Minimal Deep House

Very little, arranged very carefully.

Minimal is the discipline of removing things until what is left has to carry the record. In deep house that means a hook made of a filtered chord and a shaker, holding attention for nine minutes because everything in it is deliberate.

It rewards a decent system and punishes laptop speakers, which is part of why the records stayed collectable while the word itself went out of fashion.

The 24 most wanted

Ranked by how many collectors have these on a wantlist. Every title links to its Discogs page.

1. Soul CapsuleOvercome Trelik · 2012 · UK 7,962 want
2. Various2018 Giegling · 2018 · Germany 4,532 want
3. Soul CapsuleOvercome Trelik · 1999 · UK 3,848 want
4. Daniel BellElevate Special Projects 2 Elevate · 1998 · US 2,674 want
5. Tres DementedDemented Planet E · 2003 · US 2,248 want
6. HerbertParts One Two And Three Phono · 1996 · UK 2,222 want
7. CaribouSwim City Slang · 2010 · Germany 2,139 want
8. Ricardo Villalobos / Steve Bug Pres. Clever And Smart808 The Bassqueen / Filtadelic Lo-Fi Stereo · 2003 · Germany 2,048 want
9. Ricardo VillalobosEmpirical House LP [a:rpia:r] · 2017 · Romania 2,026 want
10. Takashi HimeokaTamayura EP RORA · 2014 · Switzerland 1,950 want
11. Unknown ArtistCreature 004 Creature · 2019 · Germany 1,732 want
12. PilePerlipop Perlon · 1999 · Germany 1,713 want
13. Space Is The PlaceTalash / 6 A.M. Catflap Records · 1998 · US 1,659 want
14. HerbertBodily Functions !K7 Records · 2001 · Germany 1,649 want
15. Stephan-G* & The PersuaderKaos Svek · 1997 · Sweden 1,625 want
16. S.A.M.Marabouda EP Oscillat Music · 2014 · France 1,609 want
17. So InagawaIntegritithm CABARET Recordings · 2015 · Japan 1,594 want
18. HostomHOSTOM - 002 Hostom · 2016 · France 1,572 want
19. Larry HeardNight Images (Swayzak Remixes) Mecca Recordings · 1998 · UK 1,503 want
20. VariousImprints 002 Imprints Records · 2014 · UK 1,471 want
21. VarhatVRHT777 AKU · 2016 · France 1,403 want
22. Doctor RockitWhoosh Clear · 1996 · UK 1,336 want
23. Motor City Drum EnsembleDJ-Kicks !K7 Records · 2011 · Germany 1,286 want
24. S. MoreiraHuman Design SLOW LIFE · 2016 · Germany 1,206 want