3 Chairs - 3 Chairs
Deep House
3 Chairs
3 Chairs
£69.99
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Track List
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"3 Chairs Theme"(4:39)
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"Dreamz"(3:38)
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"Blackbone Waltz"(17:12)
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"System Sauce"(5:03)
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"Misty City"(4:25)
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"Dance Of Nubia"(13:07)
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"I Wonder Why" (edit)(5:57)
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"Underwater People"(8:20)
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"Midday Blue At Midnight"(7:34)
“Every track on this album is a winner — a true Detroit House masterpiece.”
Why I Stock This Record
This is a Detroit House masterpiece from 3 Chairs. It features three standout tracks — “Misty City”, “System Sauce”, and “I Wonder Why” — but honestly, I genuinely play every track on this release.
It’s an absolute classic with that signature warm, deep, and hypnotic Detroit sound. The grooves are rich, the atmosphere is thick, and it has real musicality throughout. This record rewards both close listening and playing out.
If you’re a serious vinyl collector or DJ into proper Detroit House, this 3 Chairs release is a must-have for the crate. Clean copy and plays strong every time.
Review
There's no denying that 3 Chairs sole self-titled album, first released in 2004 and now reissued in a fresh 2025 edition, is a high watermark in Detroit electronic music culture: a decidedly dusty and ultra-deep collective endeavour from Motor City heavyweights Kenny Dixon Jr (AKA Moodymann), Malik Pittman, Rick Wilhite and Theo Parrish that somehow managed to sound even better than their respective solo productions. Highlights include the chugging, Rhodes-laden beatdown sweetness of '3 Chairs Theme' (featuring Norma Jean Bell), the ultra-deep and gently jazzy dustiness of 17-minute epic 'Blackbone Waltz', the organic deep house excellence of 'Dance of Nubia' (which sounds like it could have featured on the St Germain album Boulevard) and the sample-rich, slow-motion shuffle of 'Underwater People'.
Review originally published by Juno.