House music is gay music. The sound emerged from the queer black and latinx club cultures of New York and Chicago in the ’80s. Strangely, these roots of the culture are not very well represented on the global touring club circuit today. There seem to be fewer big name openly queer touring DJs than their straight cis-gendered peers. [...]
There were few obvious reasons to celebrate in the New York City of the 1970s, an era defined more by grime and crime than glitz or glamour in the crowded hub. Every day seemed to bring new challenges as the city's anxious residents slogged away; the Bronx was burning, violence was escalating, and everyone from cops [...]
Moodymann displayed his unique take on the Detroit sound during his closing set in the Blue Room during Detroit Love at TV Lounge in Detroit on Saturday, March 7, 2015. (Photo: John Froelich, Special to the Detroit Free Pres) Highland Park police officers pulled their guns on Detroit DJ Moodymann during a confrontation outside his [...]
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Authorities have shut down the counterfeit vinyl pressing plant Vinyl is expensive. Any collector of wax worth their salt has poured hundreds, if not thousands into their collections over the years and the demand for rare vinyl pressings continues to skyrocket. In Wales, four men were making the most of this demand by [...]
My House Radio New Years Marathon Get Ready for our 3rd annual SUPER 2019 NEW YEAR'S Marathon!!! If you plan on going out, no worries tune in when you are OUT via our Google app... We're Going All IN, taking no prisoners... playing the best from all the My House Radio DJs [...]
Playing an extended DJ set is a physically demanding and musically rewarding experience. Check out John 00 Fleming's marathon DJ set tips in this piece. Pic: John OO Fleming 10 DECEMBER, 2018 We recently had a chance to chat with trance legend John 00 Fleming, a DJ/producer who is revered for his marathon [...]
Over a career spanning four decades, the pioneering DJ Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, who has passed away after a long fight with cancer, could claim to have been at the forefront of most of the significant shifts in UK club culture. From the youth clubs and soul scene of the seventies right through to the global [...]
Posted by sofia | Nov 16, 2018 | News The International Nightlife Association has published the list of The World's 100 Best Clubs. Up to 37 different countries have been integrated, Spain is the leader with 22 different institutions. Barely followed by the United States, which has 16 clubs. The UK also has nine mega clubs in store. Germany is represented only with two [...]
