Larry Heard Special
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b919vq
Chuck Roberts Proclaims the 10 Commandments of House “In our House, there is only House Music!”
In 1987, a group called Rhythm Controll released a track that would contain probably the most sampled speech in House music history: “My House.” Featuring the vocal prowess of a then unknown Chuck Roberts, the speech has gone on to be used in dare I say hundreds of songs in the next 31 years. Fast [...]
After the Raves: Every Beat Has A Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzxqah8ezqM
Seymour Stein Is Leaving Warner Music and Sire Records, the Label He Launched 51 Years Ago
The industry giant said he longs for his "indie roots" and will be "back in action again soon." Music industry legend Seymour Stein has announced his departure from Warner Music after 42 years at the label group, saying he's eying a return to his "indie roots." By leaving WMG, Stein also is saying goodbye to Sire Records, [...]
What is a radio, anyway? And what’s a smart speaker?
James CridlandFollow I am a radio futurologist, at https://james.cridland.net - and I run https://podnews.net — the daily podcast news website. May 27 A radio. Or a smart speaker. Or something. I rather like this tweet, from the UK industry group Radiocentre, which does a very good job of explaining radio’s multiplatform nature: It’s [...]
Why You’re Hearing More Borrowed Lyrics and Melodies on Pop Radio
Anne-Marie’s “2002,” Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” and more – inside the new wave of pop interpolation Anne-Marie’s “2002” is the biggest solo release of her career, a multi-week Top Five single in the U.K. built around a simple, effective gimmick: cribbing lyrics from songs that were hits between 1998 [...]
‘What a star he would be today’: the extraordinary musical legacy of Sylvester
Thirty years after his death, the creator of the classic Pride anthem You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) is the subject of academic symposia. Not bad for a drag queen who was ‘just trying to get on to the radio’ On a sunny Thursday afternoon, the theatre at the University of Sussex is playing host to [...]
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
KRIS LORI Jerome Derradji of Still Music inspects a multitrack tape from Record Al’s house-music cache in his Humboldt Park home. For the photo shoot, he made the obviously unpremeditated choice to wear a T-shirt for another one of his labels. Last summer, Chicago DJ and producer Jerome Derradji returned to his native France for the first [...]
Chicago House Golden Era | Second Wave Artists 1990 – 2005
https://youtu.be/d8Y9RLS9YQ4 This collection of recordings represent a segment of artists whose efforts, together and individually, cemented the city of Chicago as the locale where the era's most creative innovation in dance music was taking place. These producers, being cultural products of the initial House Music indoctrination of the '80s, show off many different sides [...]