Lil Louis - Blackout(Phase 2) 1989

[rotatingsphere]

holy shit, the orig version is good, gotta be one of the weirder classic house tracks imo, but THIS version is absolutely amazing, killer wares. Shame it's so tough to track down.

[machoboricua74]

This was when House was a feeling. This is where Jack lived! Kids these days have no idea how spiritual this time period was. Now we have Pauly D and the Juice heads on their lap tops wooing little girls with breast implants running around in the clubs.....ugggh!

[368Lefty]

I named my Parakeet after this Track.

[spacelau]

HHHHOOOOOOoooooooo !!!!!! Trop Genial

Merci RealFreshBlog !!

[AliensVsCoronationSt]

I prefer phase 2. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.

[ChicagoDeepHouseHead]

Banger SHIT BABAAYYY!!!!

[chrisdepaola]

This is one of the hardest songs to find on vinyl, CD, or MP3... Anyone have a source?

[jerichojames1]

straight up !!! this will out play anything electro now , ill put my frankie goes to hollywood promo on that ;)

[eleven4rails]

Blackout blackout blackout. . .



[ollybgm]

boss when you have taken a flatliner head blows away

[teltronicz]

good tune to come up on :-))

[thesunsentinals]

"and he so loved the earth he gave his only son"

it means he didn't have a zillion kid's to overpopulate the planet huh ?

[Rogilles]

21/12/2012 The Night of The Blackout - Préparer vous pour ce grand blackout qui vas duré 3 jours avant le retour de la lumiere du nouveau soleil le 23/12/2012 apres l'ascension

[djsmoke25]

LISTEN PEOPLE. tHIS WAS MY VERY FIRST ALBUM PURCHASE AS A DJ. Makes me tingle inside. i have to know where i can download these tracks for personal use. Today, rite now, has just brought me out of hiatus. Long live HOUSEMUSIC. i feel a tear coming.

[scutty96]

this is for special people only

[celluloidcypher]

this was the shit back in the day!!!!!!

[javajava489]

lovely

[DJPashn]

classic house!

[Yoonyah]

Real Deal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oxxxhinatahyuugaxxxo]

There is even a better version of this on Reel 2 Reel he use to bump at the Bizmark. Even though this one is awesome, the R2R version makes this sound like shtt.

[Generalallrounder]

wow. better than the original.! phase2.. the 1st phase was already amazing.

Good tunes.. keeping the good sounds!

A CLASSIC!

[DavesFoundYerScooer]

Baddest tune back in the day - i've got this on my "Deep Heat" album.

[silverlaws8]

I remember when I used to go to the Reactor WOAHHHH. Used to bounce off the walls on this one

[thedigitalcollective]

yes the stretched out vocal cut.LOVE IT! i melted with this alot way back when...

[sichester73]

Love it. This track used to slay me in Le Bateau's!

[noddy420]

this is the mix that i jumped to somewhere in Hackney & good old echoes (bow rd)

[DLEWIS2410]

thanks for posting this, Sometimes ya forget your roots.........

[beastbot]

This version is shit hot. the right dj, with some finesse.. done properly could work this into his set today to fantastic effect-no prob. esp with todays partyfavors.. bomb- great upload

[oxxxhinatahyuugaxxxo]

Well, I guess you guys have forgotten his R2R version of this. That was truly the shtt. That is the one that was not pressed he played it at the Bismark in Chicago all the time. That is the version people would go nuts for. These are the radio versions. I want the R2R version. You will truly lose your mind the way that one bangs

[RealFreshBlog]

This version is NOT a radio version! This version was done just for the UK FFRR pressing.

[serjozja]

This Song still is F##king awesome!!!!!!!!

[MikeyAviance]

Tunnel NY, all the lights go out except 4 the lighting on the metal poles,,

[DLEWIS2410]

ooooo not the tunnel. a truly unique club

[tixxstixx]

lil louis is the king. i love this track and i was only 12 years old when i first heard it on the flip side of 'i called u'. brilliant.

[DRokKster]

this is just ...perfect!

thank you Louis!

[mrgee007]

Another top post, This version, that version, There all good people, just get into tha groove!

[davideternity99]

nah the other version is much more like chicago house..much better to dance to,this is more like the 4: am chill out version.

[RealFreshBlog]

I like both versions!!

fyi: Mike Dearborn lists this version in his all-time Chicago House top 10 list.

[nesNYC]

Hummm you never seen kids battle to this???? Probably not. Trust me, this is the dance version. The crooked beats make you do double steps, only expirenced need apply, LOL!

This was one of my top ten @ the Tunnel in '90 ... battles galore to this.

[oxxxhinatahyuugaxxxo]

This is not Louis's best Blackout.. There is one better than this. This is vinyl press.. He has one on R2R that will smoke this one. He use to bump it at my old HS Leo and at the Bismark Hotel in Chicago. That shtt use to be off the chain

[Chicagomack1]

Sorry my man,i like the other version too but this one takes me to another level,plus this ones harder to find...

[cjjaxxon]

I agree! This was the version I was lookin' for. Thanks for posting. Bobby Q Bobby was the only one who would play the whole record all the way through and tell you the name of it. In my case I had to call'em though.

[masterfraza]

...piango!!!

[djbion2005]

Lil Louis is the real prince of house music. This is the best version of Blackout! I wish that I could have heard Ron Hardy play it. If Ron would have played this he would have probably played it backwards! Long live house music and those who made it happen.

[tambian]

Hear some scary shit!

ENERGY RAVE 1990, DJ FABIO played this in a warehouse to 10.000 people. well seeing the track is called 'BLACKOUT', you never guess what?...lasers, smoke machine, strobe, everything at full pelt - only to turn EVERYTHING OFF half way while this tune was running! Tell u what, 90% of that crowd went 'AHHHHHHHH' through sheer paranoia! obviously out of there heads,one girl held on to me saying 'am i tripping or have the lights really gone off'.LOL Twilight Zone stuff or what!

[Chicagowax]

Were some of the AAAHHH samples taken from firework displays?. Wierd shit.

[RealFreshBlog]

I have no idea(!), but I know this is the best version of Blackout IMHO.

[jetit]

He did the AAAHHH Himself just put his voice in a sample Machine with sound Effects

[nesNYC]

I don't think there are samples on this. Probably sampled but from the vocal version.

But picture this... right before the aaaaaahhhhh the strobes would be full blast then.. . BLACKOUT at the flick of the dj's switch... people used to scream! Yeah..

[jetit]

@Chicagowax Louis just Edit the Vocals of the guy.. with sound effects.

[Pedestria]

Ça commence bien.