Intellijel’s Atlantis Synth Module Conjures Up Visions of the Roland 101
If you've been thinking about giving up modular synths, think again. The Atlantis Eurorack Synth Module from Intellijel Designs is "inspired" by the architecture and sound of the fabled Roland SH-101, the less storied...
Steve Mill Mixes Forthcoming Burnt Deep Vol 2
UK-based producer Steve Mill is set to mix volume 2 of a new compilation series on Believe Housecrate.
Burnt Deep features tracks from Detroit Swindle, Quell, Evan Iff and Andre Crom. Steve released his...
If Everyone That Scott Wozniak Made Giggle Gave Just $1 This Kickstarter Would Be Over By...
Scott Wozniak - DJ, producer and musician by night, aspiring social media comedian in his day job - has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his debut album.
Scott has apparently he’s gone an entire...
Movement 2014 Phase 1 Announced and It’s All You Can Hope For
Paxahau, promoters of this May's Movement festival in Detroit have announced Phase 1 of their 2014 event line-up and it's everything you'd hope it would be.
Among the Detroit mainstays, it's great to see Anthony...
DJ Funk Just Released A New Album
Amidst the noise of the Holiday weekend in Chicago, you might have missed that the city's Ghetto House icon DJ Funk just dropped a new album.
DJ Funk's Booty House Anthems 3 dropped on...
Sek’s Hide and Seek – Free Download from Large Music
Chicago's Large Music is giving away a free track Greek producer Sek, who is releasing his second EP, Inside Out, on Large in two weeks. You can preorder the EP here from iTunes.
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"To celebrate...
Pay Close Attention: DEMF, Not Movement, Is July 4 Weekend and FEMT is Something New
This is what editors used to call "burying the lede", back when there were still gainfully employed editors who could tell you what a "lede" was.
Four paragraphs into this story published today about...
Video: Watch the FootworKINGZ in Green Velvet and Gant-Man’s Check U Out
Against a backdrop of Chicago's skyline, lakefront, high school gyms and downtown sidewalks, the FootworKINGZ provide the visuals for "Check U Out", the neo-juke track in collaboration with Gant-Man from Green Velvet (aka Cajmere's)...
Good Morning. Here’s More Than 11 Hours of Mark Farina’s Mushroom Jazz
Mark Farina takes the turntables about, oh, 11 or 12 hours from now, playing an ultra-rare Mushroom Jazz set at The Mid tonight (RSVP here). Colette, Mark Grant and other DJs will be there...
Beatport Amplify Sells Homepage Space to the Highest Bidder
Beatport has announced that they will begin selling "sponsored" banner positions on their homepage for prices starting at $2000.
The program, called Beatport Amplify, was announced during the Amsterdam Dance Event but hasn't been widely...
Peppermint Jam Prepares Classic Boris Dlugosch Material for Anthology
What you see above is one of the most iconic label stickers in my collection (and the track is pretty good too) - Keep Pushin' by Boris Dlugosch and the One True Diva, Inaya...
Chicago Has Lunch with Frankie Knuckles
And so can you. The fabulous series of daytime lunch parties, the Absolut Lunch Break presented by Flavorpill, concludes for the season next Thursday October 24th with Chicago's own Frankie Knuckles.
If you're not familiar...
Wanna Make a Track with Green Velvet?
Green Velvet is doing a spin on the (at this point, tired) remix contest.
According to an image posted up on his Instagram, the Chicago producer, also and always known as Cajmere, is inviting young...
It’s a Dirty Vinyl Weekend in Chicago
Feed your milk crates: two of our favorite joints in Chicago are holding weekend sales for the heads.
First off, our friends at The Silver Room are holding a Basement Sale all weekend long....
Beautiful Tribute to Audio Pioneer Ray Dolby (Video)
You know his name, even if you don't understand why it's stamped on every device, movie poster and CD you've purchased in the last 30 years.
He was Ray Dolby, founder of Dolby Laboratories....
Moog Gives a Send Off to The Little Phatty Synth (Video)
Legendary synthesizer manufacturer Moog announced today the discontinuation of the oft-beloved "Little Phatty" synth, created in 2006 as a tribute to the life and legacy of founder Bob Moog.
In a short documentary released today...
Video Shoot for Terry Hunter’s Message Track We Are One Tomorrow
I think you can tell an issue's reached critical mass when Stephen Colbert uses it as a punchline. Which happened with the issue of Chicago violence this week. Colbert suggested that if America was...
New Releases: Three of Our Favorite Detroiters Collaborate on Move
Oh snap: Several of our favorite people from Detroit are collaborating on "Move" - a Soulful House bomb and the 19th release from Detroit's WomenOnWax Records.
An original production from DJ Minx and maybe...
Watch the Trailer for Wax Trax! The Documentary
http://vimeo.com/71354035
A new documentary from Chicago outfit Regressive Films will trace the history of the seminal Chicago record store, record label and aesthetic terrorist outfit Wax Trax!, the trailer of which was just posted up.
I've...
Stream the New Slum Science Album (10 Years of) Virtue and Vice
Oh man, is it hard to tell you how many +1s, upvotes, likes and retweets this deserves.
Hudderfield's finest, Slum Science, have announced a forthcoming album called (10 Years of) Virtue and Vice to...
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
