London-based DJ/producer, label head, and African electronic music maverick Kitty Amor delivers a tantalizing selection of upfront Afro House heat that encapsulates the universal growth of the genre in its purest form for Beatport's Playlist of the Week. Ahead of my performance at The Penthouse Dubai on 20th April, I am pleased to put together [...]
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 [...]
"I hope the visitors discover what liberation sounds like" Honey Dijon is curating a jukebox installation for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in Manhattan. Part of a new exhibition marking the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the installation recreates the original jukebox and music playing at the now-iconic Stonewall Inn gay bar [...]
The platform has launched with a mix and interview from Fever AM co-founders Rhyw and Mor Elian wav.world, a new editorial and music platform aiming to "champion the art of the DJ mix," launched yesterday (March 4) with a mix and interview with Berlin's Fever AM founders Rhyw and Mor Elian. According to a statement from [...]
One of Baltimore’s most revered dance music exports, Karizma, takes us on a superb house music journey ahead of the release of his Karizma Klassics LP for Beatport’s Playlist of Week. Hello, I’m Karizma — aka Kaytronik aka K2 aka Xander Knevrmind. I’m blessed to have had a career for over 30 years in this thing we call music. I [...]
House is a continuation of disco. You can hear that easily in its arrangement and in its sound, which samples and pulls liberally from the popular club music of the ’70s and early ’80s. And, in fact, many of the first Chicago house records featured interpolated vocal riffs, basslines and melodies cribbed from classic Salsoul, Prelude and West End [...]
PUBLISHED ON 25.07.18 On Defected Defected House music and sampling always have, and always will, go hand-in-hand. Whether it's disco gems, soul classics or hip-hop anthems, it's part of the fabric that makes this genre so special - producers creatively borrowing a record and breathing new life into it. We take a [...]
TOP 30 PROGRESSIVE TECH ( PLAYLIST/CHART – DECEMBER 2017 ) December 7, 2017 · by dk · in Charts, Electronic, House, Stream, Techno. · #dubiksmusiccharts This months Progressive Tech Playlist/Chart #besttracksofthemonth Progressive House,Progressive Tech,Melodic Techno TOP 30 Progressive (Playlist/Chart – December 2017) 1. Ezequiel Denenberg – Soul Words (Stage Van H Groovy Soul Mix) 2. Dinkis & Michele Anullo – Acqua (Original Mix) 3. Baluca – Afterlife [...]
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: 50 OVERLOOKED CLASSICS PACKED WITH PROPER HOUSE GROOVES Tracks by Mr. Oizo, Audio Werner, Inland Knights and more HARRISON WILLIAMS (Mix Mag) 9 NOVEMBER 2017 This week's update to Mixmag's Overlooked Classics playlist on Spotify features a collection of deep and rhythmic house cuts from the depths of dance music's vast history, featuring [...]