Chicago invades London WITH LOVE this June 26 as 5 Mag celebrates our 20th anniversary with a release party at BBE. 5 Mag is turning 20 years old this summer and to celebrate we’ve pressed an exclusive, limited edition vinyl-only release. WITH LOVE features three tracks from foundational house music producers Mike Dunn, Roy Davis, [...]
Movement has announced set times for the 2025 Movement Festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend in Hart Plaza, Detroit. This year’s festival features over 115 acts spread out across six stages from May 24 through May 26 2025. Headliners include sets from Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills, John Summit, Charlotte de Witte and more. This [...]
The hottest screenwriter in Hollywood is some guy named “Shakespeare” and the hottest house tracks of 2025 were made in 1996. DJ Romain’s “The Lost D.A.T.S.” series evokes a time when Times Square was dirty and nightlife was a freaky wonderland. The series from Hard Times enters its second volume with four new unreleased [...]
Mike Clark. Agent X. The Ambassador. He’s one of the most pivotal, most essential figures in electronic music history, holding down the underground for Detroit house music before such a thing existed. In that time he’s worn a number of guises. Clark was part of one of the early DJ groups in the [...]
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 [...]
By Terry Matthew I missed this one on pre-order by a day. Don’t make the same mistake now that it’s out for real. Originating as a “98 bpm R&B tune,” “Surrender” was originally recorded more than 20 years ago. Few records would not be ennobled by a Tony Humphries remix and “Surrender” is [...]
The second of two international events honoring 70 years since the birth of Frankie Knuckles takes place this Saturday in London. For Frankie, a tribute to the legendary Frankie Knuckles takes place at fabric in London from 2pm to 10pm this Saturday, January 25 2025. DJs scheduled to play include Chrissy T, CJ Mackintosh, Danism + Train, Deli G, Frankie’s Director [...]
"We Cookin' Now" anchors a classic EP from deep house pioneer Abacus, appearing digitally on his bandcamp. It’s amazing to think how many hot tracks from the ’90s have never been released digitally (or were published only on one of those crappy digitization of old Lounge Heroes Vol 44 compilation CDs clogging up the back [...]
The first repress of Utah Saints' self-titled first album is packed with additional remixes from David Morales, CJ Bolland and Andrew Weatherall among others. Pioneering electronic music duo Utah Saints are reissuing their debut album on Saturday, October 19 2024 for National Album Day in the UK. Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt released their self-titled [...]
The 300 page fully illustrated book documents how a small group transformed a derelict meat store into one of the most celebrated nightclubs in dance music history. Storied London club Fabric is the subject of a forthcoming illustrated history published by UK imprint White Rabbit. “Fabric: The Fully Illustrated History of the Famous London [...]