ARTIST: VA
TITLE: This Is Urban House
LABEL: Defected
GENRE: House
BITRATE: 195kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 2h 22min total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-22
RIP DATE: 2006-11-14

Track List: CD #1/2

01. Fish Go Deep Feat. Tracey K -   5:21
The Cure & The Cause (Dennis
Ferrer Remix)
02. Mr. V Feat. Miss Patty - Da     4:20
Bump
03. Jamie Lewis & Michael Watford   5:35
- It's Over (Jamie Lewis Main
Mix)
04. DJ Marley Marl / Michelle       5:50
Weeks - Beyond / The Light
(Acappella)
05. Karizma - God Made Me Phunky    3:54
(Karizma Re-Rub)
06. Martin Solveig - Jealousy       5:20
(Dennis Ferrer Haters Club
Mix)
07. Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz      4:58
Feat. Marc Evans - The Way You
Love Me (The Muthafunkaz Club
Mix)
08. Peven Everett - Stuck           4:24
09. Master Kev & David 'Vibes'      4:20
Tobon Feat. John Crockett -
Twisted (Original)
10. DJ Spen Presents DJ Technic -   4:43
Gabryelle (Original)
11. Wahoo - Make Em Shake It        5:13
12. Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym     4:13
13. Dennis Ferrer Feat. Tyrone      4:17
Ellis - Underground Is My Home
14. Kings Of Tomorrow - Changes     4:42
15. Rise Ashen - Second Wind (Rise  5:22
Ashen's Club Dub)

Track List: CD #2/2

01. Wookie Feat. Lain - Live On     6:28
02. Soul Central Feat. Billie - In  5:27
Ten City (Vocal Mix)
03. Lifelike & Kris Menace -        4:51
Discopolis (Kerri Chandler
Bigga Mix)
04. Quentin Harris / Aston          2:59
Martinez - My Joy (Shelter
Instrumental) / Seduction
(Acappella)
05. Djaimin Feat. Crystal Re-Clear  6:23
- Give You (Djaimin Zanz Mix)
06. Craig L - Mary Don't Weep       4:13
07. Rodamaal & Claudia Franco -     6:07
Insomnia
08. Three Kings Feat. Jaygun &      5:20
Bashy - Shake Dat Booty (DSB
Re-Edit)
09. Mr. V - Jus Dance (Quentin      5:20
Harris Remix)
10. Thommy Davis - Nightrain (Club  4:58
Mix)
11. Yves Larock Feat. Roland        6:01
Richards  - Zookey (Lift Your
Leg Up) (Africanism All Stars
Remix)
12. Outwork Feat. Mr Gee - Elektro  4:58
(Scott Wozniak Remix)
13. Copyright Feat. Song            6:33
Williamson - He Is (Classic
Mix)

Release Notes:

Greetings and welcome to our third 2007 release, this time some real quality.
Defected Records, I need not say any more other than QUALITY every time.

They say that this so called new style "Urban House" is now getting quite big,
but to me it's just deep vocal house - same as it ever was and the same that I
have been listening to for years.  Still, call it what you will, it's good music
no matter what.

It's probably called urban as now the black kids have taken to it because they
have started to turn their back on R&B.  Oh, and it's where you can find all the
fit ladies these days - in House clubs.  Urban my ass!  It's House, period!
Don't try and make out that it's something new or just discovered.  Your fooling
yourself.  It's House in it's finest most purest form.

"Dance Label Defected made unexpected gains when disaffected R&B fans turned to
house."

Defected club favourite The Cure & the Cause by Fish Go Deep is fast shaping up
as one of the biggest house tracks to break in the UK this year. However, in an
interesting twist, the track is also proving increasingly popular with the urban
crowd, a trend affirmed by 1xtra's recent decision to cast the track as its
record of the week.

Defected has reacted to the development with the launch of new compilation
series entitled Urban House, a collection of cuts currently enjoying acceptance
within the urban music world. Head of A&R Simon Dunbar believes the R&B scene
has become static in recent years and the increasing popularity of house music
is a reaction to this. "The R&B tempo has been so static for so long, people
started looking for something new," he says. "A lot of the records we put out
are quite soulful, while still being uptempo, so they naturally started to gain
play in these areas." The album which is released on January 22, features 80%
Defected repertoire.

Dunbar says the crossover trend was drawn to his attention six weeks ago when a
request for eight tracks on the Defective roster was received from leading urban
compoilation series TwiceasNice. " I was perplexed as to why, " he says. "So we
did a bit of investigating and other people seemed to affirm the trend."

Due to the broader nature of the compilation's target audience, Defected has
tweaked its marketing, and as a result, a heavy campaign will take across pirate
stations where the Fish Go Deep track has proved most popular.

"Traditionally with our compilations it's straight-up house clubbers that we
appeal to," says marketing manager Kieran Mansfield. "What we've noticed with
Fish Go Deep is it has been selling in stores that would never tradionally buy
house records, so we're targeting those areas."

Outdoors, the label is targeting underground stations, street and national rail
stations.

While the album will be issued in standard format at both traditional retail and
online competitions allowing full-album streams. The label is also looking to
the highlight the compilation through media coverage of the Fish Go Deep single,
and a behind-the-scenes video shoot which MTC will air later this month. The
Cure & The Cause by Fish Go Deep is released on November 27.