“Sometimes you just gotta push it…” House legend Todd Terry chats to 909originals
Todd Terry is an iconic figure in the world of house music. The Brooklyn native’s…
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Marshall Jefferson teams up again with ‘Move Your Body’ vocalist Curtis McClain on new single
Chicago house legend Marshall Jefferson has teamed up once again with Curtis McClain – the vocalist from…
Steve Mac set to drop second single from ‘Bless This Acid House’ album, featuring Robert Owens
Steve Mac releases the second single from his forthcoming album Bless This Acid House this…
909originals meets Ten City’s Marshall Jefferson and Byron Stingily
If there’s one thing the world needs now, it’s positive vibes, so the re-emergence of…
Examining the origins of Sabres of Paradise’s ‘Smokebelch II’
The recent anniversary of the passing of Andrew Weatherall saw a raft of DJs and…
“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…
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
When you hit the bottom, there’s only one way to go… up. Just ask Chicago…
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
There are few people of whom it could be said that they were there at…
POSTCARDS FROM 88… Alfredo
There’s no doubt that the summer of 1988 marked a watershed moment in the history…
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…