It was 20 years ago that the much-loved US House label MoreHouse Records burst on to the scene with their acclaimed debut from Groove Junkies ft Solomon Henderson, ‘Inside My Soul’. Since then, the MoHo label and their artists have cemented their legacy in the history of house music over the past 2 decades. [...]
While diversifying DJ lineups has recently received plenty of attention efforts to increase the number of non-males releasing. music has so far lagged behind. We meet some of the people and organizations trying to change this Before Leah Chisholm started making music as LP Giobbi, she was recruited into an all-women electronic band in [...]
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 [...]
Uncle Waffles and DBN Gogo to headline Audiomack House debut in Johannesburg, South Africa Africa’s leading music streaming platform, Audiomack has announced the launch of its latest initiative “Audiomack House”, a platform created to connect its best performing artists and partners with audiences through a series of live shows across Africa. The event will make [...]
MY FAVORITE BLACK HOUSE & TECHNO ARTISTS Author: Ade / Vibe with Ade With the hopes of amplifying Black voices in the EDM space, I’m sharing with you my favorite Black house and techno artists. I hope you learn a little more about these artists that I know and love. MK Born in Detroit, [...]
The identical twin brothers and DJ partners Banele and Bandile Mbere speak on the origins of their sound, ‘New Beginnings’ EP and recent set at Tulum’s Day Zero festival. Low-tempo bass, scattered piano melodies, pounding percussion dotted with synth – there’s a chance, if you’re into house music, that you’ve heard of an emerging [...]
Fashion’s Favorite DJ on Crossing Cultural Borders Interview: Adam Wray Photography: Benjamin Huseby “You could drop this in London and it would be the same,” says Honey Dijon, gesturing around the interior of The Apparatus Room. Nestled in the lobby of the Foundation Hotel in downtown Detroit, the lounge projects a specific sort of made-for-Instagram bougieness, [...]
Moodymann is famed as one of the greatest house music artists of all time, but his roots as a hip hop producer are less well known. Patrick Hinton speaks to Kenny Dixon Jr. and his former rap collaborator K-Stone to find out more WORDS: PATRICK HINTON | K-STONEY JAMM PHOTO: PHYLLIS PLUMBER | IN ASSOCIATION [...]
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 Words: Ralph Moore Undoubtedly one of the hottest names to emerge in house for a minute, we catch up with Beatport Next artist HoneyLuv to learn more about her plans for 2023. “Everything that has happened to me in the last year has been so unexpected!” In a nutshell, that’s how LA-based [...]
Words: Kristan J Caryl Photos: Francois De La Pampa Beatportal’s Kristan J Caryl enjoys a rare one-on-one audience with a true house master, Chez Damier, whose new label House of Chez is open for business. So many people have great stories about Chez Damier. But they’re never typical DJ antics about messy afterparties or too many [...]
