The new venue will launch in 2026, nine years after the original Ancoats nightclub closed its doors Sankeys is set to make its return to Manchester with a new 500-capacity nightclub, nine years on from the closure of the long-running Ancoats venue. The new space, set to be located in Manchester city centre, will open [...]
Launched in 1994 by Chicago’s Derrick Carter and British DJ Luke Solomon, few labels have celebrated the outsiders' take on house music like Classic Music Company. The imprint's back catalogue boasts serious pedigree, releasing classics from the likes of Gemini, Brett Johnson, Blaze, Rob Mello and Roy Davis Jr., to Isolée, Herbert, Honey [...]
Manchester’s iconic nightclub, FAC51 The Haçienda, has announced the release of 51 DJ mixes from its historic archive, spanning both the original club nights and post-club Haçienda events. The collection is available exclusively on Apple Music, offering fans the chance to relive some of the most memorable moments in dance music history, dating back to 1987 up [...]
Located in a broken-down stretch of Newark, New Jersey, Zanzibar was the spot where famed spinner Tony Humphries rose to fame. Some may be aware that the club – along with the Movin’ Records shop and label – helped spawn the sometimes raw but always soulful, gospel-infused subgenre of house known as the Jersey [...]
All of us at My House Radio FM are deeply saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Ron Carroll. We want to send our sincere and heartfelt condolences to his loved ones. RIP to a house music legend!! Ron Carroll aka The Minister Of Sound has been moving dancefloors for decades, and his [...]
An Italian man has set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of nightclub and rave flyers. Marco Brusadelli, from Cisano Bergamasco, broke the record with his collection of 113,012 flyers dating from between 1985 and 2015. Comprising posters from major clubs, parties and DJs around the world, his stock spans everything from [...]
A History of '70s Disco in Ten Tracks Barbara Tucker is among the most important house and soul vocalists living today. With the spirit of Studio 54 back, she runs down her essential feel-good jams, from Loleatta Holloway to the Bee Gees. Barbara Tucker is one of dance music's definitive living vocalists. Her gospel-trained voice [...]
For one night only, the iconic New York nightclub will open its doors for a party from luxury brand Valentino Studio 54 is set to reopen for the first time in 43 years this week. On Wednesday (September 10), the legendary New York nightclub will open its doors for one night only for an [...]
A couple months ago we featured the legend that is DJ Marcia Carr, head of the vinyl-only, female DJ collective Girlz Be Like, in our Staff Picks playlist. With a SEVEN hour mix, no less! It’s a serious undertaking but before Marcia even starts planning her set, she reminds herself of her north star, her guiding light. [...]
Mousse T. tells the story behind his 1998 house hit ‘Horny’. The German-Turkish DJ and producer recounts how ‘Horny’ originated as a remix of Michael Jackson’s ‘Ghosts’, and how a visit in the studio from Roger Sanchez sealed the deal for him to finish the track. Originally an instrumental, named after its instantly-recognisable horn [...]