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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Spirit15 Oct 2007Vinyl
Past, Present, Future1 Jan 2003Vinyl
Strictly Phuture28 Jan 2026 · EPVinyl
Rise From Your Grave28 Jan 2026 · EPVinyl
Power Concedes Nothing (Without Demand!)29 Mar 2024 · EPVinyl
ACID TRAXXX20 Oct 2023 · EPVinyl
Inside Out28 May 2008 · EPVinyl
The Lost Souls15 May 2000 · EPVinyl
We Are Phuture1988 · EPVinyl
Acid Tracks1987 · EPVinyl
Acid Love - EP16 Sep 2019 · SingleVinyl
We Are Phuture (Ricardo Villalobos Phutur I - IV Remixes)3 Mar 2018 · SingleVinyl
Mental Breakdown1 Jun 1994 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Records by other artists with Phuture in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
Playlists with Phuture in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Phuture’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
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