Tag: gramaphone records
GoFundMe launched to support Michael Serafini after serious accident
Chicago DJ, Queen! resident and owner of Gramaphone Michael Serafini was seriously injured in an accident in August.
Fieldwork: The Chronicles of Black Sjuan
After more than 30 years in the Chicago house music scene, Black Sjuan has learned some lessons. And picked up some stories. He shares both in equal measures in this legendary 5 Mag feature interview.
New Chicago house label GTO Recordings debuts with an in-store at Gramaphone Records
This Sunday afternoon with Mel Hammond and DJ Tommy Starck whose The Penthouse EP will be available.
Red Bull Music Festival Reunites Generations of the Gramaphone Records Family
Red Bull and Metro/Smartbar honor 50 years of disc jockeys that have patrolled the counters of the legendary Chicago dance music mecca Gramaphone Records.
Born Into This: Chicago House with Stripped & Chewed Records
Every city needs a record label like Stripped & Chewed Records. Chicago is just lucky enough to have the original.
Chicago’s Heart & Soul: Remembering Darrell Woodson
DJ, producer, inspirational figure and house music sage of Chicago, DJ Darrell Woodson has died.
Record Store Day at Gramaphone Records!
All your jaded tweets about Record Store Day have come true. But there are still some places where the original spirit flies and Gramaphone Records is one of them.
Bell Boys Kick Out the (Very Slow) Jams on Star Creature
Chicago DJ, producer and impresario Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke have teamed up for an intriguing new label.
"Star Creature" has released three records,...
Garrett David’s A New Room on Gramaphone Records
The good people of Chicago really don’t need an Englishman to talk to them about a local institution like Gramaphone Records, any more than...
Gramaphone Records Relaunches Gramaphone Records
Last month we wrote about Kevin Starke, whose Kstarke Records store lends its name to his in-house record label.
This month, Chicago’s Gramaphone has...
Love Train and the Lost History of a Chicago House Classic
Four thousand, five hundred and twenty eight miles from Chicago - in Milan, Italy, the town he grew up in and which he still...
Where To Buy House Music in Chicago
It's a cliche, but buying music these days is something more commonly done behind a computer, in isolation, than in person and in your...
Mark Farina: The Art of the Mix
There's not a DJ in House Music that's had more success with commercial DJ mixes than Mark Farina. Here's how the Mushroom Jazz man does it.
Michael Serafini: The 5 Magazine Interview
FOR THE HOUSE MUSIC faithful there are few places on the planet more sacred than Gramaphone Records. For decades it has been the source...
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House of Fouk: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag
Dutch deep house duo Fouk's first 5 Mag cover story and an exclusive mix, plus London soul with Paris Cesvette, Azzad, Thando, Moby, Aslice, another lost Paul Johnson mix and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.