Viva Acid

Happy birthday to the Wizard himself, Jeff Mills.

A true architect of techno, Jeff has pushed dance music beyond the club and into something timeless.

Thank you for showing us that electronic music can be powerful, emotional and limitless.

The Warehouse started a revolution.

These are the stories of those who created it.

Via: BBC Four (2018) Can you feel it - How Dance Music Conquered the World

In 2005, RP Boo produced Bang’n on King Drive for the annual Bud Billiken Parade, a South Side tradition held each summer along Martin Luther King Drive.

The track was designed for the rhythm of the parade itself, where dancers, drill teams, and marching bands move through the streets and footwork crews often debut new routines.

It was released in 2015 as a documentary, capturing that energy with K-Phi-9, the Era footwork crew, Juke Boi, and the South Shore Drill Team, documenting how Chicago’s dance culture continues to shape and animate the city’s public spaces.

Gant on the origins of Juke.

Chicago born and bred, him and Poncho started a musical revolution that can’t be contained.

Juke forever.

When acid house crossed oversees, the mainstream media couldn’t understand what it was all about.

They labeled it as a ‘sinister cult’ and said it’s days were numbered... little did they know it was only just starting.

Acid house became a language for love, release and community, a place where people met on the dance floor as equals.

Meet Space Tak (aka Takuya Nakamura) the Japanese musician and producer who blends jazz, electronic, dub, and experimental music with live trumpet.