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Celebrate PRIDE Month With Events Across the USA 2023

With Pride coursing through all through June, festivals and parades will be making headway this summer. To stay prepared for Pride events coming this month, here’s a brief (and growing) list of some of the most fan-fave Pride festivals and parades that are to come this summer. This isn’t every party happening but it’s a start so be sure to keep an eye out for updates as the month continues. Don’t forget to bring your sunblock, sturdy shoes, and most of all, your rainbow vibes!

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Arc Music Festival

ARC Music Festival Announces Lineup Additions for 2023 Edition

ARC Music Festival, Chicago’s flagship house and techno festival, has announced the artist additions for its 2023 edition taking place September 1-3 at Union Park. After expanding to three days for the first time last year, ARC heads into its third year firmly rooted as a fan-favorite in the global festival circuit, continuing to bring in internationally renowned talent to the birthplace of house music.

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Saving The Warehouse Chicago

‘Everyone is extremely hopeful’: Chicago building once home to The Warehouse could be saved if granted landmark status

Campaigners are one step closer to saving the building once home to legendary Chicago club The Warehouse. Read more

Chicago's "The Warehouse" Endangered

Chicago’s Legendary Birth of House Music, “The Warehouse”, is in Danger of Demolition

In 1975, nightlife organizer Robert Williams purchased a 1910s-era warehouse building at 206 S. Jefferson Street with hopes to transform it into a nightclub comparable to the best dancefloors in New York City where Williams was raised. After a two-year renovation and with one of best sound system available, the Warehouse opened as a three-level nightclub. At first a membership-only club frequented mostly by gay Black men, the Warehouse soon became a place of dancefloor freedom for not just the LGBTQ+ community, but a diverse crowd of Chicagoans brought together by their love of music. Read more

Vested Recordings 2022 EP

Premiere: From Chicago With Love 2022 EP – Vested Recordings

This 25th label release offers four wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from breakbeats to progressive house to melodic techno to house, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest.  Music has continued to prove to be the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and we’re both happy and proud to showcase some truly top tier work from some of our chosen family here in our home city.  To all of you the world over, from us in Chicago – with love. Read more

GAWP & Zander Club

Premiere: GAWP & Zander Club “LAST DOMINO” – RVDIOVCTIVE RECORDS

RVDIOVCTIVE Records round off an incredible debut year with the fourth in their compilation series, collecting 14 new and exclusive tracks from label regulars and  newcomers alike, including GAWP & Zander Club, Devon James, Rupert Wall, Alex Amaro and James Ellington. Read more

angelala

Carrying the Spirit of House and Detroit With Angelala

The New-York based American House and Techno singer-songwriter Angelala found her calling through the dance and techno music scene in Detroit, her home. After being in the electro-pop duo HRT BRK then A&B for about a year, and experiencing the Winter Music Conference in Miami on a spring break trip, she eventually couldn’t resist her passion for creating house music as a soloist. Of course, regular visits to Chicago (the birthplace of house music) would also solidify her drive toward the house scene, and eventually play a role in her making the move to NYC. It was then in NYC Angelala had the revelation of not just wanting to be a spectator of house music but instead embodying it as a creative musician.

Since then, Angelala has gone on to be a part of momentous projects like her first release with Grammy-nominated House Music innovator Todd Terry, and releasing on labels like Inhouse, Terminator, Let There Be House, Grind City, S&S, Pocket Jacks, Break It Down Music, Fidget Music, King Street Sounds, Autektone and Broken Records. Performance-wise, she’s also showcased at legendary NYC venues such as Bowery Electric, Highland Ballroom, Pyramid Club, Pianos, Electric Room, The Rosemont, Macri Park, and many more. Now, Angelala releases on Grammy award-winning Steve “Silk” Hurley‘s label S&S Records once again alongside Tech Us Out and also releases again on King Street Sounds alongside Col Lawton for a 2023 project.

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shiba san

Being Bold and True With Shiba San

There’s much more to Shiba San than what meets the ear at first listen. As a two-time International Dance Music Award-winning producer with over 15 #1 Beatport tracks, there’s a reason why DJ Mag France named Shiba San “Best of House”. Leaving behind a 15-year-long career in the French hip-hop scene, the Parisian producer became fascinated with the sounds of Chicago house and was inspired to create his own productions, infusing his hip-hop influence with the soul of house music.

His critically acclaimed record label, Basement Leak, is also home to some of the finest tech house tracks on the scene right now. Since the label’s inception in 2017, Basement Leak has taken over stages at renowned festivals and curated its own events at Art Basel, Miami Music Week, FriendShip, Groove Cruise, Sound Nightclub in Los Angeles, and Faust in Paris.

Staying quiet on the public front, Shiba San remains a curious enigma to his international fan base, allowing the music to do the talking for him. In between releases and time spent concocting in the studio, Shiba San remains a mainstay on the nightlife and festival circuit around the globe. There are no signs of slowing down for the Parisian producer.

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hiroko yamamura

What’s in Your Toolbox: Hiroko Yamamura

Artists will never come unprepared to a party. They always bring a toolbox packed with tracks that are truly dance floor destroyers. “What’s in Your Toolbox” features artists’ secret weapons, aka, the tracks they don’t leave out of their USB. In this installment, the enthralling and industrial-rooted artist Hiroko Yamamura shares her 6 choice picks that have played an inspirational role in her work. Due to Hiroko’s rave youth being shaped by Anime, House, Acid, classic Sci-fi, and comic books it’s no wonder that her craft is always focused on being eclectic, yet inclusive.

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Larry Owens & Robert Heard Win Case

Larry Heard and Robert Owens win back ownership of early recordings in case against Trax Records

Chicago house pioneers Larry Heard and Robert Owens have won their legal battle against Trax Records, The Guardian reports. Read more