Bear Who?: The Beatbox Remixed
Ten tracks and almost a who's who (no pun intended) of Chicago producers making waves these days, each of them taking a turn beating down a track from Bear Who's 2008 album The Beatbox....
Coyote Cuts: The Pack Vol 3
Coyote Cuts has brought forth more fire with their third volume of The Pack. You'll find a wide range here from seriously soulful and deep, to tracky disco, to some funkity funknastyness. This is...
DJ M-Traxxx: “House Thunda”
The original mix of DJ M-Traxxx's "House Thunda" is hard and simple as you might expect from a release on DJ Pierre's label Afro Acid. It's probably best considered a transitional tune in...
Second City Firsts: Paradise Circus EP
Two Deep House gems from Birmingham native Steve "Griffo" Griffiths under the Second City Firsts alias.
Q’ing Up: John Morales’ Great American Comeback
Still best known for his disco work, John Morales has roared back with some of the best Soulful House made today, collected here on CD from Quantize.
Syntax: Live at Kavalounge 09.21.16 (30th Floor Records)
Syntax takes his best records and boils them down to what a man with a bank of synths can physically handle in a live setting.
Javonntte: … To France
Sounds of the City continues its unprecedented rise with a new classic from Javonntte.
Com Truise: Memory
A tantalizing taste of Iteration, Com Truise's forthcoming LP, Memory nears perfection.
Massive Unreleased Heat from the Carl Maxx Kidd Archives
"We Like To Party" by Al & The Kidd is just the first of several records from the late Washington, DC legend's archives of funky Go-Go and Soul.
Chris Luzz Releases Scandalous on Good Company
In praise of the finely crafted and highly detailed cuts of Chris Luzz Scandalous, with remix by Cosmic Cowboys' Kaled.
Off Land is On Earth
We need another new genre to categorize On Earth, the new album from Tim Dwyer's Off Land project.
Apparel Story Part One
Apparel Story Part One is among the precious few label compilations that advance the story and are worth your time.
Billy Butler & Adam Hyjek featuring Josh Quenton: Stay
Mike Millrain's Soul Revolution Records stays in the gap where Deep House, Soulful House and UKG meet.
Macaulay (Not Culkin) Goes Home Alone on Twirl
Chicago's Twirl Recordings releases Home Alone from Mexican DJ and producer Macaulay.
John Carpenter’s Lost Themes Remixed
Silent Servant, Zola Jesus and Dean Hurley and more have their remixes of maestro John Carpenter's "Lost Themes" pressed to wax.
Giorgio Luceri & Gregg Fore Feature on “I Am Love” from Mathematics
Like an R&B ballad fractured and pieced back together in a new, dynamic shape, "I Am Love" by Giorgio Luceri and Gregg Fore is a triumph.
Karizma presents Beats & Bobs Vol 8
Karizma's Beats & Bobs series reaches volume 8 with two remixes by Gianni Jr and Rafael Moraes.
Closer To Truth Adds to a Flawless Catalog with Sakhile SK: Right On Time
Some of the coolest deep and garage-y records in the world right now are being released by Closer To Truth, and the Right On Time EP from South Africa's Sakhile SK is another.
Deep Club Drops Occidental and Grey People’s Cop Watch/Trespass
Occidental and Grey People anchor Deep Club's latest 12 inch, Trespass/Cop Watch and it's another revelatory experience.
Jupiter4 Releases Electro Acid Tele Funk from Vin Sol
Spacey 808s and Terminator laser war footage appropriated for the dancefloor: Vin Sol's 808 Tele Funk EP breaks cosmic new ground for 5 Mag fave Jupiter4 Records.
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Beyond Heaven: Discovering the hidden history of Chicago house music
In Beyond Heaven, Mario Luna and publisher Brandon Johnson collect artwork from more than a decade of Chicago house music history, from the early days of legendary pioneers to lost icons of dance music.
