![]() ![]() Hearing Stone's vocals in the 90s (as I did, as a fledgling clubber) really did feel revelatory hearing them afresh in the 21st Century remains a spirit-soaring experience. "And after all these years, people are finally getting to know who Robin S really is." "I'm very proud of Beyoncé, because she took the chance, and she's doing this damn thing, the way she wants to do it," beams Robin Stone (aka Robin S), across a transatlantic Zoom. It's high time they were paid proper dues. House is a feeling (as the 90s mantra goes), and these predominantly black female talents super-charged this electronic music with every vital emotion. It should also elevate the legacy of the original vocalists who were instrumental in shaping this classic dance sound, yet whose contributions have been repeatedly undersung. It uses multi-stranded elements: hi-NRG disco, hip hop, and especially house music, with lead single Break My Soul nodding to US artist Robin S's 1993 smash hit Show Me Love (StoneBridge mix). Renaissance seizes that era's spirit of the dancefloor as an empowering "safe space" for all clubbers, and LGBTQ communities in particular. Queen Bey might not have rebirthed 90s club music with her rapturous new album Renaissance, but she has given it her royal warrant. ![]()
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