Frankie Knuckles The Origins Of House
https://www.facebook.com/MixmagMagazine/videos/10156454261201026/
HOUSE MUSIC IS BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC
In case you don’t know — and chances are pretty good that if you aren’t from Chicago or a house music-head, you may not — the picture above is that of Frankie Knuckles. Knuckles, who passed away in 2014, is commonly known as the “Godfather of House Music,” but he may as well be [...]
The Chicago House Music Festival Will Return in 2019
Back in Millennium Park for the 4th year running. November 6th,2018 The amazing people at the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events have announced their 2019 calendar, and there are a lot of reasons to get excited about: house music and electronic music are once again well-represented. To [...]
200 Best Albums of 1980s
>> View https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/
Streetplayer Cover
https://www.facebook.com/Leonidandfriends/videos/1975316832728926/ Leonid & Friends
THE FREAKEASY IS CHICAGO’S BEST KEPT UNDERGROUND PARTY PARADISE
“I always say in Chicago, bad is good and good is bad,” Freakeasy co-founder Matt Fusello says over a plate of late night lo mein in the Windy City’s Chinatown. Fusello and Freakeasy partner Striz have asked Mixmag out to slurp down noodles in order to impart the feel and history for this legendary Chicago party before [...]
Larry Heard Special
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b919vq
Chuck Roberts Proclaims the 10 Commandments of House “In our House, there is only House Music!”
In 1987, a group called Rhythm Controll released a track that would contain probably the most sampled speech in House music history: “My House.” Featuring the vocal prowess of a then unknown Chuck Roberts, the speech has gone on to be used in dare I say hundreds of songs in the next 31 years. Fast [...]
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Gallery
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, Documentary, Entertaiment, House, House Music, Interviews, producer
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
KRIS LORI Jerome Derradji of Still Music inspects a multitrack tape from Record Al’s house-music cache in his Humboldt Park home. For the photo shoot, he made the obviously unpremeditated choice to wear a T-shirt for another one of his labels. Last summer, Chicago DJ and producer Jerome Derradji returned to his native France for the first [...]
Chicago House Golden Era | Second Wave Artists 1990 – 2005
https://youtu.be/d8Y9RLS9YQ4 This collection of recordings represent a segment of artists whose efforts, together and individually, cemented the city of Chicago as the locale where the era's most creative innovation in dance music was taking place. These producers, being cultural products of the initial House Music indoctrination of the '80s, show off many different sides [...]