As part of our ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations, Defected resident DJ and radio host Monki spotlighted 25 of the best house tracks in a two-hour radio special last Friday. To build this collection of greats, we asked our global community of fans to share their favourite house records over on our Instagram page last [...]
BLiM's CEO Dr. Charisse Beaumont told a London Assembly committee of a "culture of silence" and "fear" where artists and promoters avoid speaking up in the face of police and bureaucratic discrimination London's night-time economy is discriminating against Black and Brown artists and promoters in its event licensing, Black Lives in Music told a [...]
Saving classic house music DJ sets from oblivion, one compressed mp3 file at a time. SYNC is another new feature for 5 Mag, which you can probably describe it in as few words as possible as “a new mix series for old mixes.” There’s more to it than that, of course. A few years back [...]
All proceeds from the October 18th event will go to War Child. Resident Advisor is hosting a pop-up charity record shop at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) next month. Taking place at Tilla Tec on October 18th, Dig Deep has been made possible through donations from DJs and record labels, including Nick Höppner, [...]
Producer Marshall Jefferson and singer Byron Stingily comprise the house music collective currently known as Ten City. After being signed to Atlantic Records, they released the classic album Foundation, which contains several hit dance singles such as “Devotion” and “Right Back to You.” Stingily became a solo artist and re-recorded the song “That’s the Way Love [...]
I Was There: The Rise of House Music in Chicago tracks the impact of DJ Ron Hardy before his untimely death in 1991 at age 32 A new documentary highlights the late Chicago DJ Ron Hardy's pioneering contributions to house music history. I Was There: The Rise of House Music in Chicago tracks the impact [...]
Danny Tenaglia shares the story behind one of dance music’s most treasured tracks, ‘Music Is The Answer’ Danny Tenaglia shares the story behind one of dance music’s most treasured tracks, ‘Music Is The Answer’. In this episode of our Making Of A Dance Classic series, the legendary New York DJ recalls how he [...]
Produced by AlphaTheta, the film tells the story of the White Isle through the decades A new hour-long documentary highlighting the history of Ibiza throughout the decades has been released. The Evolution of Ibiza: Can the White Isle retain its legendary magic? was released at the end of July, produced by AlphaTheta, Pioneer DJ’s parent [...]
The concept release, a collaboration between Armada Music, Warner Music Africa and Africori, features amapiano reinterpretations of classic Ibiza house tracks A new V/A EP has been announced, 'AMAPIANO TO IBIZA', which sees amapiano reinterpretations of classic Ibiza house tracks. The concept - a collaboration between Armada Music, Warner Music Africa and Africori, a [...]
NYC’s Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks join forces for a celestial house heater on SoSure Music Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks are releasing a new collaborative single, ‘Let The Music Set You Free’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below. With the grooves still reverberating from his March single, ‘Piece of Me’, featuring Inaya Day, NYC luminary [...]
