A generation of women is shaking up Egypt's underground electronic music scene while the conservative country's cultural establishment marginalises and even bans electronic music artists. Sunday 08/01/2023 Egyptian DJ A7ba-L-Jelly plays music during a concert in Giza. (AFP) CAIRO- Laser beams illuminate a darkened restaurant-turned-dance hall in Cairo as revellers move to thumping beats from [...]
For those who don't know you, tell us a little about yourself, where you are from, and how you first got into dance music Christel Hendriks, 49 years old, born and raised in the Netherlands. Mother of 3 kids (co- parenting) with twins Maxime and Amelie (9) and Xavier (13). I’m currently [...]
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 HAROLD HEATH Tuesday, March 7, 2023 The Trax Records saga [...]
GEMMA ROSS, 9 MARCH 2023 The BBC radio broadcaster has just debuted her new imprint and platform UTOPIA Following the launch of her cross-disciplinary platform UTOPIA in 2020, DJ and BBC radio broadcaster Jaguar has announced the introduction of her new eponymous imprint. The label’s launch came last Wednesday with a debut release from Scotland’s Van Damn titled [...]
It was 20 years ago that the much-loved US House label MoreHouse Records burst on to the scene with their acclaimed debut from Groove Junkies ft Solomon Henderson, ‘Inside My Soul’. Since then, the MoHo label and their artists have cemented their legacy in the history of house music over the past 2 decades. [...]
https://soundcloud.com/fiona-carson/dj-feline-deepsoulsexy-love-vibes-my-house-radio-13-nov-20?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing For those who don't know you, tell us a little about yourself, where you are from, and how you first got into dance music. Hi I’m Fiona, Dj Feline from London UK. I’ve been DJ’ing for 31 years and have been a part of the My House Radio [...]
Thirty years after the singer-songwriter hit the scene with 'Gypsy Woman,' Crystal Waters talks about new music with BET. From Drake’s controversial Honestly, Nevermind to the perfection Beyoncé laid through RENAISSANCE, the summer of 2022 was a standout year for House music. The return of repetitive 4-on-the-floor beats, hard bass drums, addictive basslines, and everything in between marked a serious return [...]
While diversifying DJ lineups has recently received plenty of attention efforts to increase the number of non-males releasing. music has so far lagged behind. We meet some of the people and organizations trying to change this Before Leah Chisholm started making music as LP Giobbi, she was recruited into an all-women electronic band in [...]
For those who don't know you, tell us a little about yourself, where you are from, and how you first got into dance music. I was born and raised in South Africa, but grew up in the US. I got into dance music via the Winter Music Conference. Some NYC friends suggested [...]
By Asiya Ali For this Black History Month US and LGBT History Month, we're celebrating the rich roots of house music and the Black and Queer DJs who helped create it. There's a strong impression that House music has become synonymous with whiteness. This is obviously due to the genre being spearheaded by mostly white, [...]