Released 40 years ago, Talking Heads’ fifth album was a firm fixture in Larry Levan’s tastemaking Paradise Garage record bag. A stone-cold new wave disco classic filled with now-iconic hits, it spread through New York’s clubs like wildfire. Here, Ben Cardew learns how ‘Speaking In Tongues’ enshrined one of the era’s least classifiable bands [...]
"I always had a sense for what a club should look like from a DJ's perspective," the artist told RA. New York nightlife veteran Eli Escobar is opening his own club in Brooklyn next month. Called Gabriela, it's located on the site of former Williamsburg venue Kinfolk 90. December 15th is the official [...]
Danny Tenaglia will deliver a masterclass in DJing that can only come from someone with nearly 50 years of experience under his belt. In 1976, at 16, Danny Tenaglia's parents were okay with him playing his first DJ gig at the confusingly named Miami Lounge in Brooklyn. The caveat was that his older [...]
Award-winning DJ and producer Nkosinathi Maphumulo, popularly known as Black Coffee, is set to make history on October 7, 2023, when he becomes the first South African act to headline Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show will feature a 12-piece orchestra, surprise guests, and a 360-degree stage setup, according to Billboard. Black Coffee will [...]
More conglomerates, venture capitalists and private equity companies are dabbling in our industry, drawn by its potential for growth, tech integration and high engagement rates. When Skrillex, Four Tet and Fred again.. took New York's Madison Square Garden by storm in February, investors were paying attention. The trio's ability to merge fans across the [...]
JOESKI is one of the most prolific producers of house music in the world. With a career spanning three decades, the NYC DJ and producer established his label Maya Records in 2001 with the classic track, Hustler’s Revenge. While his collaboration with DJ Chus on El Amor propelled the label to the forefront of [...]
Visit these destinations to experience and understand the enduring power, prevalence and history of Black house music. As many already know, house music has always been heralded in Black and marginalized communities, and like many musical genres, it originated at a time when collective frustrations were high. While many identify the genre with the 1980s, [...]
The 12-part series documents the history of some of the most iconic clubs around the world A new podcast series scoping the history of some of the world’s greatest nightclubs has landed on Apple Podcasts from iHeart Radio, hosted by Ultra Naté. The 12-part series, titled The History of the World’s Greatest Nightclubs, is set to look at iconic [...]
As a producer, songwriter, DJ and vocalist, Roland Clark is probably one of the busiest artists in dance music. The New York native came to prominence with house cuts such as Who Keeps Changing Your Mind, under the alias South Street Player, as well as I Get Deep, released in 2000, while over the years he has loaned his iconic [...]
In celebration of Pride Month, we're taking a rhythmic journey through time, tracing the transformative footprints of some of the world's most influential LGBTQ+ club spaces in the oasis of house music. From the disco-fueled dance floors of Chicago's Warehouse to the pulsing beats of New York's Paradise Garage; from Dublin's Mother, a cornerstone of [...]
