Home Sweet House from John Pappas on Vimeo.

The international phenomenon of house music owes its existence to the basement clubs of 1980’s Chicago, but many Chicagoans are unaware of their city’s underground legacy…

Lots of sample based house chopped up in Ableton, seasoned with raw soul and served with a healthy slab of funky groove.

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joshua heath – inland knights refuge remix
homera espinosa & allen craig – bounce this
rob mello – happiness (happy club edit)
milton jackson – 1998 (hiro remix)
toby tobias – schoon (dave ellesmere [...]

thursday, august 20 @ sonotheque

Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Edible Audible Picnic will feature free music and sound art performances on Mondays from June 15 through August 24. Highlights throughout the summer including Black Moth Super Rainbow on June 29, Reggae Dub Sound Clash with DJ Papa G on July 20 and one man [...]

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Saturday June 13, 2009 featuring… masomenos (live) | kate simko (live) | michael serafini | fred stipe

recorded live @ smartbar the END, summer 2008…

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Souvenir 001 will take place Saturday April 25th in an historical studio recording in Chicago, where artists as BB King, Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel and many others performed. The dance floor is over 1300 sq. ft. and there is an additional 850 sq. ft lounge room to chill out.
April the [...]

lolla 09 lineup announced this morning…

Depeche Mode / Tool / The Killers / Jane’s Addiction / Beastie Boys / Kings of Leon / Lou Reed / Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Thievery Corporation / Snoop Dogg / Rise Against / Andrew Bird / TV on the Radio / Vampire Weekend / The Decemberists / Neko [...]

recorded @ smartbar the END in chicago 4-20-08
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nhar . supadroopa . time has changed
milton jackson . andorms . tronicsole
luna city express . seven . moon harbor
delon & dalcan . 248km feat. oxia . boxer
holger zilske . spooky kissing . playhouse
beaner . return to villa san bonobo . doc
marc houle . porch . minus
gabriel ananda . [...]

What: LIVE 8 Premiere Event & Demonstration by Dave Hill, Ableton Inc.
When: Thursday, April 2nd 2009 – 7 PM
Where: MacSpecialist 500 N Wells, Chicago
Presented by: Ableton Inc & MacSpecialist
RSVP at: events@macspecialist.com
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ron hardy – live at the music box chicago
Ron Hardy (born 1958, died 1991) was an instrumental figure and DJ in the development of house music. An innovator and originator of the genre, he is highly regarded not only for his iconic performances at the legendary Music Box in Chicago but also for his pioneering [...]

July 12, 1979. The Chicago White Sox were scheduled to the play the Detroit Tigers in a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. Admission was a mere $0.98 and a disco record…

I’ve just come to the point where if I had to compare between making some music and having someone dance or listen to it, which was more important, it would be listening to it. And I think that the how I’m approaching music now, my goal is to put the music in more of a journey, it really takes the listeners mind on a journey. And I realised that one way to be able to achieve that is basically to make it so interesting and unique that it’s not something that I’m saying, it’s something that’s between the person that’s making it and the person that’s listening to it. It’s like the sun in the sky, it has nothing to do with me or you, but it’s just there. And it’s very important, but it’s doing something while we’re doing something else. It’s a third aspect to the way music has always been.