

9. Regret (Fire Island Mix) - New Order

10. Was I Here Before (Fire Island Vocal) - Robert Owens

Disc: 2