Phuture
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| Phuture | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Also known as | Phortune | |
| Origin | Chicago, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Acid house | |
| Years active | 1985–present | |
| Label(s) | Trax, Music Man, A1 Records | |
| Associated acts |
DJ Pierre | |
| Members | ||
| Spanky, Professor Trax | ||
| Notable instrument(s) | ||
| Roland TB-303 | ||
Phuture (nowadays called Phuture 303) are a Chicago-based acid house group founded in 1985 by DJ Pierre, Spanky and Herb J. Their twelve-minute track Acid Trax (1986) is one of several recordings that lay claim to being the first-ever acid house record.
Acid Trax featured characteristic bass lines from the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer - which was actually abused to produce sounds uncharacteristic for a bass guitar it was designed to emulate. The track raised to popularity at DJ Ron Hardy's Music Box club in Chicago and has since been repressed many times.
Phuture has released a great number of acid tracks now considered classics, usually as 12-inch vinyl maxi singles. Their only albums, however, have been Alpha & Omega (1997) - the first release since the group renamed themselves Phuture 303 - and Survival's Our Mission (2003), a name which may imply Phuture's struggle to survive as a musical group.
The music the group produces is dark and monotonic. Many tracks are very long, even passing the 10-minute mark (like Acid Trax). Sparse lyrics are occasionally related to drugs, like the lyrics of Your Only Friend (1993) which describe cocaine addiction.
The group also recorded under several pseudonyms, generally using the substitution of 'ph' for 'f', for example Phortune.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- Spanky (Earl Smith) (1985-)
- Professor Trax (Damon Nelomns) (1985-)
[edit] Former members
- DJ Pierre (Nathaniel Pierre Jones) (1985-1990)
- Herb J (Herbert Jackson) (1985-1988)
- Jay Janall (1990)
- L.A. Williams (1997)
- Phill Little (1990)
- Roy Davis Jr. (1990-1997)
- DJ Skull (Ron Maney) (1996-1997)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles and maxis
- Acid Trax (1987)
- The Creator (1988)
- We Are Phuture (1988)
- Do You Wanna Get Funky (1989)
- Rise From Your Grave (1992)
- Inside Out (1993)
- Mental Breakdown (1994)
- Spirit (1994)
- Acid Tracks / String Free (Phuture/Phortune) (1994)
- Times Fade (Phuture The Next Generation) (1996)
- Alpha & Omega (1996)
- Acid Soul (1997)
- Jack 2 Jack (Robert Owens/Phuture) (1998)
- Hardfloor Will Survive (Hardfloor vs. Phuture 303) (1998)
- Phreedom! (1997)
- Thunder Part One (2000)
- Thunder Part Two (2000)
- Soulgers Of Tekkno (2000)
- Washing Machine / Got The Bug (Mr. Fingers/Phuture) (2002)
[edit] Albums
- Alpha & Omega (1997)
- Survival's Our Mission (2001)
[edit] Remixes
- Roy Davis Jr.: Heart Attack (Phutures Mix) (1994)
- DJ Pierre: Matrix Chamber (Phuture 303 Deep Underground Mix) (1999)
- Zzino vs. Filterheadz: No Weapons (Phuture 303 Remix) (2002)
