We chat to some of Soho House’s music friends – Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Norman Jay MBE and Giles Smith (Secretsundaze) – to get their take on dance music and the inspirational figures that made our playlist this month Listen here With a nod to Black History Month, our new Dance Music Is Black [...]
In recent years, DJ schools around the world have noticed a surprising trend—many of their students are over 40. While DJing was once associated primarily with young people, club culture, and underground scenes, it has now become a passion for a much wider audience. But why are people in their 40s, 50s, and even [...]
As house music spread beyond its Chicago birthplace in the late 1980s, no city soaked up the sound quite as eagerly as New York. This was in a large part down to an ecosystem of promoters, labels, record shops and artists that extends far beyond the accepted canon of major-name DJs and producers. Here, Bruce [...]
The RANE ONE MKII was part of the company’s booth at NAMM RANE has teased a new update to its motorised DJ controller, ONE, at this year’s NAMM conference in Anaheim, California. The product hasn’t officially been announced by RANE, or its parent company InMusic, yet, but it was present at the RANE [...]
Chicago DJ and producer Elbert Phillips pays tribute to the late, legendary Frankie Knuckles with this extended and thoroughly dope classic tribute mix. This is also an intensely personal mix — Phillips was both a fan and a confidant of Frankie Knuckles, one of a small handful of DJs handpicked by FK to open for him at his own events [...]
The new controller has been developed in collaboration with Algoriddim Hercules has announced a new controller, the DJ Control Mix Ultra. Developed in collaboration with Algoriddim — developers of the djay app — the controller is “created for mobile-first DJs who came up learning to embrace music mixing using apps and streaming services”. It integrates directly [...]
It follows a previous book by author Edwin Rios (aka Bear Who?) called Dreams Of Being A DJ A new illustrated children's book with the aim of teaching children about "the universal power of music" is to be published this spring. The book, titled I Can DJ Anywhere, is the work of author [...]
By Terry Matthew I missed this one on pre-order by a day. Don’t make the same mistake now that it’s out for real. Originating as a “98 bpm R&B tune,” “Surrender” was originally recorded more than 20 years ago. Few records would not be ennobled by a Tony Humphries remix and “Surrender” is [...]
The first hour of the British DJ's opening night set at Pikes Ibiza last season is now available to download with a minimum donation of $1. DJ Harvey has released a live recording from one of his key 2024 Ibiza sets to raise money for Los Angeles wildfire aid. The recording captures the [...]
Published from 1989-1993, the LGBTQIA+ magazine THING platformed artists like Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard and Deee-Lite. A new anthology will celebrate the late, great THING, an LGBTQIA+ magazine that operated at the heart of Chicago's house scene in the early '90s. The new, 460-page book compiles all ten issues of THING for [...]
