Jerome Derradji presents 122 BPM – The Birth of House Music is a new compilation out this week on Still Music.

This fascinating 3xCD and 2xLP essentially tells the story of father and son duo Nemiah Mitchell, Jr. and Vince Lawrence, who released a low-key clutch of 12″s in the 1980s that would form the foundation of what came to be known as house music. In the words of Still Music, their story “provides the missing Chicago link between soul, disco, new wave and then House, between the radio and club DJs and their audience, between the old generation and the new generation. This is the story of the first House records ever made – long before Trax or DJ International were even dreamt of.”

A must for serious students of house and the climate that gave birth to it, 122 BPM brings together rare and unreleased house tracks from the early to late 80s, sourced from the catalogues and archives of Mitchell and Lawrence’s Mitchbal and Chicago Connection labels.

The 3xCD edition includes a 1-hour exclusive mix by Still Music boss Jerome Darradji, and a 28pp booklet with notes on Mitchbal Records and Chicago Connection Records. In addition to the 2xLP edition there’s also a 12″ featuring the much sought-after Frankie Knuckles’ Unfinished Business remixes of ‘Out Of My Hands’ along with the original track by Chicago disco band OMNI.

You can listen to clips and find more information here. We’ve got a 2xLP edition to give away to one lucky FACT reader; to enter the draw to win, simply email your name and the words ‘122 BPM’ to competitions@thevinylfactory.com. Our winner will be notified by email on or before August 10.

Tracklist:
CD1 Jerome Derradji ChicaFlange House Mix
1. Mr Lee & Kompany – Jackmaster Jerome Derradji Edit
2. Mitchbal & Larry Williams – Do That Stuff Dance Mix
3. Mitchbal & The Housemaster – When I Hear The Music
4. Risque Rythum Team – The Jackin Zone
5. Jeanette Thomas – Shake Your Body
6. Libra Libra – I Am Music (Instrumental)
7. Unfinished Business – Out Of My Hands (Club Mix)
8. Dezz & Grant – The House Is On Fire
9. Mr Lee & Kompany – Can You Feel It
10. Z Factor – Fantasy (feat. Jesse Saunders) Instrumental – Jerome Derradji Edit

CD2
1. Jeanette Thomas – Shake Your Body
2. Mitchbal & The Housemaster – When I Hear The Music *
3. Unfinished Business – Out Of My Hands (Club Mix)
4. Dezz & Grant – The House Is On Fire
5. Mitchbal & Larry Williams – Do That Stuff Dance Mix **
6. Libra Libra – I Am Music Instrumental
7. Mr Lee & Kompany – Jackmaster Vocal Mix***
8. Z Factor – Fantasy (feat. Jesse Saunders) Instrumental
9. Risque Rythum Team – The Jackin Zone
10. Mr Lee & Kompany – Can You Feel It

CD3.
1. Z Factor – I Am the DJ (feat. Jesse Saunders)
2. Libra Libra – I Like It (Club Mix)
3. Risque´ Rhythm Team – More Than Just A Dance (Backyard Mix)
4. Libra Libra – Where Did My Love Go Vocal
5. Z Factor  – (I Like To Do It In) Fast Cars
6. Mr Lee – I Can’t Forget (Vocal Mix)
7. Z Factor – I Synthesize
8. Z Factor – My Ride
9. Risque´ Rhythum Team – That’s The Beat
10. Libra Libra – I Am Music (Ninja Mix)
11. Mc Ghee – I Got Broke Breakdancing Instrumental
12. Mitchbal & Friends – Love Is The Answer  Farley “The King Of House Music” Jackmaster Funk Remix

LP1
A1. Jeanette Thomas – Shake Your Body
A2. Z Factor – I Am the DJ (feat. Jesse Saunders) Jazzy Mix
B1. Mitchbal & Larry Williams – Do Dat Stuff Dance Mix **
B2. Libra Libra – I Like It (Club Mix)

LP2
C1. Z Factor – Fantasy Instrumental
C2. Risque Rythum Team – The Jackin Zone
D1. Z Factor – (I Like To Do It In) Fast Cars
D2. Mc Ghee – I Got Broke Breakdancing Instrumental

12″
A1. Unfinished Business – Out Of My Hands (Love’s Taken Over) Vocal Mix
A2. Unfinished Business – Out Of My Hands (Love’s Taken Over) Instrumental Mix
B1. Omni – Out Of My Hands (Love’s Taken Over) Long Version
B2. Omni – Out Of My Hands (Love’s Taken Over) Short Version