Love Is Still The Message: The Gallery 1977 on DVD
We have a lot of retrospectives, a lot of interviews, a lot of tributes and talismans of respect paid forward but not so many primary documents of the underground disco scene at its peak...
Cop Jeremy Sylvester’s Sound in Back to 95 Producer Pack Volume 3
If you're going to use sample pack beats, you may as well go to the source. Both Rick Wade and, to the point of this piece, friend of 5 Mag Jeremy Sylvester have dropped...
Danny Krivit Celebrates 10 Years of 718 Sessions
Danny Krivit, who played for his first dancefloor four years before I was born, is celebrating a number of milestones this month. In preparation for one of them, Nervous Records is releasing a new...
For Your Consideration: House For Hope, Hurricane Sandy Relief in NYC This Saturday
They say you can tell a lot about a person based upon what he does in a time of crisis. If that's also true of communities, it says a lot about House Music to...
BENJI: Chicago House Music History… on ESPN
The best documentary about Chicago House Music is contained in a 5 minute segment of a film about a basketball player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esCHW1ylEHQ
Benji is a feature documentary from film making tandem Coodie and Chike which made...
Rick Wade. Chicago. Why Aren’t You Excited About This?
Sir Rick. If you've read anything I've written on the subject, it's self-explanatory. If you haven't, "Sir Rick" is Rick Wade, one of Detroit's tireless bodymovers and a Deep House warrior with as many...
Ralf Gum Prepping Release of New Album Never Leaves You
German-born and now South African-based producer Ralf Gum is preparing for the release of Never Leaves You, the follow-up to his breakthrough 2008 LP Uniting Music.
Like Uniting Music, Never Leaves You is packed with...
Your Annual Story About Ballot Stuffing DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs List
Do we have to do this again? Oh why not. After all, this is Chicago, where you probably voted (twice!) for someone you don't like even if you're unaware of it.
For the literally dozens...
12,065 Days: Disco Demolition Night and House Music’s Return
You can't mention Chicago and House Music without coming back to Disco Demolition Night, the infamous publicity stunt gone wrong on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park in Chicago in which radio disc jockey...
Complete Silver Room Block Party Lineup
This Saturday (that's July 21 2012) is an important milestone for a Chicago treasure - the Silver Room's 10th Annual Sound System Block Party, Wicker Park's favorite and most eclectic free festival of the...
For a Good Cause: In Memory of Kenny Hawkes
In memory of Kenny Hawkes, several of his friends are reaching out to raise money for the British Liver Trust, the "only charity in the UK dedicated to helping everyone affected by a liver...
Coming Attractions: Ian Pooley Secret Appearance at Oliver Peoples
Well, okay, it's not so much a secret but based upon how few people in the electronic community know about it, it might as well be.
Famed producer Ian Pooley is making an in-store...
Cure for the Summer Virus: Santonio Releases Get Up Remixes on Vinyl
Possibly the least exciting phrase in the English language is "out now on Beatport". This is especially true in the summer, when according to the rites of some ancient tradition labels shut down and...
Curtis McClain & Marshall Jefferson: Together Again
Rather under the radar given its importance, two Chicago House legends - Curtis McClain and Marshall Jefferson - have released their latest collaboration. The Satisfaction EP features the vocals of McClain and the production...
Joey Negro Announces New Sunburst Band Album
Joey Negro has announced the August release of The Secret Life of Us, the fourth Sunburst Band album on Z Records.
The album includes "In The Thick of It", which is currently in promo...
DJ Meme in Chicago (Video)
A short trip, but one it would seem that was worth remembering. DJ Meme himself made this short video of his whirlwind 24-hour-or-less trip to Chicago last Friday when Crimson Lounge and 5 Magazine...
The Vaults: Jump Chico Slamm Returns on Rush Hour
Back in the early 1990s, a young fella named Jump "Chico" Slamm banged out one of the early releases on the soon-to-be juggernaut known as Cajual Records. The Slamm Project is best known for...
Jamie Lewis Paints the Town Purple
Our man in Switzerland, Jamie Lewis, is celebrating the release of his new album Purpleized. In Purple Music fashion, the release contains one unmixed and DJ friendly CD along with a vinyl edition, and...
Alexander Robotnick Weeps for the Conformity of Your iPhone
Now this is not your usual free download - the "track nobody wanted to sign and I don't feel like improving" or, my personal favorite, the "additional remix that sucked too bad to sell"....
Rick Wilhite at Rhythmatic Tonight
Detroit's Rick Wilhite, wants to know what you see, makes an appearance in Chicago tonight, a cool Wednesday night at Scotty Brandon and Michael Serafini's Rhythmatic residency at SmartBar (3730 N. Clark Street, 10pm-4am)....
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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.
