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The legendary DJ Junior
Vasquez is back with his first continuous compilation in three years:
Generation Next, out on Tommy Boy Silver Label Tuesday, April 7. The hotly
anticipated release is a collection of contemporary hard house beats
delivered by one of dance music’s undisputed masters in a relentless
14-track compilation that pulls listeners in from the first beat to the
last.
“I’ve been at the top of my game for years,” Vasquez asserts. “House music
has changed a lot since my days spinning at Sound Factory and Twilo and I
pride myself on always having been able to stay one step ahead of the
curve. I see what gets the crowds going at my monthly Freedom party at
Club Cielo in New York and on the dance floors at the mega-clubs I’ve been
playing around the world lately and I wanted to harness that energy in
Generation Next.”
“Generation Next embodies everything great about Junior Vasquez and
everything we strive for at Tommy Boy Silver Label,” said Silver Label
General Manager Victor Lee. “We’re always looking for the new sounds and
cutting-edge producers. With Generation Next, you get both—delivered by
one of the best DJs in the business.”
Featuring two new Vasquez studio stormers (the groovy progressive jam “I
Love Music” and the brash, gospel-infused vocals of songstress Maxi J. on
the big-room blaster “Insecurities”), Generation Next adds a bold
exclamation point to the litany of legendary tracks the DJ has produced
over the course of his decades in the business. It’s a dark, sexy and
uncompromising dose of high-energy house that emphasizes Vasquez’s
relevance and enduring ability to create the choicest cuts in the genre
today.
“Today, there are fewer and fewer places to go to hear great house music
in the United States,” Lee continued. “But the audience for house music is
still out there—in fact, there’s a whole new generation of fans of the
genre who never got to experience the decadence of Junior Vasquez’s days
spinning Arena or the eclectic crowd that packed The Tunnel week after
week. Generation Next is especially for them. It takes Junior’s sound from
the big-room to the living-room with all the drama and intensity you’d get
from him in a live set.”
Decidedly forward-looking in its sound, Generation Next showcases fresh
cuts from some of the hottest up-and-coming spinners working the decks
today: Twisted Dee, DeMarko!, and Bimbo Jones are but three of the young
talents who add their progressive perspective to the compilation’s massive
BPM-barrage.
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