Meet the 'Strictly Women' who guided the rise of iconic dance label Strictly Rhythm
The image of a red brick wall with the phrase “Strictly Rhythm” scribbled on it in black marker symbolizes not only the iconic Strictly Rhythm label, but the '90s New York underground club scene in which the label was deeply influential.Strictly Rhythm: The Definitive 30
“I grew up listening to my sisters’ R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and salsa songs. I always thought of myself as the consumer. I have that inner ear that tells me whether or not I would buy a record.” “That was the church of house for us,” says Pizarro. “Louie playing at Underground Network made it easy, because everything would get a spin there to see how the crowd would react. I saw how the people reacted to a track, and that would determine if I would sign it.”
“I knew we had something organic brewing under our feet that just felt really genuine and cool,” Gossman says of the '90s house scene. “But the reality was that getting house music on the radio was hard. Getting stuff on the radio is big-time business. I was competing with major labels and their artists.”
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