Carl Craig, Louie Vega and Seth Troxler are among the list of names offering free music bundles to fans who check their voter registration status Rave the Vote has partnered with voter registration organisation, HeadCount, to launch a campaign encouraging the US dance music community to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, set to be [...]
The Beatport charts have been peppered with club-ready reworks of old hits. "Almost all the labels are doing them," says Glasgow Underground founder Kevin McKay. Early in May, the New York house music stalwarts at Nervous Records were enjoying two hits in the top 10 on the Beatport chart: A zippy, heavily syncopated reimagining [...]
After four-plus decades of DJing and with a incredible list of releases — much of it produced with longtime partner Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez as Masters At Work — the pioneering Louie Vega would seem to have little to prove. Yet he’s working harder than ever, with the same energy he had as a young [...]
On one level, Anané’s new EP, ‘Take A Ride’, is a playful throwback to the musical opulence of the disco era. But it cuts deeper than that. As the vocalist and songwriter explains, it’s also an ode to unity, freedom, and her own sense of confidence There’s an attention-grabbing point at the four-and-a-half-minute mark [...]
The house legend on the saturation of dance music, working with his family and the 3 a.m. jam sessions that inspired his new album. By Katie Bain 05/2/2022 You can’t talk about New York house music without talking about Louie Vega. A key figure of the scene in the city and beyond since the ’80s, Vega’s story reads like dance music [...]
