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The Chicago-born singer was best known for tracks including ‘Learn 2 Luv’ and ‘Nite Life’...

Kim English, the iconic Chicago-born vocalist who performed on multiple house classics, has died.

In a statement released last night through Nervous Records' Facebook page...

A new pressing plant is serving local artists with plans to expand...

This new 96-page book, Beyond Heaven: Chicago House Party Flyers From 1983-1989, documents the rise of Chicago house using classic posters and artwork from the...

There’s a glory to whacking open a thick paperback cover of raised black title design, of a typical hand-drawn skyline and musical quavers, atop a...

He revealed his interest in response to a tweet from a fan...

Richie Hawtin has responded to a message from a Twitter user suggesting that he return to Chicago to play in a warehouse for an underground...

He was a champion of the city’s underground scene...

Dan Jugle, the influential, Chicago-based techno and experimental artist, died this past weekend.

Jugle was a champion of the Chicago underground scene. He was best...

Music to get you in the mood for the rave from a techno icon with an unwavering love of bass...

DJ Rush is a techno icon.

A selector since the late '80s, cutting his teeth with a residency at the Reactor in Chicago, he quickly...

Best of North America 2018

As the birthplace of house music, Chicago remains home to one of the brightest and most promising dance music scenes in North America. Chi-town’s own...

Amir Alexander's ‘Deep Blue Sea' is a journey into the depths of classic techno forms...

Amir Alexander has been producing music since 1998. A dedicant to club music in its most natural state, the Chicago native, Malmö-based artist has always...

A new photo exhibition in London is giving an inside look into the glory days of Chicago disco and funk...

In the ‘80s, Chicago birthed house music, the world-renowned movement that’s kept us dancing and smiling for more than three decades. Chi-Town also gave us...

The Black Madonna is the real deal. Raised in Kentucky but born in the DJ booth of Chicago's Smartbar, she's unleashed the true spirit of...

It’s a Sunday in 2015 on the third day of UK festival Field Maneuvers, a back to basics ‘dirty little rave’ held in a eld just...

12-dates across the Americas ... 

Nina Kraviz has announced a year-end tour across the Americas. The tour commences 16th November in Austin, Texas.

The tour, dubbed ‘NK Overseas’, runs through...

Floating Points was due to play in April...

Double Door in Chicago has been forced to shut its door after 23 years in business. 

Located on Milwaukee Avenue in the Windy City, the...

DJ Pierre, DJ Hyperactive & more all spin on Saturday 28th January...

Daft Punk released their debut album, ‘Homework’, 20 years ago this year, and to mark the occasion Boiler Room have planned a tribute show which...

A 42% visa price hike is coming into effect in December...

United States’ Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a 42% rate hike for foreign artists applying for a visa to work in the U.S...

Decision gives tax breaks to small venues...

Following a debate, Cook County — the Illinois municipality which covers the city of Chicago — is set to officially recognise DJ shows as cultural...

We pick out 10 of the best books inspired by the early days of acid house

“Those were good days in Edinburgh, in 1990,” says author and screenwriter Trevor Miller, who wrote the acid house culture’s first novel, published in...

Presented by Chicago’s Moody Recordings

Legendary Chicago house label Moody Recordings presents its newest compilation, IBIZA CLOSING 2014. A perfect perfect end of summer fix,  soundtracking the season’s...

DJ Mag chats to DJ Pierre about the first proper acid house track...

Nathaniel Pierre Jones was forever tinkering around with electronic devices and mending watches when he was a kid growing up in Chicago. 

“I just naturally...

Documentary by Lil’ Louis seeks to find the answer

Dance Mania transformed Chicago house from its '80s roots to a rough, raw, x-rated version that banged harder than anyone else. Now, after 13 years...

If Live Nation, SFX and Beatport owner Robert Sillerman is hoping to monopolize the world of EDM, then he may just be copying Daft Punk...