Disco was never designed to grow old gracefully – instead, it has endured with brilliant defiance. More than four decades have now passed since its heady sound and style became a global phenomenon; its life so far has involved joy and pain, inspirational anthems and attempted murder (at 1979’s 'disco demolition night' stunt in Chicago’s [...]
At the board, 1981. Photo courtesy of Gino Soccio. About a month before thousands chanted “Disco sucks!” at Chicago’s Comiskey Park, Gino Soccio was ensconced in his Montreal studio, sipping coffee with cognac and laying down tracks for his second LP. Leaning against a twenty-four-channel mixing desk, Soccio spoke like a disco evangelist during [...]
“Running a label is a very tough business and it can take years to generate enough revenue to support even one person” – Chris Smith a.k.a. Shiny Objects Damion Pell July 10, 2019 12:25 pm Chris Smith Chris Smith a.k.a. Shiny Objects is an integral part of San Francisco’s burgeoning electronic music [...]
With the rise of the digital music industry and streaming, there are artists generating reasonable livings (~$50-300K) producing and releasing music from their bedrooms to the public instantly. This phenomenon takes place most significantly in electronic music, although it happens in rap, pop, and other genres too. These artists, many of them teenagers or in [...]
For decades, house music has shaped pop worldwide—but many of the spaces that birthed it here disappeared so quickly they barely left a trace. By Leor Galil @imLeor “It was a time when people didn’t put as much emphasis on the DJs or the performer per se, and really danced and enjoyed themselves.” —DJ and producer [...]
Moodymann displayed his unique take on the Detroit sound during his closing set in the Blue Room during Detroit Love at TV Lounge in Detroit on Saturday, March 7, 2015. (Photo: John Froelich, Special to the Detroit Free Pres) Highland Park police officers pulled their guns on Detroit DJ Moodymann during a confrontation outside his [...]
Over a career spanning four decades, the pioneering DJ Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, who has passed away after a long fight with cancer, could claim to have been at the forefront of most of the significant shifts in UK club culture. From the youth clubs and soul scene of the seventies right through to the global [...]
Moody Man By Kish Lal There’s a profound difference between the music of hip-house pioneers and the modern-day hip-hop crossovers of Drake and Moodymann. It began back in the late '80s with Tyree Cooper claiming Turn Up The Bass to be the "first hip-house record on vinyl.” It was a vainglorious declaration opposed by [...]
Rhian DalyOct 28, 2018 7:05 pm Daft Punk Follow Daft Punk and never miss new tour announcements Follow Powered by The song featured on a film soundtrack in 2017 A 14-minute techno track by Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter has been shared online in full. The song was originally composed for the soundtrack of Latvian film Riga [...]
Back from the brink: It looks like DJ mixes may yet find a home on SoundCloud after being practically hounded off the platform, thanks to a new deal between SoundCloud and Dubset. LAST UPDATED 22 OCTOBER, 2018 It looks like DJs will soon be able to post their mixes on SoundCloud, thanks [...]