One day in 1979, a young Renee Scroggins imagined what it would be like if a UFO landed in the housing projects of the South...
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When the South Bronx dance-punk outfit ESG released their Martin Hannett-produced debut EP in 1981, they had no idea how pivotal their stripped-back, funk-fueled sound would be on the evolution of hip-hop and house music: ‘UFO’ has been sampled over 500 times; ‘Moody’ was a staple in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets. Four decades later, ahead of their set at Melting Pot & Optimo’s Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, Daniel Dylan Wray tells their story
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33 years after its release in 1989, Larry Heard’s debut album as Mr. Fingers is a profoundly moving document of timeless electronic music, brimming with tracks of unrivaled beauty from the then-young world of house
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DJ Bone goes record shopping at SeaWolf Records in Amsterdam
DJ Bone is the next artist to feature in our DJ Mag Originals series, Crate Diggin’.
In the series, in which we take some of...
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Detroit saxophonist, producer, and vocalist Norma Jean Bell is responsible for some of house music’s most glorious moments, and has worked alongside the likes of Moodymann, K-Hand, Ron Trent and George Clinton. Her full-length opus, 'Come Into My Room', released in 2001, proved that she really is “the baddest bitch in this room”
Anotherday Records re-release Boo Williams' ‘Home Town Chicago’
“The ‘80s was amazing in Chicago. It was the best time for house music,” says Boo Williams, Chicago resident and part of the second wave...
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Smartbar resident Ariel Zetina will release her second EP 'Organism' this week via Majía. Hear 'I Miss The Sea', a mesmerising fusion of house, techno...
Chicago-based DJ/producer Ariel Zetina makes music that is as thrilling as it is uncategorisable. With techno as the foundation, she delves into spheres of ambient...
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Tributes have come from house legends including Chip E, Joe Smooth and Marshall Jefferson for the influencial figure
Benji Espinoza, the co-founder of influential Chicago house label DJ International Records, has died, according to a report in 5Mag.
Founded in 1985 with...
RIP “an architect of Chicago house music”...
Colonel Abrams, the R&B singer who lent his voice to countless house hits, died aged 67 over the weekend.
The singer's longtime friend Tony...
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The new Frankie Knuckles has been released alongside two remixes
A posthumous Frankie Knuckles single has been released.
'Carefree (I Am A Star)' features the late house legend on both production and vocals, and is...
Best of North America Awards 2017
There’s a reason people stand outside in line during Chicago’s brutal winter months, teeth chattering, waiting to descend the staircase into Smart Bar’s steamy, 400-person...
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...
Best Of North America Awards 2017
It’s hard to overstate the impact Curtis Jones, aka Green Velvet (also aka Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Curan Stone, et al) has had in dance music...
R&B, hip hop, indie rock and Chicago house...
Daft Punk supplied an eclectic playlist consisting of R&B, hip hop, indie rock and Chicago house to German publication, Groove Magazine, 20 years ago —...
Featuring Headhunterz, Daft Punk, Chicago house special, Abe Duque and more
Available on the iPad via our free iPhone app, and on our free Android app (US only) and our free Android app (Worldwide), the...