Gene Farris: Legendary Chicago DJ Inspiring the World with His Timeless House Music (UAE Stories)

By |2025-07-03T20:21:33-05:00July 3rd, 2025|Chicago, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, House, House Music, House Music History, producer, Report|

  Gene Farris is not just a DJ. He is a living legend whose story embodies passion, patience, and the unstoppable power of dreams. From his early days in Chicago’s underground scene to performing on the biggest stages worldwide, Farris has spent nearly four decades transforming dance floors and inspiring new generations of artists. When [...]

From Detroit to Ibiza: MK – A House Music Legend – Moments in Music w/‪@MarcKinchenOfficial‬

By |2025-05-04T09:25:59-05:00May 4th, 2025|Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews|

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RA and Converse to host free party in Brooklyn on May 8th (Resident Advisor)

By |2025-04-17T20:46:14-05:00April 17th, 2025|Brooklyn, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, New York, producer, Promotional|

  CLUB CHUCK will be a celebration of New York dance music. Resident Advisor and Converse are hosting a party in New York on Thursday, May 8th.   Running from 8 PM through 2 AM, CLUB CHUCK will take place at a TBA Brooklyn venue. The lineup, which is also under wraps for now, will [...]

David Morales ‘Needin’ U’ | The Making Of An Ibiza Anthem (DJ Mag)

By |2025-04-09T19:06:39-05:00April 9th, 2025|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, Ibiza, Interviews, producer|

  David Morales shares the story behind his dance anthem, 'Needin' U' In an exclusive interview with DJ Mag, David Morales shares the story behind his dance anthem, 'Needin' U'. Morales reflects on the origins of his career, from DJing at the Paradise Garage to remixing Whitney Houston at just 25 years old. Morales explains [...]

New documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House, premieres at Sundance Film Festival (DJ Mag)

By |2025-02-08T09:04:58-06:00February 8th, 2025|Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, DJ Mag, Documentary, House, House Music, House Music History, serato|

    Jesse Saunders and Vince Lawrence are among the interviewees featured in the 90-minute film A new documentary digging into the queer Black origins of house premiered at Sundance Film Festival last month. Directed by filmmaker Elegance Bratton, Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House looks at the infamous 1979 Disco Demolition night and its bearing on the [...]

Dance Music Is Black Music (Soho House)

By |2025-02-06T17:27:13-06:00February 6th, 2025|African American, black History Month, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, LGBTQIA+, Music|

  We chat to some of Soho House’s music friends – Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Norman Jay MBE and Giles Smith (Secretsundaze) – to get their take on dance music and the inspirational figures that made our playlist this month Listen here   With a nod to Black History Month, our new Dance Music Is Black [...]

It’s been 40 years since the first ever house track, and its legacy lives ‘On and On’ (Mixmag)

By |2024-12-20T21:47:43-06:00December 20th, 2024|Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, MixMAg, Music, producer|

  Four decades on from a record that changed the world of dance music forever, Meena Sears speaks to house music scholars, including Jesse Saunders, and traces the evolution of the culture 2024 marks 40 years since the release of Jesse Saunders’ seminal track ‘On & On’. While there is some debate around it, ‘On & On’ is widely considered [...]

Honey Dijon – DJ​-​Kicks: Honey Dijon (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-10-18T17:52:33-05:00October 18th, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Honey Dijon, House, House Music, International, LGBTQIA+, Music, Music News, Resident Advisor, Review, Trans|

  The legendary house DJ crafts an expertly balanced dance floor odyssey. Honey Dijon started her career nearly 25 years ago in her hometown of Chicago. From house music's inception, she lived and breathed the genre—and took any DJ gig she could get (even going so far as saying she would DJ out of a [...]

Rave Champion Sam Divine Talks Smiley Collaboration, Career Highs & The Joy Of Daytime Partying (Complex UK)

By |2024-09-17T22:06:46-05:00September 17th, 2024|Dance Music, Defected, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, Ibiza|

  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 [...]

Introducing SYNC: Our home for lost, vintage house music mixes (5 Mag)

By |2024-09-16T20:34:40-05:00September 16th, 2024|5 Magazine, Announcements, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, Music News, Promotional|

  Saving classic house music DJ sets from oblivion, one compressed mp3 file at a time. SYNC is another new feature for 5 Mag, which you can probably describe it in as few words as possible as “a new mix series for old mixes.” There’s more to it than that, of course. A few years back [...]

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