Larry Heard’s 1988 EP Play It Loud isn’t a hugely rare record, but its availability 24 years on is sparse enough that Black Market International has seen fit to reissue it.
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BBH: Larry Heard, Missing You
October 6, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Alleviated Records continues reissuing classic Larry Heard sides, following the seminal Mr. Fingers with 1999’s just as potent Missing You.
LWE’s Movement 2010 Review
June 9, 2010 – 10:01 AM
As May rolls around each year, many dance music fans in America and around the world instinctively reach for their wallets and begin making preparations for Detroit’s annual electronic music festival, Movement.
Mr. White, Aeroplane
February 24, 2009 – 8:17 PM
2006’s “Sun Can’t Compare” was a tough act to follow for Mr. White and Larry Heard. Their previous collaboration was irresistible enough to be played constantly by DJs of all stripes, and has already acquired something of a classic status. On that track, and its flip, “You Rock Me,” Mr. White’s vocals were almost another synth line for Mr. Fingers’s typically astonishing production, with minimal lyrics serving as a reference to classic R&B. On “Aeroplane,” however, Mr. White has begun to take the foreground — the EP’s title track sees him sharing production/composition duties with Heard. A heavy bass riff backs White’s post-punk-ish vocals, yieldin