Robert Owens
Though electronica has always been a producer's medium (and the few vocalists keeping their head above water are usually woman), Robert Owens became one of the figures most associated with the late-'80s golden era of Chicago house. Born in Ohio in 1961, he grew up singing in church, but was working as a DJ when he met pioneering Chicago producer Larry Heard in 1985. The pair formed Fingers Inc. with Ron Wilson, and released a few excellent singles ("You're Mine," "It's Over") and the 1988 full-length Another Side. The group dissolved soon after, though, as Heard's burgeoning solo production career (as Mr. Fingers) took over. Owens had already released tracks on his own -- "Bring Down the Walls" and "I'm Strong" for Alleviated, with production from Heard -- and he signed a solo contract with 4th & Broadway. His 1990 LP Rhythms in Me was a solid effort, though it soon disappeared within the quickly disintegrating Chicago house scene. (One of his best-known features of the late '80s, the epic house moment "Tears," appeared under the names of Frankie Knuckles and producer Satoshi Tomiie.)
Following a move to London in 1993, Owens set up a personal studio and started his own label, Musical Directions, initiating it with the 1994 six-track EP The Statement and concluding it with 1997's "Love Will Find Its Way." He teamed up with Tomiie and Cevin Fisher for a track from Tomiie's Full Lick LP in 1999, and one year later he appeared on the Photek smash "Mine to Give," which topped the Billboard U.S. club chart. While the 2002 double-disc anthology Love Will Find Its Way: The Best of Robert Owens neatly capped 18 years of house classics, Owens continued to collaborate and release the occasional solo 12" throughout the decade. The full-length Night-Time Stories, released on Germany's Compost label in 2008, was a pleasant surprise, with Owens' typically impassioned vocals featured over a stylistically broad range of productions from indebted artists like Kirk Degiorgio, Ian Pooley, Charles Webster, and Wahoo. Two years later, he issued the double-disc album Art. Another Compost release, it featured productions from Larry Heard, Atjazz, and Beanfield.
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Dance Vault Mixes - I'll Be Your Friend
Dance - Paru chez RCA Records Label le 18 avr. 2006
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Visions
Dance - Paru chez Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music) le 12 mars 1990
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African-American Composers of the 20thCentury
Classique - Paru chez Albany Records le 1 déc. 2001
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Night-Time Stories
House - Paru chez Compost Records le 22 févr. 2008
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On It's Way (Supernova Remixes)
House - Paru chez House 'n Chips le 23 avr. 2021
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Compost Black Label #78
Dance - Paru chez Compost Records le 6 mai 2011
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Was I Here Before?
House - Paru chez 4 To The Floor Records le 7 juin 2019
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Midst of the Moment
Robert Owens, Mike Gill, Robert Owens, Mike Gill
Électronique - Paru chez Wolf + Lamb Records le 25 juin 2012
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Compost Black Label #76
Dance - Paru chez Compost Records le 11 mars 2011
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Ordinary People
House - Paru chez 4 To The Floor Records le 1 janv. 1996
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A Greater Love (Classic Mix)
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Good Enough (The Remixes)
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Resurrection Part Three
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