Few labels are as synonymous with house music as TRAX Records, which is marking its 35th anniversary this year with a series of events both in its native Chicago and

With a heatwave reportedly on the way, isn’t it about time that the local authorities here looked to bring something like THIS over to these shores? These weekly ‘house music

Under his ‘Mr Fingers’ moniker, Larry Heard released some of the most jacking, acid-infused tracks of the early Chicago House movement. such as Bring Down The Walls and Washing Machine,

Today, 18 January, would have been Frankie Knuckles’ 63rd birthday. Arguably the most important name in the foundation of what we now call ‘house’ music (so named due to his

While I may have been too young to fully appreciate it at the time, THE FACE magazine was undoubtedly a barometer of the direction youth culture was headed in the

Dutch producer I-F, also known as Interr-Ference (and Ferenc van der Sluijs to his mother) has been at the forefront of quality electro since the mid 90s – his epic

Given that Paul Weller commenced his career in ‘spit n sawdust’ outfit The Jam, before carving out an impressive four-decade indie career, his decision to cover Joe Smooth‘s Promised Land

The late Armando Gallop was one of the first Chicago-based musicians to see the potential of the Roland TB-303 as a means to create hypnotic, acid-soaked tracks that to this

The great Larry Heard, aka Fingers Inc, aka Fingers Corporation, aka Gherkin Jerks and countless other personae, is coming to Ireland to play at this year’s Beatyard Festival in Dun

From the outset, I want 909originals to be about the music