Chicago House Music Festival 2026

Deep House

Deep House is a subgenre of House Music. Originating in the 1980s – particularly with the music of Larry Heard, Fingers Inc, and others – it fuses elements of Chicago House with a more melodic, sometimes soulful feeling.

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Review: Promo vol 3 from Robot84

Four cuts on vinyl from the mysterious funk android Robot84.
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Alton Miller & Bo team up on “Where Did We Go Wrong?”

Alton Miller has released more great tracks in the last 3 years than most producers have in a lifetime. This is his latest on vinyl for Chicago's brilliant deep house label Noble Square.
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Dance Loud: This Moment & The Next

Chicago electronic music duo Dance Loud survived adversity to release their best work. After "The Moment," they're just getting started.
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Dope garage & deep house sounds on Mile High remixes

Miles ahead: the sensational "Mile High" featuring Paris Brightledge gets remixed by Keito Sano, Interstate and Dubbyman.
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Andrew Emil releases 34 track remix collection

New comp from S&S Records showcases Chicago producer Andrew Emil's remix work for the Steve "Silk" Hurley and DJ Skip-owned label's back catalog.
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Groovement drops brilliant remix pack for Jorge Caiado’s “Time & Space” album

Groovement enlists Steve O'Sullivan, Brawther, Dyed Soundorom and John Thomas to remix tracks from Jorge Caiado's 2020 album Time & Space.
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Session Victim return to the dancefloor for “Two Crowns”

After releasing a pandemic record before a pandemic, Session Victim return to Jimpster's Delusions of Grandeur for the warm & deep "Two Crowns" EP.
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Defected brings back Nu Groove with a Jovonn / Deetron split

Legendary NYC house label Nu Groove is now a Defected property and is releasing new music. Reason to be wary? Maybe, but the side A with Jovonn is hot.
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Chez Damier to launch his first ever radio residency

Chez Damier's new monthly mix show launches this Saturday May 8 on Radio FG's Maxximum Radio.
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Anthony Nicholson shines on “DirtyDiscoJazzFunk”

Anthony Nicholson adds to his incredible legacy with DirtyDiscoJazzFUnk, a new two track drop from The Jazz Diaries.

Black Motion: the Last Chapter & a New Beginning

5 Mag cover story with South African duo Black Motion, on 10 years of healing music and international acclaim: "This is a new dawn for the African artist."
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Delano Smith anchors 3rd release from Detroit’s Infolines

The third release from Detroit label Infolines with heat from ADMN, Remote Viewing Party and Mister Joshooa.
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Essential Angel Moraes: Life In Stereo

The journey is the reward: Angel Moraes leaves behind a staggering legacy in the house music scene. Here are 16 tracks we love best.

AOTN drop new edit of Mary Love Comer’s “Come Out of The Sandbox”

New edit of Mary Love Comer's "Come Out of The Sandbox" the Athens of the North house band East Coast Love Affair, with an original deep house track on the flip.
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Vintage label Ugly Music returns as Joe Claussell remixes Underground Evolution

Seminal label Ugly Music is back from the great warehouse in the sky with two tracks from Robert Grillo, "one of the best producers to make way too little music."

#DieTrying – Inside the new 5 Mag

Josh Milan, Ashley Beedle, Terry Farley, Jackie Queens and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.
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This is some Detroit Fire: vocalist Nikki O on Rough, Rugged, Raw

Detroit vocalist Nikki O has left her mark on some of the best deep house records of the last fifteen years.
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Late night vibes on Jimpster’s irresistible “Soul Spectral”

Jimpster's Soul Spectral is another nightcrawler masterpiece from the diamond-quality Freerange.
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UK radio station scolded for playing Lil Louis’ “French Kiss”

UK regulator Ofcom seeks to protect children from the "prolonged sounds of sexual moaning" from DJ Lil Louis' Chicago house classic "French Kiss."
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12″ alert: Kai Alcé drops Luv Fantasy on NDATL

Kai Alce makes some of the deepest soul and the soulfulest deep house known to man. Here are three more servings of the good stuff.

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