Organ House. A brief story behind anthems Show me love and Push the feeling on

Today, I’ll tell a story of two heroes who gave the world organ hooks in house music. Marc Kinchen is a Detroit-based keyboard and sampler wizard. At the age of sixteen, he was an entree to the circle of techno pioneers. At seventeen, he had round-the-clock access to Kevin Saunderson’s luxurious studio. When he turned 18, he released the Burnin’ record, the rights for which were bought by one of Virgin’s subsidiary labels. Having moved to his girlfriend’s in New York, Mark continued to make remixes. Connections with a major music publishing house and his own agent helped Kinchen to move forward in the city.

In 1992, John Reid, as part of the UK band Nightcrawlers, released the single Push the feeling on, proper garage house stuff with choral tunes. He wrote a custom variation with Reid’s vocals. At an inappropriate time, his agent called, “They don’t like the mix Marc. You’re going to have to do it again.” Kinchen was upset and confused. He had a Christmas flight to Detroit that day. “Marc, they paid you a lot of money and you’ve got to do it.” On edge, he threw off his coat, sat on the floor, and recorded a new version in half an hour, quite different from the first one.

Marc Kinchen