A rare Frankie Knuckles DJ set from Valentine's Day 1986 has been shared to SoundCloud by Chicago music luminary Braxton Holmes. The 80-minute recording was...
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Tommie Sunshine writes a tribute to the Godfather of House, Frankie Knuckles
Francis Nicholls was born January 1955 in The Bronx, New York. But Frankie Knuckles, as we came to know him, was born in March 1977...
Tom Flynn sets sail with expert techno and house
Tom Flynn gears up for a US Tour that will leave American fans of quality techno and house satiated. To prepare fans for the incoming...
House music fans buy up Frankie Knuckles track in droves
The dance world was in mourning yesterday after the news about Frankie Knuckles' untimely passing — although the love shown towards the house music pioneer...
The godfather of house passes away at home, aged 59
The dance world is in mourning today about the news of the death of house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles. He was 59.
Frankie died unexpectedly...
The French house revolution
French House legend Sébastien Léger has announced his 20th Anniversary US Tour.
With multiple dates and stops around the US including Coachella, he's out to...
Chicago originals over 16-CD box set
Retro house revivalism is at an all-time high. Everyone's at it. A wave of old skool-influenced tunes have even got the UK pop charts in a lather. Here to remind us just where all this music really comes from after their excellent Terry Farley compiled 'Acid Rain' collection last month is Harmless, with this ridonkulously exhaustive 16-CD box-set.
Chicago trio on their b2b2b tour
Three of Chicago's most respected DJs, they're repping real house music harder than ever in an age of commercialisation and corporate EDM. Touring together as Back to Back to Back, we thought it was time to pick their brains about their Chicago beginnings, the switch to digital, the US dance boom — and where they're at now...
80-minutes of disco and disco's revenge from The Godfather of House
Get acquainted with Shaun J.Wright, the Chicago-born DJ, dancer, producer and vocalist who lives and breathes house music
Jitterbug has a small but perfectly formed discography of lush house music to his name..
Jitterbug’s music is as personal as it gets. When the UK house producer, who goes simply by the initials ‘JB’ in real life, started to...
A clothing label with unisex appeal and deep roots in music
Australian brand Contemporary Scarecrow kicks off 2013 with a double pack full sleeve vinyl package from Chicago house demi-god, Boo Williams.
7: Soul Mekanik
Soul Mekanik, AKA Kelvin Andrews and Danny Spencer, have quite some history.
Danny made seminal UK acid house record This Ain’t Chicago’s ‘Ride the...