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▓████████▓▌ █▓ ripdate: 01.03.2005 ██▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ Keith Thompson is house music's unpredictable, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ one man show who brought us hits like "Break 4 ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Love"(now included in the game Grand Theft Auto: ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ San Andreas), "Can't Take It", and "The Rhythm ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Of Life." This album contains his favorites from ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ 1988 until 1998 (with the exception of the 2003 ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ "It's On" remix by Mateo & Matos) who's remixes ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ he liked so much he combined them just to give ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ you a taste of their funkiness. Thompson's ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ unique style of house music has always provoked ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ your mind, body, and soul. Long time fans and ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ new ones can now "luxuriate" in his first volume ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ of classics. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ Keith began as radio deejay in college (N.Y ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Institute Of Technology) and then professionally ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ on 105.9 FM WNWK in New York. He moved on to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ become a singer-songwriter who made his name in ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the house music genre. Thompson made his debut ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ with the release, "Everywhere I Go" in 1986 on ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ his first label, Flat Records. He later joined ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the concept group, Raze, lending sultry vocals ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ to "Caught You Cheating"(Groove St.,1987) and ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the historic, erotic anthem, "Break 4 Love" ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ (Columbia 1988) which was number 1 both in the ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ U.S. and international club charts. A ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ minimalist, hypnotic groove that was an instant ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ classic from its first release, "Break 4 Love" ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ in its English and Spanish versions especially, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ has seduced people from the club underground to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ pop radio, becoming an acknowledged worldwide ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ classic club anthem. This was soon followed by ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ his solo effort, "Love Is Not A Toy"(Hit-N-Run ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ 1988) which became a club hit in N.Y.C and later ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ in London via then pirate radio station, Kiss ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ FM. His next offering came after being signed to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Capitol US, in the form of the ground breaking ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ "Can't Take It" (1989) and was featured on the ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ now classic, Black Havana album. Later released ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ as a single on Capitol, it is likely the first ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ ragga/house fusion, which he at the time ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ referred to as "ragamuffin-house". The single ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ rose to number 1 on DMA charts in Italy, 6 in ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Sweden, and top 40 on the US billboard dance ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ charts. He has toured the U.K., Europe, Japan, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ and the U.S. from 1988 until the present. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ In 1991 Keith was signed by Capitol's parent ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ company EMI Records and began working on his ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ debut album, which due to staff shakeups within ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the company, was never released. Despite this ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ setback, the material intended for the album was ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ later released on his own label, Level 10 Music ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Works. The label's debut single, "Believe" ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ (distributed by Emotive 1992) was produced by ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Justin Strauss with keyboards by Eric Kupper. It ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ began the series of releases and tours of the ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ U.K and Europe. "Believe" became a big favorite ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ on N.Y.C's radio WBLS's midday mix by John ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Robinson. Then came the gem, "Rhythm Of Life" ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ (1993). ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ Released as the Keith Thompson Project, it ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ boasted a production cast of such luminaries as ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Little Louie Vega & Kenny Dope Gonzales (in ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ their first incarnation as Masters At Work), ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Todd Terry, India, Larry Rausen,Connie Harvey, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Debbie Cole, and Tony Humphries with Tuta Aquino ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ as producers. Instantly massive on acetate and ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ DAT, with club play by Paul Oakenfold and other ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ top DJs, the song created a storm of interest in ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ underground clubs worldwide for a year prior to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ its release. Unfortunately, it only reached the ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ top 30 on most charts due to its late release. ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Thompson was back in the limelight again through ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the UK no. 1 dance chart return of the remixes ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ of "Break 4 Love" (Champion UK). He relocated to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ London and began collaborating with producer ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Marshall Jefferson among others. They produced ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ "Far Behind" (Hott 1994) under the moniker Idle ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ & Wild. The pair also released "Catch A Groove" ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ (4 Liberty 1995) an EP under the name Marshall's ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Party featuring Killa T. While performing live ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ ad libs on Paul 'Trouble' Anderson's Kiss FM ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ radio show, he was tagged with that Killa ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Thompson moniker. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ Keith released "Che Life" (4 Liberty '95) under ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the production name Afrikan Opera. His ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ collaboration with Joe T. Vannelli created ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ "Don't Hold Back" (Dream Beat 1995) and with the ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ North Side Production they produced "Not Enough ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ Loving" (4 Liberty 1996), an unappreciated ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ future classic that is being considered for ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ reissue. ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓███████▓▓ From '96 through '97, he took a break from ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ performing and producing to take classes in ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ computer programming, website designing, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ completed his B.S. degree in Communications. As ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ he says, " I got myself a life outside of music, ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ restructured my priorities and my business. I've ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ become the person I wanted to be, so I can be ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ the artist I need to be." Thompson set up a ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ professional quality studio at home, "Thanks to ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ modern technology," he says, "I can put down my ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ ideas and experiment without worrying about time ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ and budget running out." Rejuvenated, he has ▓▓███████▓▓
▓▓███████▓▓ launched his new productions with no end in ▓▓███████▓▓
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▓▓██████▓▓▌ 03. believe (justin strauss orig mix) 1992 ▐▓▓██████▓▓
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