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Frankie Knuckles and Eric Kupper remix of Ultra Naté and Michelle Williams' 'Waiting On You' released: Listen

Ultra Naté has unleashed a previously unreleased remix of one of her tracks by Eric Kupper and the late Frankie Knuckles.


The pair originally made...

the warehouse at 206 south jefferson

The Warehouse, a former Chicago club known as the birthplace of house music, was officially declared as a historic landmark on Wednesday (21st June). Find...

Save The Warehouse! petition launched to protect birthplace of house music

A petition has been launched to prevent the demolition of a building which formerly housed the beloved Chicago nightclub The Warehouse.


The venue, which closed...

House music’s Black roots highlighted in The Daily Show segment: Watch

The Daily Show paid tribute to house music and its pioneers in its CP Time segment last week. Watch the clip below


In the midst...

Frankie Knuckles DJ set from 1986 shared online for the first time: Listen

A rare Frankie Knuckles DJ set from Valentine's Day 1986 has been shared to SoundCloud by Chicago music luminary Braxton Holmes. 


The 80-minute recording was...

Director's Cut was the collaborative project of Eric Kupper and the late Knuckles

SoSure Music is this week marking what would have been Frankie Knuckles' 67th birthday with the release of a track from the Director's Cut project...

Featuring 4D audio-visual experiences, turntables, and contributions from Carl Cox and The Frankie Knuckles Foundation

A new electronic music museum, Our House, is opening in Amsterdam on Friday 29th October. The team responsible are touting the Amstelstraat site as the...

'I Want The Love Of My Own' was found in the vaults of Chicago label DJ International 

A newly discovered Frankie Knuckles track is set for release.

Taken from reel-to-reel tape from some of the late house pioneer's early studio sessions in...

It features 5000 records from the late house pioneer's personal collection

Frankie Knuckles’ record collection has gone on display at a New York gallery

Ahead of the release of four unreleased remixes from the late house...

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa wants the genre to be honoured properly in its birthplace

Chicago city councilor Carlos Ramirez-Rosa has put forward a suggestion that the city should open two new 24-hour clubs dedicated specifically to house music, to...

The Electribe 101 remixes have been unheard for 30 years

Four unreleased remixes from the late house pioneer, Frankie Knuckles, will get a vinyl issue this year.

Thirty years since their creation, four unreleased Frankie...

The new Frankie Knuckles has been released alongside two remixes

A posthumous Frankie Knuckles single has been released.

'Carefree (I Am A Star)' features the late house legend on both production and vocals, and is...

The party takes place at Amsterdam's W Hotel

The first Frankie Fest will take place at this year's Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE).

Founded and organised by Eric Kupper and Kenny Summit, Frankie Fest...

For 20 years, Simon Dunmore's Defected has been dedicated to the finest in house music, from its label and numerous associated imprints, to its events...

“I’m a collector of labels. My ambition was for people to have a Defected rack in their collections in the same way they'd have a...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

Best of North America Awards 2017

There’s a reason people stand outside in line during Chicago’s brutal winter months, teeth chattering, waiting to descend the staircase into Smart Bar’s steamy, 400-person...

The collection fills an entire library room...

The Frankie Knuckles Foundation has shared a video teaser of the legendary DJ and producer's record collection, which is now housed inside Stony Island Arts...

Featuring interviews with founders of the scene...

A new documentary in the Unsung series which explores pioneering DJ Frankie Knuckles and the foundations of house music has been released.

Known as 'The...

Clip is a part of new Deconstructed series...

Spotify has released a new animated short called How EDM Changed the World, as a part of its 12-week Deconstructed video series.

The two-minute clip...

The legendary NYC nightclub will be the subject of a new film...

Legendary NYC nightclub Paradise Garage is to be the subject of an upcoming film production. The movie’s website describes it as “the story of Larry...