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Photo of a crowd taken from an outdoor stage at Chicago's Arc festival

The house and techno festival will return to Chicago’s Union Park this Labor Day Weekend

Chicago’s ARC Music Festival has announced the line-up for its 2024 edition. The house and techno festival will return to Chicago’s Union Park this Labor...

DJ Rashad's ‘Double Cup’ gets 10th anniversary vinyl reissue

'Double Cup' was an influential album in footwork and played a key role in bringing the genre to an international audience

A 10th-anniversary reissue of DJ Rashad’s ‘Double Cup’ has been announced, along with an accompanying video for ‘Last Winter’. Check it out below. First released...

Arc dancefloor under red lights

Chicago’s ARC Music Festival brings international acts from throughout the various evolutions of house music to the city that gave the genre its name, booking them side by side with rising and veteran local talent. Ben Hindle heads to the Windy City to see how the music and culture survives and thrives, and samples the best DJs, venues, sound systems and sandwiches Chicago has to offer

At 206 South Jefferson Street, a quiet road just outside Downtown Chicago’s main hub, stands an unassuming three storey building with a pretty green and...

Left: Photo of Zvrra covering her face, Right: Photo of Binary Algorithms wearing a parka jacket pulled over his face

Bogotá-based producer Binary Algorithms joins forces with Chicago’s Zvrra for a trio of sharp-shooting techno jams on the former’s Furatena imprint

Binary Algorithms & Zvrra are linking up for a new EP, ‘Dissolved Cycles’, out later this month. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Cycle B’...

teri Bristol

Artists including the Blessed Madonna and DJ Tracy Young have paid tribute to the trailblazing DJ

DJ Teri Bristol, a longstanding and influential DJ in the Chicago house scene, has died. She was 66. The news was confirmed by Bristol's family...

djmanny

The five-track release comes ahead of a full-length LP expected in November

DJ Manny has shared details of a new EP, 'Control,' via Planet Mu. Six months after returning to London-via-Paris label Moveltraxx with the ‘Feet Start...

Photo of the crowd from the mainstage at ARC festival 2022 while the sun is setting

Pre-festival proceedings will kick off on Thursday 31st August

Chicago's ARC Music Festival has announced the after party line-ups for its 2023 edition. The house and techno festival will return to Chicago’s Union Park...

Still from the music video for DJ Casper's 'Cha-Cha Slide’

He recently said that he hoped his global hit would serve as a reminder of “the power of unity, community and positivity"

DJ Casper, the American musician best known for his global hit 'Cha-Cha Slide,' has died. He was 58. Born Willie Perry Jr. in 1965, the...

DJ Deeon tribute Rinse FM

Dance System, Ewan McVicar, Nightwave, Lauren Flax and Teki Latex were among those involved in paying tribute

A four-hour tribute to the late DJ Deeon has aired on Rinse FM. Following the sad news of the Chicago DJ and ghetto house pioneer's...

Photo of BAMBII posing in front of a beach in black and white

The track is the third release from her incoming ‘Infinity Club’ EP

BAMBII has shared a new single and music video, ‘Slip Slide’, via Innovative Leisure. Check it out below. The Toronto-based DJ and producer’s third single...

Photo of Alinka with a tattoo sleeve in front of a black background

Alinka re-launches her Twirl imprint with a trio of tantalising house jams imbued with healing qualities

Alinka will release a new EP, ‘Day Dreamer’, via the Twirl imprint next week. Listen to ‘Learning To Fly’ below. After a two-year label hiatus...

Photo of Alinka with refracted rainbows on her face

The EP will mark the first release on the Twirl imprint in two years

Alinka is relaunching Twirl Recordings with a new EP, ‘Day Dreamer’, out later this month. Listen to the title single below. Out today (7th July)...

Close up image of Larry Heard

The follow-up to the 2020 installment arrives next month

Chicago legend Larry Heard, AKA Mr. Fingers, has announced the second installment of his archival release series. ‘Vault Sessions 2’ follows 2020's ‘Vault Sessions 1’...

the warehouse at 206 south jefferson

The ‘birthplace of house music’ is now protected from alteration or demolition

The Warehouse, a former Chicago club known as the birthplace of house music, was officially declared as a historic landmark on Wednesday (21st June). Find...

Photo of RP Boo wearing a red jumper

When he sat down in 1997 to produce a track for the Chicago dance battles that he was DJing at, RP Boo had little thought of helping to forge a new genre of music. But the resulting track, the Ol’ Dirty Bastard–sampling ‘Baby Come On’, did more than challenge dancers — it helped bring footwork into existence

It’s never easy to pin down the moment that a new musical genre comes into being, to be able to say exactly when a long-gestating...

kalexishelby

Stream the upcoming four-track EP's lead single 'We BANG'

K' Alexi Shelby has announced details of a new EP via Marcel Dettmann's Bad Manners label. The veteran Chicago house DJ and producer - aka...

Miyagi Records

The store takes inspiration from the "hyper-curated, hidden away vinyl shops of Tokyo, Japan"

A new store called Miyagi Records is set to open in Chicago this month. Located on East Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighbourhood of...

Lee Purkis death 54

Purkis — known to many as In Sync — is regarded as one of the earliest DJs to support, promote and play house music and techno in Britain

UK techno pioneer Lee Purkis has died, aged 54. A stream of tributes have poured in following the news. No cause of death has been...

Curtis McClain Marshall Jefferson City Life

The pair revive their On The House project after more than three decades 

Marshall Jefferson has reunited with Curtis McClain on a new single, 'City Life'. Arriving via Steve Mac's Jack Said What label, you can listen to...

RP Boo Legacy Volume 2

13 tracks from a pioneer of Chicago footwork 

RP Boo has announced a new album of archive material spanning 2002-2007. The compilation will land digitally and on vinyl 12th May via Planet Mu...