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Best I could find....
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From: Mark S Flintoft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Batory, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: (313) Blaze stuff
> Not exactly complete, but here ya go....
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> From ------------- http://allmusic.com --------------
>
> Blaze
> Formed 1984 in Newark, NJ
> Years Active
> Styles Garage/House, Club/Dance, House
> Labels Playhouse (5), Motown (4), Slip'n'Slide (3), Slip 'N' Slide (3),
> True (2), Shelter (2)
>
>
> The New Jersey production team known as Blaze authored a number of deep
> house anthems from the 1980s and '90s, including "If You Should Need a
> Friend" and "Lovelee Dae" under their own name as well as "Hideaway" by
> De'lacy and "My Desire" by Amira. Signed to a contract with Motown
> (ostensibly for their R&B/pop crossover potential) in 1989, the trio of
Josh
> Milan, Kevin Hedge and Chris Herbert issued one solid album for the label
> before embarking on a career short on LPs but long on stellar productions
> for a variety of artists. The production wing of Blaze, namely Milan and
> Hedge (the latter a former gospel singer) began as early favorites on the
> New York/New Jersey garage scene of the mid-'80s. The pair, both DJs and
> fans of Tony Humphries' sets at the Newark club Zanzibar, began producing
in
> 1984 and made a name for themselves two years later with a pair of garage
> classics, "If You Should Need a Friend" and "Whatcha Gonna Do" (with
vocals
> by Colonel Abrams). Remixes and additional production for British
> synth-popsters ABC led to a recording contract with Motown in 1989. With
> semi-permanent vocalist Chris Herbert added to the lineup, Blaze released
> their debut album 25 Years Later in 1990. Though the single "So Special"
did
> well in the clubs, it wasn't quite the crossover Motown expected and the
> group was dropped.
> Though the major labels had enough of crossover house music by the early
> '90s, there was still a major independent market for the music. Milan and
> Hedge continued to produce and record, both separately and together,
during
> the decade. In 1994, they wrote and produced the British Top Ten hit
> "Hideaway" by De'Lacy. Three years later, Blaze added Tee Alford and
> returned with another club hit ("Lovelee Dae") and their second
full-length,
> Basic Blaze (recorded for the UK-based Slip'N'Slide label). A Blaze
> retrospective appeared in 1999. -- John Bush, All Music Guide
>
>
> Similar Artists: Mateo & Matos Cevin Fisher Armand Van Helden Ten City
> The Peech Boys Byron Stingily
> Followers: Inner City Fingers Inc.
>
> Garage - from: "House" map
>
>
> 1997 Basic Blaze Slip 'N' Slide
> 1999 Pure Blaze Easy Street
>
> 1990 25 Years Later Motown
> 1999 The Many Colours of Blaze Slip 'N' Slide
> 1999 Blaze Productions Playhouse
>
> 1990 We All Must Live Motown s
> 1990 So Special [LP Single] Motown s
> 1990 So Special [Cassette Single] Motown s
> 1995 Fly Away Shelter s
> 1995 The Klubhead EP [EP] Smack Music
> 1996 Tranz Jazz EP [EP] Simplex
> 1997 Lovelee Dae [Germany #1] Playhouse s
> 1997 6 Hubert Street s
> 1997 Lovelee Dae [Promo] Classic s
> 1997 Lovelee Dae [UK] Playhouse s
> 1997 Lovelee Dae [Germany #2] Playhouse s
> 1998 Feel the Music Shelter s
> 1998 Lovelee Dae [Belgium] True s
> 1998 Seasons of Love NiteGrooves s
> 1998 My Beat Slip'n'Slide s
> 1998 Directions, Part 1 Spiritual Life s
> 1998 Lovelee Dae: The Final Chapter Playhouse s
> 1998 My Beat (Remixes) True s
> 1999 Funky People Urban s
> 1999 Cult of Soul Slip'n'Slide s
> 1999 Wishing You Were Here Slip'n'Slide s
>
> ABC Up (1989) Producer
> ABC One Better World (1989) Producer, Mixing
> Babyface Closer Look (1991) Remixing
> Various Artists Best of House Music, Vol. 1 (1993) Producer
> Various Artists Best of House Music, Vol. 2: Gotta (1993) Producer
> Donald D Let the Horns Blow (1992) Engineer
> Various Artists Deconstruction Presents (1997) Producer
> Terry Francis Architecture (1998) Producer
> Various Artists Haçienda (1995) Producer
> Various Artists Massive Dance Mix '96 (1996) Producer
> Ollie Mitchell's Sunday... Blast Off (1983) Arranger
> The Power Trio from Hell American Man (1992) Guitar, Vocals
> Various Artists Smack Da House, Vol. 1 (1996) Producer
> Various Artists Soulful Garage Hits, Vol. 1 (2000) Producer
> Various Artists Welcome to KZ-106 Chattanooga Jams (1980) ???
>
> Peace,
>
> Mark*
>
>
>
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