In the beginning, jack had a groove. And thanks to heavyweight house heroes like Harry Romero, that groove is now back. \u201cMy love of house came from the culture,\u201d explains Jersey\u2019s finest from his studio headquarters in The Butchashop. Harry, in case you missed the musical memo, is a humble house music legend with classic club cuts like \u2018Tania\u2019, \u2018Night @ The Black\u2019 and \u2018I Go Back\u2019 with Robert Owens under his belt, but really that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg as his current catalogue will attest. Harry\u2019s 2021 saw releases and remixes on labels from Crosstown Rebels to Hot Creations and Classic Recordings, and 2022 will see him release on Defected for the first time since the mighty \u2018Revolution\u2019: and just wait until you hear who he has on vocals! (She\u2019s house music royalty and that sums it up.) See, from then to now, Harry represents one thing: and that\u2019s pure quality. His inspirations growing up tell the same story. From the mid to late 80s he listened to Tony Humphreys on the radio and followed Todd Terry, Masters At Work and Fingers Inc.<\/p>\n
So, with the full backing of Simon Dunmore and Luke Solomun at Defected and Classic, it\u2019s now Harry\u2019s time to shine. He released the K\u00f6lsch\/Pete Tong approved (not to mention the Beatport-trouncing, Afro-House number one) \u2018Afro Horn\u2019 on Crosstown Rebels, as well as remixes of \u2018Tania\u2019 from Honey Dijon and remixes of his own for Jack Back and CeCe Rogers and Danny Tenaglia. Friends for (club) life, his Danny Tenaglia association with \u2018Don\u2019t Turn Your Back\u2019 on Hot Creations was a major success: he remixed alongside Mendo and the mighty Carl Cox. He also found time to chat to Honey Dijon to discuss their incredible respective careers in house and released on Cecille with \u2018Mood Vision\u2019, a singular and super-distinctive house instrumental that was supported by Honey Dijon and Luciano alike and was another Beatport success. With the epic and spiritual sequel to \u2018Afro Horn\u2019, \u2018It\u2019s You\u2019 having now dropped, we can also now reveal that he\u2019s working on Honey Dijon\u2019s new album. In short, he has become the go-to remixer for house remixes once again and there\u2019s plenty more ahead.
\nSo what\u2019s his ethos now? Simple! To wave his own flag. \u201cI know what I\u2019m capable of in the studio and behind the decks. Harry 2.0, this is my renaissance! \u201c He\u2019s had a career that now runs across two decades but also recognizes that \u201cthis is a rebirth, not a remix.\u201d It\u2019s also about reaching a new generation with a catalogue that speaks for itself. \u201c\u2019Tania\u2019 is still being played by Loco Dice and Luciano. It\u2019s not easy to do something with \u2018Tania\u2019, he notes. \u201cObviously, what Honey Dijon handed in was unbelievable. She knows the original from Danny Tenaglia playing it in the city and she made it harder and tougher while also being something standing on its own.\u201d Make no mistake, 2021 and 2022 may be a crazy world but we\u2019re coming out of the dark and Harry\u2019s steered his way through with skill and dexterity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the beginning, jack had a groove. And thanks to heavyweight house heroes like Harry Romero, that groove is now back. \u201cMy love of house came from the culture,\u201d explains Jersey\u2019s finest from his studio headquarters in The Butchashop. Harry, in case you missed the musical memo, is a humble ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[578],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-dj-we-play"],"yoast_head":"\n