From Detroit to Ibiza: MK – A House Music Legend – Moments in Music w/@MarcKinchenOfficial
https://youtu.be/iXpPztRQN8s?si=wHOmMwLoPSfyDWFa
25 Best House & Club Tracks (Defected)
As part of our ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations, Defected resident DJ and radio host Monki spotlighted 25 of the best house tracks in a two-hour radio special last Friday. To build this collection of greats, we asked our global community of fans to share their favourite house records over on our Instagram page last [...]
Rave Champion Sam Divine Talks Smiley Collaboration, Career Highs & The Joy Of Daytime Partying (Complex UK)
The Smiley logo—broad smile on a round, yellow face—is probably the most immediately recognisable insignia in rave culture. In fact, it’s probably one of the most recognisable images in all of music history. Such is the power of their brand, that since its inception 50 years ago in the days of acid house and the free-rave [...]
House music all life long: 25 Years Of Defected (DJ Mag)
World-class house label Defected Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Carl Loben corners CEO Wez Saunders for some insights about its inner workings, and asks a selection of associated artists what the secret is to the brand’s lasting success Almost a quarter of a century ago, DJ Mag popped over to Defected [...]
Legendary house music vocalist Kathy Brown to release album on Glitterbox for cancer charity (DJ MAG)
Gallery
Legendary house music vocalist Kathy Brown to release album on Glitterbox for cancer charity (DJ MAG)
Dance Music, Deep House, Defected, DJ Mag, Entertaiment, Glitterbox, House, House Music, MixMAg, Music News, New Release, press release, Report, Resident Advisor
Legendary house music vocalist Kathy Brown to release album on Glitterbox for cancer charity (DJ MAG)
Brown was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer late last year Glitterbox is releasing an album to raise funds for Kathy Brown's chosen cancer charity, Macmillan Cancer Support. The legendary house vocalist was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which has since spread to her brain, late last year. A GoFundMe has since been set up by Brown's daughter [...]
Sam Divine: the Queen of Defected Takes Ibiza (DJ Mag)
Sam Divine is the Queen of Defected, and she’s helming the UK house music brand’s first season at Ushuaïa Ibiza this season as its weekly resident and key figurehead. For the the first of DJ Mag's 2024 Ibiza cover stories, Divine speaks candidly about her difficult upbringing, falling in love with house music, lifestyle [...]
Marshall Jefferson announces 40-track Defected House Masters compilation (DJ Mag)
Gallery
Marshall Jefferson announces 40-track Defected House Masters compilation (DJ Mag)
Announcements, Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, DJ Mag, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, Music, Music News, news
Marshall Jefferson announces 40-track Defected House Masters compilation (DJ Mag)
"It's almost like being in a House Music Hall of Fame." Marshall Jefferson is the latest artist to receive a Defected Records 'House Masters' compilation. Out on 29th May, the Chicago house pioneer will release a 40-track retrospective that will highlight Jefferson's solo hits, production credits, remixes, and underground favourites from his 50 year [...]
Frankie Knuckles classics and remixes set for vinyl release via Defected’s House Masters (DJ Mag)
Gallery
Frankie Knuckles classics and remixes set for vinyl release via Defected’s House Masters (DJ Mag)
Announcements, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Mag, Entertaiment, Frankie Knuckles, House, House Music, House Music History, Music News, producer, Promotional
Frankie Knuckles classics and remixes set for vinyl release via Defected’s House Masters (DJ Mag)
The storied UK house label celebrates the late Chicago house legend on the tenth anniversary of his death with a new vinyl pressing of his 2015 compilation Defected is releasing a collection of the late Frankie Knuckles' classics and remixes in a new vinyl set. Part of the storied UK label's 'House Masters' compilation series [...]
Defected promotes Melvo Baptiste to director of music at Glitterbox (MusicWeek)
Defected has promoted Melvo Baptiste to director of music, Glitterbox, overseeing the label’s recordings schedule, talent and curation across its global repertoire of events into 2024 and beyond. Baptiste steps into his new role after seven years at Defected as part of the A&R team. He has also presented and curated Glitterbox’s radio show. “An authoritative voice [...]
‘Everything we do is about connection’: 50 years of Pacha and the Ibiza club scene (The Guardian)
The Spanish island’s famed dance venue is celebrating half a century of parties and beat-making, from hippy hangout to superstar DJ rite of passage The year was 2010, the last vestige of time in which, when the beat dropped in the club, there would be thousands of hands in the air simultaneously cutting [...]