House music is gay music. The sound emerged from the queer black and latinx club cultures of New York and Chicago in the ’80s. Strangely, these roots of the culture are not very well represented on the global touring club circuit today. There seem to be fewer big name openly queer touring DJs than their straight cis-gendered peers. [...]
Authorities have shut down the counterfeit vinyl pressing plant Vinyl is expensive. Any collector of wax worth their salt has poured hundreds, if not thousands into their collections over the years and the demand for rare vinyl pressings continues to skyrocket. In Wales, four men were making the most of this demand by [...]
By Dan White Made in China Many manufactured consumer products are built in China, and DJ gear is no exception. Over the last few months, we’ve been carefully watching the developing trade war between the Trump administration and China, suspecting that eventually it would impact our industry. In the last few weeks, this suspicion came [...]
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By Jon Pareles Sept 1st, 2018 DETROIT — Everybody wants a piece of Aretha Franklin’s artistic legacy. Church, state, activism, tradition, innovation and celebrity all vied for recognition in back-to-back marathon homages to the universally admired “Queen of Soul,” here in her longtime hometown. Ms. Franklin belonged to the gospel church; she belonged to the pop public; [...]
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“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 [...]
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The industry giant said he longs for his "indie roots" and will be "back in action again soon." Music industry legend Seymour Stein has announced his departure from Warner Music after 42 years at the label group, saying he's eying a return to his "indie roots." By leaving WMG, Stein also is saying goodbye to Sire Records, [...]
