Moveltraxx will release its latest compilation EP, ‘Street Bangers Factory 21’, this month. Listen to founder Big Dope P’s ‘Southside Of Chicago’ below. The London-via-Paris’...
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Moveltraxx founder Big Dope P pays tribute to the late, great Paul Johnson on his new track, ‘Southside Of Chicago’
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Ron Trent has a deep understanding of electronic music. Beginning his production career in his teens, the venerated Chicago resident has travelled through techno, deep house and Afro house over the years. His latest album ‘WARM: What Do The Stars Say To You’, produced with a live band, demonstrates the duality of his work: it’s futuristic and somehow ancient, cosmic and aquatic. DJ Mag's Ria Hylton catches up with the Chicago house legend to learn more
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The Frankie Knuckles Foundation and the Chosen Few DJs have teamed up to honour house music pioneer
The Frankie Knuckles Foundation and the Chosen Few DJs have launched a GoFundMe campaign to get a proper gravestone for Ron Hardy.
Hardy, the house...
This Chicago news report with Farley Jackmaster Funk is pure gold...
House music hasn't always enjoyed the same level of ubiquity it does today. Way back in '86, now house music legends Danny Sweet-D Wilson and...
Featuring interviews with founders of the scene...
A new documentary in the Unsung series which explores pioneering DJ Frankie Knuckles and the foundations of house music has been released.
Known as 'The...
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DJ Mag charts the unlikely and little-known rise of footwork in Spain, speaking to the DJs, label owners and musical innovators who are keeping the...
Footwork is more than music, it’s a culture.
The dance, which sees different groups of performers ferociously competing with one another in front of a...
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After hugely successful residencies in Ibiza, a festival in Croatia, and regular tours around the world, Defected’s latest festival destination is in Malta. Ria Hylton heads to the island to take in the inaugural event
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...
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According to the study, Birmingham has the most "versatile taste" in club music
Bring back the jack sound
“'To bring back the jack sound’ was our mission when we started Snuff Crew,” Snuffo from the crew tells DJ Mag, going on to state that the old skool Chicago jack sound never really went away and there have been others who have referenced it.
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Berlin’s Cinthie is responsible for some of the most sought-after deep house records of the moment. In between her hectic schedule of label management, running...
Let’s put things into perspective — a lot can happen in 12 months. Try launching a new label, a vinyl store and building a new...
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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
“Acid house at its inception was in some quarters totally misunderstood. The term 'Acid' came from Chicago — Ron Hardy, DJ Pierre, Farley, Adonis, Knuckles...
“Acid house wasn’t a British term to describe the music. Initially, the American producers coined the term and created the music. We embraced the...