As house music spread beyond its Chicago birthplace in the late 1980s, no city soaked up the sound quite as eagerly as New York. This was in a large part down to an ecosystem of promoters, labels, record shops and artists that extends far beyond the accepted canon of major-name DJs and producers. Here, Bruce [...]
Image courtesy of Google House Music and its legendary Black creators from Chicago got the ultimate shout-out to start Black History Month. On Saturday, Feb. 1, Google highlighted the genre with a Doodle on its search engine. “In celebration of Black History Month, today’s music video Doodle, celebrates house music, a genre with roots in Chicago’s [...]
My House Radio FM will celebrate Black History Month with interviews and other special content. Stay Tuned!
The team behind Cafe Erzulie is helming the new venue, which opened January 24th. The team behind Brooklyn's Cafe Erzulie—a dweller staple—has opened a new listening bar across the street: Damballa. Officially opened on January 24th, Damballa takes its name from one of the most powerful Loa spirits in Haitian voodoo traditions, considered [...]
Get ready to immerse yourself in the ultimate celebration of rhythm, love, and community at Fairyland, Puerto Vallarta’s first-ever queer house music festival, organized by Mantamar Events in association with Brian Kent Productions. From March 13-16, 2025, this four-day extravaganza will transform the city into a pulsating hub of sound and energy, featuring more than 23 world-class [...]
The April 26th event at The Ramova Theater will be the first of its kind in the city. A new electronic music conference is coming to Chicago this spring, a first-of-its-kind event for the city. The aptly-titled Chicago Electronic Music Conference will take place at The Ramova Theatre on April 26th. It's designed [...]
The RANE ONE MKII was part of the company’s booth at NAMM RANE has teased a new update to its motorised DJ controller, ONE, at this year’s NAMM conference in Anaheim, California. The product hasn’t officially been announced by RANE, or its parent company InMusic, yet, but it was present at the RANE [...]
Director Elegance Bratton and producers Roger Ross Williams and Chester Algernal Gordon visited the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, to discuss the joyful music that inspired their documentary. Elegance Bratton’s documentary “Move Ya Body,” which tracks both the artistic evolution of house music and its historical and sociopolitical impact, emerged from the unlikeliest of [...]
Chicago DJ and producer Elbert Phillips pays tribute to the late, legendary Frankie Knuckles with this extended and thoroughly dope classic tribute mix. This is also an intensely personal mix — Phillips was both a fan and a confidant of Frankie Knuckles, one of a small handful of DJs handpicked by FK to open for him at his own events [...]
The iconic German electronic group have also added more West Coast dates to their US tour Kraftwerk are releasing three new editions of their classic ‘Autobahn’ LP to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Out on 7th March, the new versions include a 12" vinyl picture disc pressing of the album's 2009 remaster – the first [...]
