3 CHAIRS - 3 Chairs (Malik Pittman / Theo Parrish / Rick Wilihite / Kenny Dixon Jnr production) [3LP]

Format: 3 x LP
Catalogue No.: 3CHR0305
Release Date: Sep 2025 (Repress)
Genre: Deep House

There's no denying that 3 Chairs sole self-titled album, first released in 2004 and now reissued in a fresh 2025 edition, is a high watermark in Detroit electronic music culture: a decidedly dusty and ultra-deep collective endeavour from Motor City heavyweights Kenny Dixon Jr (AKA Moodymann), Malik Pittman, Rick Wilhite and Theo Parrish that somehow managed to sound even better than their respective solo productions. Highlights include the chugging, Rhodes-laden beatdown sweetness of '3 Chairs Theme' (featuring Norma Jean Bell), the ultra-deep and gently jazzy dustiness of 17-minute epic 'Blackbone Waltz', the organic deep house excellence of 'Dance of Nubia' (which sounds like it could have featured on the St Germain album Boulevard) and the sample-rich, slow-motion shuffle of 'Underwater People'.

Side 1
A1. "3 Chairs Theme"
A2. "Dreamz"
Side 2
B1. "Blackbone Waltz"
Side 3
C1. "System Sauce"
C2. "Misty City"
Side 4
D1. "Dance Of Nubia"
Side 5
E1. "I Wonder Why" (edit)
E2. "Underwater People"
Side 6
F1. "Midday Blue At Midnight"