Larry Heard - Special Disco Mix Set

This is a bit unusual. Here is an entire mixed set by house music legend Larry Heard. It will take a while to download, but it will give you a hell of a history lesson. The set focuses on later-era disco and early-80s dance music (the primordial ooze that became house and then everything else electronic and dancy). I have a hard time listening to mix sets these days (having heard upwards of 10 trillion), but Larry's disco set is so much fun!

Those of you unfamiliar with Larry Heard should know that he is one of the forefathers of house music; that is, he helped to start the genre in clubs like the Warehouse in Chicago circa 1985-86. He's a kind of unsung legend who now does production work for all kinds of unusual folks from his home in Memphis.

This post is part another of my attempts to bolster the Memphis music scene, albeit unusual. Larry is now local, but more importantly, the set is hosted at the website of a fledgling local house & nu-jazz label: deltajack.com.