Dimitri from Paris Preparing Epic CHIC Remixes
Dimitri From Paris presents Le Chic Remix, coming in June 2018 from Glitterbox Recordings.
Over and Over, And Why Every Disco Artist Just Looks a Little Shabby Compared to Sylvester
Sylvester is a livewire downed in the middle of the street, still trembling with lethal energy some thirty years (is it really?) since he left us. KON does the tracks justice on Over and Over on his KONTEMPORARY label.
Theaster Gates’ New Art Space to Host Frankie Knuckles’ Record Collection
We heard about this earlier this year but the cat is out of the bag. ArtNews posted a story about Chicago artist Theaster Gates, who we'd been informed discretely was working with the late...
The Essential Quincy Jones Playlist
Timmy Regisford, Mousse T. and (of course) Michael Jackson make appearances in the essential Quincy Jones playlist, compiled by DEL for his Foundations column.
Related: Foundations: Quincy Jones, the Genius
Razzamatazz
('81; #3 Dance-Disco / #17 R&B...
Djoon, the Paris club that so often supports us, needs our support
Help one of the outposts of quality underground dance music re-open: Paris club Djoon is approaching a do-or-die fundraising goal.
Soul Train’s Don Cornelius honored by Chicago TV industry body
Legendary Chicago impresario Don Cornelius of Soul Train to be inducted by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chicago chapter.
TK Disco – Ray Caviano and the Lost Art of Record Promotion
The signature bamboo, blue skies and palm trees meant this was a record worthy of the name TK DISCO. Ray Caviano made sure DJs played it.
DEL's Foundations series searches through the roots of modern...
Dimitri From Paris Remixes “Kill The Lights” from TV Show Vinyl
I haven't watched a minute of Vinyl, HBO's supposedly polarizing series, so whatever promotional juice they hope to squeeze out of their musical offerings (a track a week, or so they say) is probably...
Joey Negro’s 2008 Dub Mighty Bloody Real (Free Download)
Way ahead of it's time, Better Days Records featured some of the most beautiful and most versatile bootleg disco edits in the world. Better Days also published some of the most hilarious tongue-in-cheek pseudonyms...
Hugo LX & DJ Spinna remix the fiery Brother Sister / Candlelight
Cho and Random Impetus' sensational record gets remixed with Hugo LX's single-soul powered funk revival and DJ Spinna's icy electro fever dream of Brother Sister and Candlelight.
Heatwave: The Band That Wouldn’t Die
A Stabbing, a Car Accident, Paralysis, a Coma: Nothing Could Stop the Heatwave - the Pre-Eminent Multi-Ethnic Band of the Funk, Boogie and Disco Era.
While noodling about this issue's subject, it occurred to me...
Mapping 50 years of disco on a speaker circuit diagram
Dorothy's Disco Love Blueprint traces the history of disco through the people and places who connected one another.
Artwork & Jon Solo launch their new Hi Quality Records
"Nightshift" and "Don't Look Down" are a pair of fresh dance floor tunes from More Amour (Artwork and musician Jon Solo) on the first release for their new label Hi Quality Records Inc.
500 Edits: Danny Krivit & the Birth of Re-Edit Culture
How it all began with one bad edit and an engineer wasting everyone's time: Harold Heath meets Danny Krivit for our disco issue cover story.
Dave Lee drops “Starlight” – his new track with Omar
Showered in neo-soul, "Starlight" hangs on a gorgeous hook, a chorus that elevates a mid-tempo track into a soul-with-strings tour de force.
5 Magazine DJ Series presents Leonard Part Sixx
Leonard Part Sixx mix from 5 Magazine's DJ Series on CD published from 2007 to 2008.
Tear The MF’ing Roof Off!
New documentary on the wild and dangerous times of Parliament Funkadelic Tear The Roof Off debuts in Chicago.
Cándido: Revolutionary, the Thousand Finger Man and the Hands of Fire
One of the most important percussionists in history has died. Cándido Camero changed popular music forever - and almost invented house music along the way.
Love is still the message: more 7″ edits from Danny Krivit
Mr. K's mixes of "Love Is The Message" and "I Can't Turn Around" is another up from the best edit series going today, on Most Excellent Unlimited.
Craig Alexander: The 5 Magazine Interview
5 Magazine 2007 profile of Chicago House Music DJ and producer Craig Alexander.
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WYSER mix ☀️ RISE vol 21
Wake up, stay up and don't stay in: new mix from WYSER, aka Matt Wyser of Custom Vibes, the DJ duo REDUX and part of Shfft Chicago.
