There is a time in every artist's life, where he feels the need to express himself in his own way, away from limitations and restrictions about his music. Music producing or dj-ing as an artform has only a true meaning when it's unique and an honest expression of the artist's soul.
The Underground Vault Project mix series is an independent music project that you can find on mixcloud.com, soundcloud.com etc. and his own exrpession about the underground house music he loved at most through the years of listening, playing and researching house music. For many years he's been tossin and turning about what is his favourite House Music style:The classic Chicago style or more the New York soulful style. He knew deep inside that he could not decide at that time, so he kept loving and progressing both styles. As many of us, somewhere in life we loose contact with music, but you can't really run away from your true love. You have to return for her.
In the past he was practically impossible to gather all information about records at one centralised point like discogs.com for example. You had to spent time in records stores, sometimes in different cities even countries, pre-order lists from distributors (which described the tracks as text !), DJ magazines, listening to famous and infamous dj's and trying to find or ask DJ's or friends for the title of the tracks you like.

The way he feels about House Music after all this years, is that the more soulful/deep/garage/tribal New York house sound is very much connected and influenced by the original disco sound while Chicago provides the originality of House Music. A fresh and more furious groove, that's how it started. Not as funky and polite as the disco sound, but strong and full of rhythm. Detroit, San Francisco, Paris etc were also influenced in the future by the Chicago House Sound. After loosing total connection with the original House Sound of the late 80s and 90s, there was a time when he knew it was possible
to turn back the time and make a true research on the history of Chicago House Music, and that was his motive to start spinning Underground House Music again.
Every mix in the Underground Vault Project contains it's own tracks, which is the result of a continous research in the legendary House Music discography files and it's remarkable artists.
So here he is, presenting you a blast from the past, the music that touched his heart and soul more than any other.

Don't you ever forget : It's the "House" sound of Chicago, that's the original House Music. The real shit. No imitations, names or aliases.

My deepest respect to:
Ron Hardy, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard, Lil Louis, Derrick Carter, DJ Sneak, Marshall Jefferson, Steve Silk Hurley, Glenn Underground, Boo Williams, Paul Johnson (RIP), DJ Duke, Roy Davis, Moodymann, Louie Vega, DJ Pierre, Jovonn, JT Donaldson, DJ Romain, DJ Disciple, DJ Deep, Teddy Douglas, DJ Spen,
Franck Roger, Ron Trent, Chez Damier, Stacy Kidd, Cajmere, Sandy Rivera, Johnny Fiasco, Jazz-N-Groove, 95 North, Terry Hunter, Mike Dunn,Gene Hunt, CZR, Phil Weeks, Joss Moog, Ian Pooley, Mood II Swing, Carlos Mendoza, Nick Holder, Rick Wade, DJ Garth,
Mark Farina, DJ Heather, Mateo & Matos, Kerri Chandler, Gary Romalis, DJ Jacq, Mike Delgado, Demuir, Demuja, Natural Rhythm, Fresh & Low, Tim Regisford, Toka Project, Swag, Crico Castelli, Trinidadian Deep, Blake Baxter, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May
and so many others that have influenced me on my musical journey. Thanks for the music.


With Love and Respect



DJ EFUNK