
Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It [Deep House] (1986) : r/electronicmusic
The track "Can You Feel It" , particularly the 12'' Club Mix and its various vocal iterations, is widely considered the foundational blueprint for deep house music . Released in 1986 by Chicago producer Larry Heard , the track moved house music away from the high-energy "jacking" style of the time toward a more soulful, atmospheric, and emotive sound. Origins and Production Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It (12'' Club Mix)
While the original 1986 release on was a purely instrumental track (on the Washing Machine EP), the "Club Mix" legacy is defined by the vocal mash-ups that followed in 1988: Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It [Deep
: Larry Heard produced the track in 1984, shortly after leaving his role as a drummer in a band to pursue a solo career. : The track was famously composed using only
: The track was famously composed using only two pieces of gear: the Roland Juno-60 synthesizer and the TR-909 drum machine.