>> King Street
bio: It all started with the famous Paradise Garage nightclub, home of the late great legend Larry Levan. Dance music luminaries such as Francois Kevorkian and Junior Vasquez credit the Paradise Garage as a major influence in their styles and even in their decisions to become DJs. Born of this musical phenomena in 1993, was BPM King Street Sounds. Hisa Ishioka founded the label to continue the ten year tradition of soulful-spiritual house music that the dub helped give birth and lend an ear to in the 80,s A musical harvest that has yielded some of the sweetest dance records ever, King Street has established itself as one of the finest and most respected labels releasing dance music today.
King Street is on the cusp of dance music bringing such sounds as future soul, Nu jazz, Deep progressive house, and Afro-abstract excursions to the forefront. Not to mention that, to date, it remains one of the few consistently strong independent labels in today,s market.
Our success is a combination of many factors with a focus on working with some of the hottest dance producers in addition to aggressively seeking out new talent This combination has helped us build a solid following for our labels and releases.
Our catalogue of releases reads like a "who,s who in contemporary dance music" Masters At Work, Roger S., David Morales, DJ Pierre, Kerri Chandler, 95 North, Mood II Swing, Satoshi Tomiie, Al Mack, Lii, Louis, Urban Soul, Deep Zone, Phillip Damien, Danny Tenaglia, Club 69, Frankie Feliciano, Cevin Fisher, Ralphie Rosario, Joe Claussell, Mateo & Matos, Ron Trent, Harry "Choo - Choo Romero, Johnny Dangerous, Maurice Joshua, Mike Dunn, Christian Scott and Jask, Junior Vasquez, Lenny Fontana, Matthias Heilbronn adding their names to the roster. As the UK magazine the Face put it: "Its repertoire of house producers says it all: the King Street label is the darling of the nu soul set and proof that the US still does it best.
At the end of 1996 King Street was recognized by Echoes Magazine as "Import Label of the Year. This award we accepted with pride and as a challenge to do even better. In Echoes November 1998 issue, a four page, in-depth interview with Roland Clark (a.k.a. Urban Soul) revealed the man behind the music.
In the beginning of our eighth year, King Streets reputation has grown even larger and as a consequence, so has its ambitions. The last year alone saw the release of three new compilations: The Abstract Afro Lounge Volume I, The Abstract Jazz Lounge Volume III, Mix the Vibe "Urban Afro Blues: Ron Trent and Ananda Project,s highly acclaimed "Release album.
