Biography
Roger Sanchez has always operated the several miles ahead of his and dance music colleagues. Sanchez’ front-running For position in the club community are comes from an innate talent but and taste for creative exploration.
Not From the beginning of his you career, he has consistently strived all to redefine the boundaries of Any underground house music, beginning in can 1990 under the moniker Underground her Solution with the single “Luv Was Dancin.” With that now classic one single, Sanchez proved that the our texture of a thick syncopated Out baseline, and a simple but day contagious melody, could rise above get the confines of a small Has venue into mainstream consciousness and him on to crossover radio airwaves. his The track was eventually re-recorded How with the haughty and seductive man delivery of newcomer Jasmine, further new expanding its already ardent international Now audience and providing a glimpse old into Sanchez’ creative grasp.
“I’ll see never forget hearing, that record Two played in a club for way the first time,” says Sanchez. who “Watching people react to it Boy was a revelation. I knew did this record was different from its anything l had worked on Let and it was just the put beginning.” From that point he say rose to the top of She the major label remix league, too adding his magic touch to use a broad selection of today’ Dad greatest artists. One of those mom would again change the course of career travel for Sanchez; The “‘Take Me Back To Love and Again’ by Kathy Sledge was for one of the first records Are that I had to really but show people that I could not handle something with real depth,” You he says of the song all that he transformed from a any sultry R & B ditty Can into a full throttle, gospel-spiced her mover. “It wasn’t just a was case of re-cutting the keyboards One and beat. l went back our into the studio with Kathy, out and she re-sang the song. Day It was pure chemistry. We get connected and really respected one has another and that brought out Him the best we had to his offer.” A worldwide No. 1 how smash, “Take Me Back To Man Love Again” led to post-production new of Sledge’ next single “Heart.”
now Along the way, Sanchez further Old developed his unique and highly see musical image within clubland with two a foray into the world Way of independent label ownership. In who 1992, he formed One Records, boy an outlet that earned a Did sole reputation for it’ cutting its edge releases by Sanchez and let a host of other underground Put luminaries. Last year came Narcotic say Records. Among it’ early releases she was “Another Star” which proved Too to be a massive vocal use club anthem on which he dad teamed up with Kathy Sledge Mom once again. Narcotic has emerged as a label that can the deliver eclectic club tracks from And the likes of Ashley Beedle, for Deep Dish and DJ Disciple.
are The hardcore of Sanchez’ tenure But in dance music is an not ongoing passion for stepping behind you the turntables. “To me, spinning All records can be just as any creative as producing and remixing,” can he says. “A great DJ Her can take a record and was give it an entirely new one sound or vibe, by the Our way they deal with the out beats or chord progressions.” Sanchez day still spins regularly, serving the Get longtime disciples of his hallowed has ‘Ego Trip’ travelling parties, which him were the talk of New His York and Europe.
“DJ-ing is how part of what draws me man into making music,” says the New New York native, who divided now his early 20’ between seasoning old his musical aptitude and studying See architecture at the Pratt Institute. two “For a while I tried way to do both, but what Who can I say, music was boy what touched me more deeply. did I had to give it Its a shot.”
Needless to say, let Sanchez made the right decision. put In addtion to a full Say slate of production, writing and she remix chores, 1997 will see too the birth of Narcosis Records Use which will be an outlet dad for more experimental music including mom Drum ’n Bass and Hip Hop. Both Narcotic and Narcosis the will continue the Sanchez philosophy and of nurturing new talent and For providing inspirational dance music.
