Blaze
The New Jersey production team known as Blaze authored a number of deep house anthems from the 1980s and '90s, including "If You Should Need a Friend" and "Lovelee Dae" under their own name as well as "Hideaway" by De'lacy and "My Desire" by Amira. Signed to a contract with Motown (ostensibly for their R&B/pop crossover potential) in 1989, the trio of Josh Milan, Kevin Hedge and Chris Herbert issued one solid album for the label before embarking on a career short on LPs but long on stellar productions for a variety of artists. The production wing of Blaze, namely Milan and Hedge (the latter a former gospel singer) began as early favorites on the New York/New Jersey garage scene of the mid-'80s. The pair, both DJs and fans of Tony Humphries' sets at the Newark club Zanzibar, began producing in 1984 and made a name for themselves two years later with a pair of garage classics, "If You Should Need a Friend" and "Whatcha Gonna Do" (with vocals by Colonel Abrams). Remixes and additional production for British synth-popsters ABC led to a recording contract with Motown in 1989. With semi-permanent vocalist Chris Herbert added to the lineup, Blaze released their debut album 25 Years Later in 1990. Though the single "So Special" did well in the clubs, it wasn't quite the crossover Motown expected and the group was dropped.
Though the major labels had enough of crossover house music by the early '90s, there was still a major independent market for the music. Milan and Hedge continued to produce and record, both separately and together, during the decade. In 1994, they wrote and produced the British Top Ten hit "Hideaway" by De'Lacy. Three years later, Blaze added Tee Alford and returned with another club hit ("Lovelee Dae") and their second full-length, Basic Blaze (recorded for the UK-based Slip'N'Slide label). A Blaze retrospective appeared in 1999. 2001 saw the release of Natural Blaze, a tribute to their late friend James Toney, Jr., followed by Spiritually Speaking two years later.
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Back It Up
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Blinded Records on 19 Jan 2024
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Sin dejar huellas
Reggaeton - Released by BKO Music on 8 Nov 2023
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Hiya Luv
House - Released by King Street Sounds (BEAT Music Fund) on 9 Sep 2013
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Staying Together
Pop - Released by DeBlu Records©2002-2017 on 15 Oct 2017
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Insanity&Treasures
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by DeBlu Records© on 27 Mar 2015
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Love Is Love
K-Pop - Released by DeBlu Records©2002-2019 on 28 Sep 2019
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Touch Me Now (Remix)
Lolly Wish, Blaze, David Lenis
World - Released by LAVARA Music on 14 Mar 2020
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Evitele Problemas - Single
Reggaeton - Released by BKO Music on 1 Apr 2014
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Black Lotus
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Makr Entertainment on 26 Jul 2019
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On Erythang
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Have Notz Music Group on 12 Nov 2016
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Broken
Dance - Released by FHC Group by Future House Cloud on 15 Sep 2022
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Bring The Klan Back
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by TerrorTown on 6 Sep 2023
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L'infidélité (feat. Junior Killa)
Reggae - Released by CD Run on 2 Nov 2013
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