DJ mixes and mixtapes from 1997, digitized and restored from original cassette tape recordings. 1997 sits at the peak of the golden era for American dance music on virtually every front. The house and techno scenes in Chicago, Detroit, and New York were producing some of their most sophisticated work. Trance was growing rapidly as a live and DJ format. And across the country, a generation of American DJs had fully absorbed their influences and were developing sounds that were entirely their own. These tapes are the best document of what those scenes sounded like from the inside. Rare cassette and promo recordings from one of the strongest years in American underground dance music. Remastered from analog sources.
