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Phuture

Phuture is an American house music group from Chicago, founded in 1985 by Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., Nathaniel Pierre Jones a.k.a. DJ Pierre, and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson. The group is renowned for inventing and defining the sound of acid house, a subgenre of house music, with their 1987 release "Acid Tracks".

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Also known as
Phortune
Genres
Acid house · deep house · house
Labels
Trax · Music Man · Strictly Rhythm · A1
Members
Lothario "Rio" Lee · Fernando "Fher" Rivera · DJ Pierre
Origin
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active
1985–present

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Phuture

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Edges20
Triples68
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
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Phuture

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related to Singles and maxi-singles · 21
Phuture → Acid Tracks, Acid Trax, Do You Wanna Get, Fingers/Phuture, Funky, Got The Bug, Inside Out, Jack, Mental Breakdown, Mr, Next Generation, Phuture/Phortune, Rise, Robert Owens/Phuture, Spirit, String Free, The Creator, Times Fade, Washing Machine, We
related to history · 18
Phuture → Acid Tracks, After, Chicago, DJ Ron Hardy, Its, Music Box, Originally, Pfortune, Phortune, Phuture's, Roland TB-303, Roland TR-707, Roland TR-727, Spirit, The, Their, Trax Records, Your Only Friend
related to Former members · 12
Phuture → DeeJay Phuture, DJ Skull, DJ Spank Spank, Earl Smith Jr, Herb, Herbert Jackson, Jay Juniel, Phill Little, Ron Maney, Roy Davis Jr, Source, Spanky
Labels · 4
Phuture → A1, Music Man, Strictly Rhythm, Trax
Genres · 3
Phuture → Acid house, deep house, house
Members · 3
Phuture → DJ Pierre, Fernando "Fher" Rivera, Lothario "Rio" Lee
related to Remixes · 3
Phuture → Heart Attack, Phuture’s Mix, Roy Davis Jr
Also known as · 1
Phuture → Phortune
Origin · 1
Phuture → Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active · 1
Phuture → 1985–present

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acid chicago house 1985 dj pierre tracks music jr 1987 group sound trax illinois phortune members genre 1994 1990 earl

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PhutureAlso known asPhortune1.00infobox
PhutureGenresAcid house1.00infobox
PhutureGenresdeep house1.00infobox
PhutureGenreshouse1.00infobox
PhutureLabelsTrax1.00infobox
PhutureLabelsMusic Man1.00infobox
PhutureLabelsStrictly Rhythm1.00infobox
PhutureLabelsA11.00infobox
PhutureMembersLothario "Rio" Lee1.00infobox
PhutureMembersFernando "Fher" Rivera1.00infobox
PhutureMembersDJ Pierre1.00infobox
PhutureOriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.1.00infobox
PhutureYears active1985–present1.00infobox
Phutureis aAmerican house music group from Chicago0.90text

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