“Too many DJs lack identity, they should follow their own instinct, not other people’s…” Frankie Knuckles speaks to Soul Underground [May 1989]
Today, 25 August, marks Frankie Knuckles Day, celebrating the life and work of arguably the…
Chicago
On this day in 1985, Ferris Bueller took his legendary ‘Day Off’
As the titular character at the centre of 1986 classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off puts…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Ron Hardy – Sensation [1985]
It’s been said that Chicago house music wouldn’t have been the same without the late…
Interview: ORIGINALS… Marcus Mixx, part two
Marcus Mixx, aka Marcus Shannon, has experienced the highs and lows of the music scene…
Interview: 909originals chats to TRAX Records boss Screamin’ Rachael
In the beginning, there was house music… and there was TRAX Records. This year marks…
Interview: ORIGINALS… Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley (Part Two)
As part of our ORIGINALS series, bona fide house music legend Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley chats…
POSTCARDS FROM 88… Gene Hunt
There’s no doubt that the summer of 1988 marked a watershed moment in the history…
There’s a heatwave on the way… let’s take house music on to the streets!
With a heatwave reportedly on the way, isn’t it about time that the local authorities…
On the anniversary of Frankie Knuckles’ untimely passing, check out this interview with the house music legend from 1995
“The feeling, the feedback that you get from the people in the room, is very,…
Happy birthday to the ‘Godfather of House Music’…
Today, 18 January, would have been Frankie Knuckles’ 63rd birthday. Arguably the most important name…
THE FACE goes clubbing in Chicago, c.1986…
While I may have been too young to fully appreciate it at the time, THE…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: I-F rolls back the years with this Chicago house mixtape… [1989]
Dutch producer I-F, also known as Interr-Ference (and Ferenc van der Sluijs to his mother)…
Something For The Weekend: Acid pioneer Armando on Chicago radio [1987/88]…
The late Armando Gallop was one of the first Chicago-based musicians to see the potential…