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House Heroes, tributes to those who have left their mark in the history of house music
This chapter | The 1200 Warriors
NYC, United States
1200 Warriors is made up of DJ Choco AKA G-dubs & DJ Junior Rivero. After 15+ years of friendship and a couple of collaboration projects. These two are teaming up to bring you 1200 WARRIORS. With influences from the streets of Washington Heights in New York City and straight from their ethnic roots. They bring a new era of music. A mixture of music borrowing from dance to the opposite end of the spectrum hip hop and everything in between.Never the less, these two also have there solo career's as DJ's, Remixers and Producers.
For many years Choco has been the chief engineer for the WU-TANG CLAN and RZA. As well as having success house hits as "New Day" on 4th Floor Records and 95 south's "Sunday Shouting "b-boy shouting remix. Rivero started out as a local DJ, which got him into editing, remixing and producing behind the scenes. Now he's been dragged into the forefront to make things official and bring you The 1200 Warriors. In 2004 Defected Records picked up one of there tracks titled "Gangsta House" feat the legend KRS-ONE, which was featured on the Jazzy Jeff Compilation.
Since then these two are making there mark with releases and remixes on Aroma Records, Defected Records , Detour Recordings, Code Red Recordings, 4kenzo Recordings ,Greenskeepers Music , Flatpack Traxx ,Guesthouse Recordings, Ministry Of Sound, Moist Music compilations,Pastada Records, Jack The System , And the list keeps on growing. In 2007 they started there own label 1200 TRAXX which is a digital only label (For now). Some of there releases include "At Last", "Jazzo", "Bonafied" Feat Craig Mitchell, "Roder Ruder" Feat Michelle Weeks," Loose Control" Feat The Wu-Tang Clan" which is off there debut album "Live From NY" which is out now. It has collaborations with Michelle Weeks, Ky-Mani Marley, Craig Mitchell , KRS-ONE and The Wu-Tang Clan It also has the usual tracks with the1200 sound they are known for. 1200 Traxx will be releasing their own music as well as other artist These 2 Guys are definitely creeping up fast. Their music is being played everywhere. If it says 1200 on it, you know who it is.
More 1200 Warriors's info
@the1200warriors
https://www.traxsource.com/artist/1885/1200-warriors
This tribute was selected and mixed by Big Pack
@soundcloud.com/bigpack
Tracklist:
01 The 1200 Warriors - Just Like Music
02 Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me (The 1200 Warriors Remix)
03 The 1200 Warriors - Ordinary People John Legend
04 Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (The 1200 RMX)
05 1200 Warriors - Nuttin On You (1200 Club Remix)
06 The 1200 Warriors - On-ter-age
07 Heather Johnson - You And Me (1200 Warriors Remix)
08 Homero Espinosa - Le One (1200 Warriors Breakdown Mix)
09 Dj Sneak - Same ol Song (1200 warriors remix)
10 The 1200 Warriors - NeckBrace (2011 Remix)
11 RaShaan Houston - Be With You (1200 Warriors Full Vocal)
12 The 1200 Warriors - New Groove
13 The 1200 Warriors - Its Like (1200 Club Dub Mix)
14 The 1200 Warriors - Wonder Wheel (Coney Island Mix)
15 The 1200 Warriors - Jazzo (2011 Remix)
16 Wattie Green - Brazillian Heat (1200 Warriors remix)
17 Bibliotek - Getting Started (1200 Warriors Dub Beats)
18 James Curd - Fall of the Wall (1200 Warriors Mix)
19 The 1200 Warriors - Red Hot
20 The 1200 Warriors - DiscoTech (1200 Club Mix)
21 The 1200 Warriors Ft. Tekitha-Walking Through The Darkness Club Mix
22 The 1200 Warriors - Its Like
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