House master Harry Wolfman found some time in his busy schedule to tell us the 5 albums that changed his life. He also give us this comments about his choices: ”This is probably going to be a fairly ‘uncool’ list of albums… most of ya’ll will know them, they’re not rare esoteric gems or anything. But… they changed my life, and probably lots of other musicians’ lives too of my generation.” – Harry

1. Commix – Call To Mind

My early clubbing days were devoted to drum and bass. Me and my friends cut our teeth at 15, blagging our way into Fabric with fake IDs. The first time we went it was my first ever clubbing experience as well as my first ever ecstasy experience… at one of the best clubs in the world. Whilst getting annihilated by the subwoofers in room 1 (and the ecstasy) I knew my life would never be the same. From then on I was obsessed with drum and bass and this album was the sort of pinnacle of that era for me. 11 years later, I still give this the odd listen through from time to time.

2. Metro Area – Fabric 43

To keep things Fabric related… during my fanboy period I obviously got a fabricfirst membership – apart from skipping the queue, the best thing about it was the infamous monthly mix CDs I’d receive in the post. Now, being an absolute bass fiend at the time, it tended to be the fabriclive mixes that I got most excited about. But, thanks to fabricfirst and it’s awesomeness… I got all the fabric ones too, and I gave all of them a go… this was probably also quite pivotal in my ‘genre jaunt’ into deeper realms of dance music. Along comes Metro Area’s contribution. Wow. Now I had been into lots of different kinds of funk and soulful stuff up until this point, but never that electroey style R&B/disco from the early 80s, nor any proper Italo style stuff. I loved that they focussed on instrumental mixes, I feel it wouldn’t have connected as much with me with too many vocals. It’s such fun music, the synth line on ‘The Disco Four – Move To The Groove (Instrumental)’ still forces me into motion. The bassline on ‘World Premiere – Share The Night (Breakdown Mix)’ probably deserves its own life changing moments article. Gotta mention the intro voiceover, which is beyond perfect. This mix got me into Metro Area’s own original music – no hype needed there. I’ve been a diehard fan ever since… not just of them, but the styles of music I was exposed to for the first time in this mix.

3. Nas – Illmatic

I don’t feel the need to write much here. When I was 13/14, my life consisted of weed and hip hop, and not much else. Life’s A Bitch is still my anthem and this album got me massively into AZ, one of the most underrated rappers of all time. I lost my DJ Premier virginity here too, another pivotal moment. Timeless stuff.

4. D’Angelo – Voodoo

Out of the five albums on this list, I still listen to this one the most. It’s almost a meditative ritual of mine. I discovered this quite late whilst I was studying at the ACM in 2010. It’s just got everything for me… R&B, funk, soul, jazz… disgustingly elite levels of groove. D’Angelo is an absolute icon of musicianship, and I feel blessed to have seen him live at The Roundhouse a few years back… probably the best live show I’ve ever seen… even though he was delayed by at least a couple of hours… if anything, the wait made it pop even harder. There’s not much I can say about this album that probably hasn’t already been said elsewhere… so I’ll leave it at that. Whenever I need a lift, I listen to this.

5. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

My first ever music purchase – if that’s not life changing I don’t know what is! I still fucking love Oasis… fuck Blur… there, I said it. Haha. If you haven’t seen Supersonic yet, watch it. Even if you’re not an Oasis fan it’s fantastically entertaining. Thank you Liam… more importantly, thank you Noel!

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