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Jesse Saunders
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Fundraiser for Chicago house pioneer Jesse Saunders’ medical care launched

The influential Chicago house artist suffered "a major stroke" in November 2022

A fundraiser has been launched to support the medical care of pioneering Chicago house artist Jesse Saunders. Saunders suffered "a major stroke" in November 2022...

teri Bristol
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Teri Bristol, Chicago house DJ and luminary, dies aged 66

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...

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Larry Heard to release new EP of rare and unreleased music as part of ‘Vault Sessions’ series

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’...

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Chicago’s K' Alexi Shelby announces new EP on Marcel Dettmann’s Bad Manners label

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...

Site of legendary club The Warehouse granted preliminary landmark protection by Chicago officials
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Site of legendary club The Warehouse granted preliminary landmark protection by Chicago officials

Following a 14,000-signature-strong petition, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks unanimously voted to preserve the birthplace of house music 

The building that housed legendary Chicago club The Warehouse received a preliminary landmark protection recommendation last week. Following a 14,000-signature-strong petition to protect the West...

A history of Trax Records and the fight for Chicago's house pioneers' royalties
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A history of Trax Records and the fight for Chicago's house pioneers' royalties

Chicago’s Trax Records released some of the most influential records in house history, but decades later, many of the artists behind them are still waiting to be paid. Harold Heath investigates the long and complicated history of one of house music’s most infamous labels

The Trax Records saga is a tangled tale of pioneering, seminal music created by a clutch of hungry young producers and DJs, whose raw, innovative...

Chicago’s Trax Records sued by over a dozen artists over unpaid royalties
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Chicago’s Trax Records sued by over a dozen artists over unpaid royalties

Rolling Stone reports that Adonis, Marshall Jefferson and co-founder Vince Lawrence are among the claimants

Trax Records, the Chicago record label that played a key role in the development of house music, is being sued by over a dozen artists...

Can you feel it: How Mr. Fingers ‘Ammnesia’ changed the house music experience
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Can you feel it: How Mr. Fingers' ‘Ammnesia’ changed the house music experience forever

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

If you’ve ever wondered why Mr. Fingers — aka pioneering US producer Larry Heard — is so revered among house music aficionados (including, notably, Kanye...

Ron Trent sat at a table in a high rise building
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The spiritual and sacred language of Ron Trent's house music

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

In October 2019, Tama Sumo and Lakuti held a Your Love party in east London’s Moth Club, and somewhere in the final hours of the...

DJ Deeon
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DJ Deeon in ICU due to heart infection following amputation and pneumonia

"Wishing you well. AND ASKING FOR PRAYERS PLEASE."

DJ Deeon has revealed that he is currently in ICU due to a heart infection. The legendary Chicago DJ and ghetto house pioneer shared a...
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Chicago councillor calls for two 24-hour clubs dedicated to house music in the city

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa wants the genre to be honoured properly in its birthplace

Chicago city councilor Carlos Ramirez-Rosa has put forward a suggestion that the city should open two new 24-hour clubs dedicated specifically to house music, to...
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Legendary Chicago house label DJ International Records relaunches

The imprint was originally launched in 1985 by Rocky Jones and the late Benji Espinoza

Chicago house label, DJ International Records, has relaunched. 

DJ International, the legendary Chicago imprint oringally launched in 1985 by Rocky Jones and the late Benji Espinoza...
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Chicago DJs launch GoFundMe for Ron Hardy memorial gravestone

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...
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Marshall Jefferson: Master of the house

It’s true that house music would still exist if Marshall Jefferson hadn’t been around to guide it — but it’s equally correct to say that without Jefferson...

Memories fade over time, and what memories remain become more and more shaded by personal experiences and personal interests. That helps to explain, in part...

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Premiere: Ariel Zetina 'I Miss The Sea'

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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Is dance music too middle class?

Is wealth and privilege damaging British dance music, and if so, what should we do about it?

WORDS: Matt AnnissPICS: Nicola Nodland & Jillian Edelstein

Since acid house swept the UK 30 years ago and united a generation, British dance has proudly proclaimed its egalitarian credentials. Many believe that the loved up, misty-eyed utopianism...

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Premiere: Ceri ‘Sweat’

Ceri readies the ‘I Need You to Make Me Sweat’ EP on her Find Your Own Records. Hear the razor-sharp house B-side ‘Sweat’ now...

Ceri will release her new EP ‘I Need You to Make Me Sweat’ via her Find Your Own Records on 3rd December.

The three-track release...

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Chicago club The Mid to close in February

“Unfortunately, the time has come where The Mid’s doors will be closing”...

Chicago club The Mid is to close in February, the venue has announced.

Leading up to the venue’s closing party on 5th February 2019, The...

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This book charts the visual history of Chicago house

It's a thorough snapshot of a timeless scene...

A new 96-page book documenting early Chicago House music has been published.

Out now via Brandon Johnson's Almighty & Insane Books, 'Beyond Heaven: Chicago House...

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Larry Heard shares first Mr. Fingers album in nearly 25 years: Listen

Stream all 18 tracks, all 100 minutes of the Chicago house legend’s latest release...

Larry Heard has recently shared a full stream of ‘Cerebral Hemispheres’, his first album under his Mr. Fingers alias in nearly 25 years. 

First...