Effective period / Period of releases: 1995 - 2000

Sherman Rodgers is one of the first wave of Chicago House producers who released under the monikers of North/Clybourn for Gherkin Records and Black Ice for Velvet City records. In the early 90’s he got together with Robert Grillo and Tony Watson to form Underground Evolution. Together with David Brown who had previously sang for Ralphi Rosario on ‘Feel Love’ they came up with their debut E.P. Soul Searching/Walk On Water. This was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, getting props from the likes of François Kevorkian who played 2 copies of it regularly at Body and Soul.
Three years later in 1999 Peace Frog released their debut album 'Primordial Passage', an epic 10 track album featuring the vocal talents of Grazyna Auguscik, drawing in influences from jazz, ethnic folk, Brazilian music and of course house.