THE FREAKEASY IS CHICAGO’S BEST KEPT UNDERGROUND PARTY PARADISE
“I always say in Chicago, bad is good and good is bad,” Freakeasy co-founder Matt Fusello says over a plate of late night lo mein in the Windy City’s Chinatown. Fusello and Freakeasy partner Striz have asked Mixmag out to slurp down noodles in order to impart the feel and history for this legendary Chicago party before [...]
After the Raves: Every Beat Has A Story
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Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
KRIS LORI Jerome Derradji of Still Music inspects a multitrack tape from Record Al’s house-music cache in his Humboldt Park home. For the photo shoot, he made the obviously unpremeditated choice to wear a T-shirt for another one of his labels. Last summer, Chicago DJ and producer Jerome Derradji returned to his native France for the first [...]
10 Films About Dance Music Culture
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How Nightclubs Became Museum Pieces (New York Times)
By Anna Codrea-Rado May 3, 2018 WEIL AM RHEIN, Germany — In May 1985, the Palladium nightclub opened its doors to a Who’s Who of the New York art world. Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Larry Rivers were all there to check out the new club billed as a successor to Studio 54, the infamous nightspot that had [...]
First Listen: Mr. Fingers, ‘Cerebral Hemispheres’
Mr. Fingers' Cerebral Hemispheres comes out April 13 on Alleviated Music. Marc Sethi/Courtesy of the artist As you make your way through all 100+ minutes of Cerebral Hemispheres, Larry Heard's first album of new music released as Mr. Fingers in almost a quarter-century, the thing that may prove most startling is the variety. The house music sound [...]
Mr Realistic and Tony Gray Live at Wet Willie in Columbia South Carolina Mar31st, 2018
Mr. Realistic and Tony Gray Live at Wet Willie March 31st, 2018 9pm -2am. 800 Gervais St Columbia, SC 29201
Rekordbox 5.2 Released, Lets You Make Your Own Light Shows (Digital DJ Tips)
The new update includes Lighting Mode which lets you program custom light shows when used with the RB-DMX1 lighting interface. (Digital Dj Tips Pioneer DJ just launched the latest version of Rekordbox. Now at version 5.2, the update includes the brand new Lighting Mode that lets you create custom lighting effects when [...]
The Community Shows Love for Boyd Jarvis “He was house before there was house.”
“Give me flowers when I’m still living,” Frankie Knuckles once said, “because I won’t be able to enjoy them when I’m under the ground.” As true as that sentiment is, people from around the house music industry have been pouring out their love for the Boyd Jarvis, dance music pioneer and inspiration, whose death was announced this weekend. [...]