After the Raves: Every Beat Has A Story
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Seymour Stein Is Leaving Warner Music and Sire Records, the Label He Launched 51 Years Ago
The industry giant said he longs for his "indie roots" and will be "back in action again soon." Music industry legend Seymour Stein has announced his departure from Warner Music after 42 years at the label group, saying he's eying a return to his "indie roots." By leaving WMG, Stein also is saying goodbye to Sire Records, [...]
Chicago House Golden Era | Second Wave Artists 1990 – 2005
https://youtu.be/d8Y9RLS9YQ4 This collection of recordings represent a segment of artists whose efforts, together and individually, cemented the city of Chicago as the locale where the era's most creative innovation in dance music was taking place. These producers, being cultural products of the initial House Music indoctrination of the '80s, show off many different sides [...]
Thirty years since the second summer of love
Bless this acid house: dancing in face masks and white gloves. Photograph: Matthew Smith/Rex/Shutterstock It was the year I got my first job, the year I broke up with my boyfriend, the year I flew to Barbados and met Imran Khan on a beach, but of all the crazy life-changing moments, none had more impact [...]
Maturing Ibiza
The luxurious 'Anything Can Happen Suite' at Ushuaïa Beach Hotel By Johnny Lee In the 2010's, the impact of higher quality hotels, led by Ushuaïa, changed the Ibizan landscape permanently. In this feature, Johnny Lee turns away from clubs and looks at how increasing accommodation standards might impact behavior. Last summer global travel [...]
“Clubbing has always been political’ – using house music to send a message” (The Guardian)
Vocalist Amanda Cruz during a project recording session for Bring Down the Walls. Photograph: César Martínez In 1986, British artist Phil Collins (not the singer, but the Turner prize-nominated artist) was 16 years old when he first attended his first acid house party, and he noticed two things upon stepping inside the Haçienda nightclub in Manchester – [...]
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 [...]
Roy Ayers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Zero To Hero, Part 3: How To Develop Your DJ/Producer Brand (Digital Dj Tips)
LAST UPDATED 13 FEBRUARY, 2018 In part one of our Zero To Hero: How To Hustle For DJ/Producer Success series we covered seven micro income streams to keep cash coming in while you pursue your DJ/producing, and in part two we talked about how you can get noticed online by putting out killer content. Today we’re going to focus [...]
PBS marks ‘Mister Rogers’ 50th anniversary
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on upcoming programming from the TV Critics meeting in Pasadena, California (all times local): 4:55 p.m. Michael Keaton is narrating a 50th anniversary tribute to the late Fred Rogers and his beloved children’s program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” “Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like” will air March 6 on [...]