Def Mix Ibiza: Interview with Frankie Knuckles
Def Mix Ibiza: Interview with Frankie Knuckles There’s not a house head alive that hasn’t heard of New York’s Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of House who is without a doubt one of the true pioneers of the house music scene. From the humble beginnings of the Warehouse in Chicago in the late seventies to early eighties to the heady days of New York’s Sound Factory in the early nineties, Frankie Knuckles has played a pivotal role in the creation and evolution of house music both as a DJ and producer, having been one of the first to successfully translate the sounds of disco into floor-filling house and in doing so, define a chapter in the history of dance music.…
read moreTags: David Morales, Def Mix, Frankie Knuckles, Ibiza, Smart Bar
Wednesday May 22nd
About The Artist: Resident Advisor Introduces Voices From The Lake
Though their first record came out some six months earlier, Voices from the Lake, a collaboration by the Italian techno artists Donato Dozzy and Neel, really came to life last summer at Labyrinth in Japan. This was where they debuted most of their work together, playing live in the closing slot on the second night of the festival.…
read moreWednesday May 15th
About The Artist: Carlos Souffront
Carlos Souffront is a music gourmet, a true DJ’s DJ. His taste is rich and vast and he has the unique ability to create deeply rhythmic narratives that offer unexpected and exotic spices. He mastered his deep mixing skills with a cassette deck and a belt drive turntable in his father’s den in Troy, home of contemporaries such as Mike Servito, Tadd Mullinex and Matt Dear.…
read moreMonday May 13th
Interview With Luke Solomon
What seemed like a slight lull has now clearly passed, and he’s poised once more to take the critical plaudits a man of his talent and unquestionable impact on dance music deserves. Founder of the Classic label alongside Chi-Town master Derrick Carter, part of seminal live dance act Freaks (and years before evry man and his dog was raving on a stage, needless to ask) and one of house music’s traditionally quirky and forward thinking producers and DJs, he’s been involved for a hot minute.…
read moreTags: julius the mad thinker, luke solomon, osunlade, Smart Bar
Monday May 13th
Sound On Sound Interview With Four Tet
Kieran Hebden is the living proof that you don’t need esoteric equipment to make quality music. The music room in his north London flat contains just one piece of specialist recording gear, and that’s a DAT recorder. His tracks are put together using only an unremarkable hi-fi and a Windows PC with a Creative Labs Soundblaster Live soundcard, running a motley selection of software, much of it lagging well behind the cutting edge.…
read moreTags: Four Tet, Nate Manic
Monday May 13th
Outsider sounds from the house of L.I.E.S.: RA.343 Ron Morelli
Outsider sounds from the house of L.I.E.S. New York’s Ron Morelli is the boss of Long Island Electrical Systems, the number one label on our recent 2012 poll. “In a year in which terms like ‘weirdo,’ ‘raw,’ ‘outsider’ and ‘lo-fi’ became de rigueur, no imprint cut through the noise quite like Long Island Electrical Systems,” we said.…
read moreMonday March 18th
BICEP | DJ HISTORY MYSTERY MIX
Can you feel it? March 8th the Bicep boys make their Chicago debut and they are going to flex all over Smart Bar. One of the breakthrough acts of last year, we are proud to welcome this worldwide sensation to our fair city for the very first time.…
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