From banging cuts for the ballroom to surprisingly tasteful early big room house, these tracks expose the genre's roots in queer American club cultures. House music is gay music. The sound emerged from the queer black and latinx club cultures of New York and Chicago in the ’80s. Strangely, these roots of the culture are not very well [...]
Gene Farris/Facebook These seminal producers played instrumental roles in developing the early sounds of electronic music and bringing it to the masses. RACHEL KUPFER FEB 1, 2021 More than 40 years ago in Chicago's underground club scene, the foundational wave of modern dance music was just starting to hit its stride. It was the [...]
A trip through the timeline of dance music HARRISON WILLIAMS, 21 FEBRUARY 2017 Dance music was built on love, unity, respect, and inclusivity. Mixmag is celebrating Black History Month by honoring electronic music's most cherished and revered artists who embraced these founding values. Last week we showcased the women who shaped dance music and [...]