In honor of its 35th anniversary, RA's Jacob Arnold looks back at the origins and the heyday of the legendary Chicago nightspot. In the mid-'70s, Chicago was still America's second largest city. Yet after the financial collapse of a number of independent soul labels a few years earlier, its recording industry was virtually non-existent, and [...]
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The year is 1978, and a young Kerri Camar Chandler has, as usual, patiently waited for his father Joe to take off and do his hustle on the streets of East Orange, New Jersey. The front door closes; from behind the drapes Kerri furtively peeks out of the window as Joe swings a skinny leg [...]
Ralphi Rosario The Chicago-based DJ/producer discusses his latest leader, Rosabel's "Anthem of House." Rosabel, the DJ tandem of Chicago-based Ralphi Rosario and Miami-based Abel Aguilera, teaming with singer Terri B!, bolts 2-1 on Billboard's Dance Club Songschart (dated June 3) with "Anthem of House." While the seventh No. 1 for Rosabel, the track is the ninth total leader for Rosario [...]
Patrick Adams has worked with everyone from Sister Sledge to Candi Staton: ‘I feel like I’ve lived three lifetimes already.’ Photograph: Red Bull via Getty Images Melissa Locker Tuesday 9 May 2017 15.33 EDTLast modified on Thursday 8 June 2017 06.53 EDT If you have listened to the radio at all in the last 40 years, chances [...]
Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg photographed on Nov. 19, 2016. As Facebook continues to grapple with its role in proliferating "fake news" amidst the heated U.S. election this year, it has another showdown looming on the horizon -- this one with the music industry. In the wake of NMPA president/CEO David Israelite's op-ed in [...]
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Robert Owens spoke with Marko Kutlesa about lyrical inspiration, his career to date and working with Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard and Ron Wilson. No other male voice epitomises the sound of early Chicago house like that of Robert Owens. His vocals were not only among the first to be featured on house music, from 1986 [...]
A chap by the name of Matthieu Rodrigues has created a Techno Traveller Map to help globetrotting ravers find the best spots around the world to party to house and techno music. It’s an awesome idea and whilst there will no doubt be people (and venues) wondering why they’re not on the map, we’re [...]
In this new series, US expat and house authority Jim Poe will be looking back at some of history’s most iconic and scene-defining nightclubs, starting with New York’s Sound Factory. You can also read his features on touring with Aphex Twin and Moby across the US in the ‘90s. I attended the Sound Factory half [...]
