Bobby Konders

A remarkably respected physique of New York’s dance-music underground because the mid-’80s, Brooklyn’s Bobby Konders continues to be in the forefront of multiple motions, infamous celebrations, and radio applications which have kept home music alive and kicking. A selector, a label business owner, a maker, a master from the airwaves, and a proponent from the wearing down of racial obstacles, Konders’ place in the dance music Hall of Popularity ought to be reserved prior to any ground-breaking wedding ceremony. Konders 1st broke out among the higher-profile users of the collective that threw down at some parties called Crazy Pitch, which helped fill up the top shoes left vacant by the regrettable exit from the Heaven Garage area. This DJ team included Victor Rosado, Kenny Carpenter, Nicky Jones, John Robinson, David Camacho, DJ Pierre, and Timmy Richardson — merely to name several (not forgetting occasional looks by legends Tony Humphries and Tee Scott). Just like Konders loves to explain that everyone bleeds reddish, he constructed his reputation like a DJ and maker on locating the common thread that works throughout several varieties of music: hip-hop, reggae, disco, home. During the past due ’80s and early ’90s, Konders released some productions around the Nu Groove label that transpired well using the underground. In the elevation of home music’s flirtation with mainstream charm, Konders and his Massive Seems crew got on Polygram for any self-titled recording. Unsurprisingly, the materials became too raw rather than pop plenty of to cross, therefore Konders and organization happily remained beyond the overall public’s awareness. In the first ’90s, Konders and partner Jabba created Massive B AUDIO SYSTEM, which has offered as both a creation outlet so that as a formidable radio existence, bringing reggae from the dancehall range towards the listeners of New York’s Popular 97.1 FM. Konders and Jabba also have taken their audio system to several other continents. Furthermore to cultivating skill for Massive B, Konders provides remixed and created for performers like Aswad, Shabba Rates, Ziggy Marley, and Supercat. In 2002, Konders and Massive Noises’ back again catalog of productions was anthologized using a Lost Period in NYC 1987-1992, a disk that centered on the man’s brand deep home/reggae hybrids.