House: A genre built on gospel and stuck it on a Money Supermarket advert (Thump)
Angus Harrison APR 26 2017, 11:20AM A genre built on gospel and stuck it on a Money Supermarket advert. This post ran originally on THUMP UK. The nightclubs of the late-20th century, or at least the version of them we've constructed in our collective memory, always had a touch of the ecclesiastical about them. DJs were [...]
DJ JAZ and the Church of Episco-Disco (Thump)
DJ JAZ and the Church of Episco-Disco John aka 'JAZ' is an Episcopalian minister by day and cosmic-disco slinging DJ by night—exploring where the Lord's teachings and dancefloor intersect. In the first episode of THUMP Profiles, THUMP travels to JAZ's home in Charleston, South Carolina to catch a sermon behind the altar (and the [...]
I Was There When: House Music Took Over The World ( Czarina Mirani: 5 Magazine)
I Was There When: House Music Took Over The World Behind the scenes with Jake Sumner of the new Ch 4 documentary on the dawn of House Music in Chicago. July 11, 2017 In October of last year, I was contacted by people that were working on a music series for Channel 4 in [...]
