Tag: larry heard

Chicago house icon Chuck Roberts, famous for the "In the beginning there was jack..." sermon, has passed away after a battle with cancer.

What is Azura? Who are they? You won't find much info, but their music makes them sound like some hardcore fans of the often overlooked "Italo dream house" world - a microgenre prominent in Italy from 1989 through the early '90s, a blend of Chicago-style house seasoned with a "Mediterranean patina."

A who's who of classic Chicago House artists have launched a legal strike to reclaim their rights from Trax Records. A reckoning over the past has been a long time coming...

Will Sumsuch meets Cee ElAssaad, Moroccan DJ and producer among a fresh cohort of electronic artists from North Africa and the Middle East with a singular sound.

The Guardian carries the story that the lawsuit by Larry Heard and Robert Owens against Trax Records has been settled.

Yore drops a 12" of timeless, exquisite upbeat and hazy-eyed deep house from Glenn Davis on Better Daze.

Soul Clap, Nona Hendryx, 15 years of Burial and more in 5 Mag issue 191, out today.

Frankie Knuckles' remixes of Electribe 101's "Heading For The Night" were shelved but will appear on vinyl in July.

Zimbabwean brothers Tee and Bic Will, Merk craft simple but brutally effective tracks on "This Time Last Year" by Merk | La Familia.

One of the more anticipated records of 2021 lives up to the hype: Larry Heard aka Mr Fingers "Electronic Debris" highlights the new Vault Sessions Vol 1 EP on Alleviated.

Monty Luke on BLM, Climate Change and Creating a Catalogue of Black Electronic Music, Brawther cover mix and more inside the latest issue of 5 Mag, out now.

If we say we care about the history of this music, we need to stop enabling the ones that fucked it up.

Heard and Owens' lawsuit alleged decades of copyright infringement, fraud and claimed they hadn't received "a single accounting or payment" from Trax.

Never reissued before now, Larry Heard's groundbreaking Sceneries Not Songs gets a reissued on his label Alleviated this month.

The voice of house music from 1987's sermon "My House" by Rhythm Controll writes and sings on a new track with UK producer Lempo, coming in August 2020.

Chicago House Music pioneers Larry Heard and Robert Owens have filed a multi-million dollar copyright infringement suit against Trax Records and defendant Rachael Cain.

Le Bal Des Douaniers showcases Paul Cut's soft touch on the keys and near virtuoso work in making a selective sound palette sound as big as a discotheque and as intimate as a record playing on a turntable just for you.

The stunning 4 track EP from GIM Productions gets re-vibed by Chicago deep house legend Vincent Floyd on the new Onda Records release.

The best, latest and hopefully not the last of Malcolm Moore is Deep Core, a 12 track LP that finally dropped on wax a few days ago.

Harold Heath talks to Scott Moncrieff, aka thatmanmonkz, on the making of his new album Non Zero Sum Game.