Friends Complete Tribute Album to the Late Chicago DJ Amar
TECHNO WAR is a compilation Chicago's Legendary DJ Amar was finishing prior to his death in March 2019.
Andrea True’s More, More, More is a Tom Moulton Masterclass in the Art of the Mix
The story of Andrea True's "More More More" is a story of mob hitmen, Deep Throat and one of the most effective disco remixes Tom Moulton ever made.
#ListenUp Journey to the Center of the Soul with Gullen on Sumatra
Mobilee has another huge record on their hands with Sumatra, the title track of a new EP from Gullen.
Matt Dubspun Brings Back Vibenotic with Ground Zero EP
Vibenotic Recordings, a Chicago imprint of yore, serves as an outlet for Matt Dubspun's eclectic electronic sounds.
Remembering the Chicago/Amsterdam Alliance on Djax-Re-Up Vol 1
Djax was among the leading European labels to identify and nourish the second generation of Chicago electronic music producers in the early 1990s and that shouldn't be forgotten.
Listen to Ron Trent’s Spellbinding Remix of AFRO PARTY
Ron Trent's remix of "Afro Party" by Chicago Afrobeat Project with the immortal Afropop legend TONY ALLEN dropped this week on Future Rootz.
REVIEW: Jerome Baker Is Boss Techno
El Hefe from UKR finds Chicago's own Jerome Baker beating it hard with aggressive, mind-melting techno.
#ListenUp Pontchartrain Invokes Ancestral Funk Spirits on AFTERLIFE
Debuted as a dubplate at the Red Bull Stage of Movement 2016, AFTERLIFE makes a fair claim to being one of the REAL anthems of the summer.
#ListenUp Detroit’s Filthiest Celebrates 20 Years of Motor City Electro Co.
Motor City Electro Company is celebrating its 20th anniversary - and what a fitful two decades it's been. "Celebration" features Megan Shackell on vocals - disco house to bang the box.
#ListenUp – Saine & Smith Play Some Dirty Games
Strike a match, light the wick and listen to this thing groove into a soulphonic frenzy stoked by a choice sample from Vincent Montana Jr's orchestra of disco wonders.
Inside The Mind of Leonid Nevermind…
Were Made To Love builds upon Leonid Nevermind's crazy blueprint of jagged riffs and edgewise beats.
Salar Ansari Makes a Stunning Debut on the Dynamic EhsaaSaat EP
Salar Ansari hits it out of the park on EhsaaSaat - one of our favorite records of 2019, and one of the best produced deep house records we've ever heard.
#ListenUp The Whistle Song’s Paul Shapiro Plays on Deep88’s HARMONY
The new mix of Deep88's HARMONY features a stunning and evocative performance on flute from Paul Shapiro, who played on Frankie Knuckles' The Whistle Song.
Big Riffs & Bass Bins: Heist Releases TRUFFLES from Fouk
With another sterling release, Detroit Swindle's label has become as much of a sure thing as there is.
#ListenUp Terry Hunter Remixes CLAUDETTE from Ralf Gum & Monique Bingham
The Terry Hunter Remixes dropped and more from Jimpster and Ralf Gum are to follow the protest song CLAUDETTE which pays tribute to African American civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin.
Crash Into Summer with Giovanni Damico’s The Boogie Tracks
Giovanni Damico's The Boogie Tracks plays like a house party DJ'd by Moroder in his prime. In the context of new boogie, funk and Italo, you're not going to find a better record released by anyone else this year.
Ron Trent Plunges Through Four Decades of Music History on WARM
The new sampler from Ron Trent's forthcoming album hints at Balearic and '70s soft rock, wrapped in a warm, soulful embrace.
Naked Lunch & Other Bands They Never Play On The Radio
Songs too weird to make it on classic rock radio with '80s synth pop cult band Naked Lunch.
#ListenUp – That Deep Basement Beat from Jus Nowhere
"The 1" anchors a split EP featuring Jackson Ryland and Jus Nowhere from Rush Plus, out now on vinyl only from Cahoots Records.
Jaime Read’s The End Of is a Techno Tour de Force
Jaime Read hammers a drum machine like it's an extension of his arm. His cult techno tour de force, The End Of, gets a handsome and badly needed reissue by For Those That Knoe.
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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.
