# Mike Risk Finally Releases His Debut Album, Now Is Forever

Published 2026-11-11 by OBSCUUR Records. Source: https://obscuur.io/blogs/news/mike-risk-finally-releases-his-debut-album-now-is-forever

Mike Risk, the Amsterdam promoter and DJ who started out at illegal parties, has released his debut album, Now Is Forever, after some thirty years in house music. The record runs from soulful house through acid and Detroit-inspired sounds to tougher club cuts, via [Magnetic Magazine](https://magneticmag.com/2026/11/99986/).

## Who is Mike Risk?

According to Magnetic, Risk has spent most of his adult life in the culture. He organised illegal parties in Amsterdam and, in the early '90s, brought Chicago house pioneers over to the Netherlands. Since then he has DJed, promoted and run his own projects. The album is the first full-length to carry his name.

## What is on Now Is Forever?

The album features Mike Dunn, Bluey Robinson, Marc Evans and John Agesilas. Dunn appears on the track Let Me Take You There. Risk was executive producer and made the record with Greg van Bueren, his regular studio partner since around 2018. Their earlier work together came out on Kenny Dope's Dopewax and on Terry Hunter's label.

They spent about a year and a half on it. Most of the work happened online, with weekly sessions between Singapore and the Netherlands. Risk flew to Amsterdam about three times, and each visit meant two or three days in the studio.

## Why does the range matter?

Risk told Magnetic the spread of styles was deliberate. He sees soulful house, Chicago house, acid and the deeper side of Detroit techno as one spectrum, and he has no interest in putting music into boxes. He likened the album to a night at his Club Risk: vocal and soulful house first, deeper and tougher as the hours pass, then back to funkier, more eclectic sounds.

That is a useful reminder for anyone who plays or makes club music today. The line between house and techno has always been blurry, and artists who came up at warehouse parties tend to treat it that way. Risk also says he has little time for chasing trends.

## Where does this connect to OBSCUUR?

If this kind of house lineage is your thing, start with our [house](/genres/house) and [techno](/genres/techno) pages, or take a harder turn with [hard house](/genres/hard-house) and [trance](/genres/trance). Our [weekly sessions](/live) are the place to hear DJs working across that range, and the latest is VE/RA at OBSCUUR ADE 2026. If you make high energy dance music yourself, send it through our [submissions page](/submissions).

Thirty years on, Risk is still building the night he wants to hear.