Chip E and Carl Cox remake Time To Jack and Chicago House Music lore of Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy in the studio. He was the man who encouraged and helped co-produce Frankie Knuckles’ first track “You Can’t Hide.” He was in the studio with Ron Hardy when he did his very first [...]
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 [...]
IHeartMedia, formerly Clear Channel, just filed the 30th largest bankruptcy in history with $20 billion in debt. IHeartMedia, the adorable name assigned to the hungry beast once known as Clear Channel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has come to terms with the majority of its creditors, however, so the Biblical [...]
The full line-up for Mamby on the Beach‘s 2018 weekend was announced today, all in one blast. Nestled in among the eclectic range of headliners playing the Chicago festival are some extremely exciting selections in the electronic music scene, representing both some hometown beat magicians of the Chicago underground and the wider dance music scene. On [...]
Ian Friday, Josh Milan, Dawn Tallman, Mike City and Will Downing are among the artists to join Paris Cesvette on her quality debut LP. The wonderful Paris Cesvette does it up big on her inspiring debut album. Don’t look for 12 tracks of inert tech house here, as collaborations with Ian Friday, Will Downing, [...]
The first segment of this Zero To Hero series laid crucial foundations that influence your DJ/producer success. In part one you learned to support your craft with creative micro income streams that pay the bills. Part two showed how to rise above the online noise by creating killer content. For part three, you defined and developed your DJ/producer brand. Today’s [...]
Out soon on Love Vibration Nation The CoCreators have been tearing it up recently with chart-busting remixes of artists such as Coqui Selection, Mikel Gil, Rico Garcia, Luke Wheeler, Townsend, James Bratch, Loz J Yates and many others, enjoying over 40 chart positions in the last six months alone. Now the label bosses of Love [...]
Digital DJ Tips reader Jonny asks: How do you record your live DJ sets? I only occasionally use Traktor when I play live and obviously can record through that, but how about when I use my USB sticks on a standard CDJ/DJM club set-up? I’ve seen some DJs use a portable recorder like a Zoom or Tascam, [...]
Sad news whipping through the house music community today: Boyd Jarvis, a pioneer and pivotal figure in the history of music but especially dance music, has died. Jarvis had been diagnosed with cancer in 2016, after which a number of fundraising vehicles and shows were held. It was announced Jarvis would be undergoing radiation [...]
23 February 2018 Founded in 1989 by Mark Finkelstein and Gladys Pizarro, New York house music label Strictly Rhythm quickly established itself as one of dance music’s most successful and influential record labels of all time, and one which defined house music right throughout the ’90s. Home to such significant artists as Roger Sanchez, [...]