Music News

Unsung heroes apparently seem to be a dime a dozen these days, but West Coast dance music veteran Joe Babylon truly fits the bill. Source

From Om Records’ forthcoming 30th anniversary compilation, “The Sunshine” finds DJ Colette in top form. Source

DJs, if you’re looking for a pair of high-end, jazz flavored, late night, soulful 4/4 tracks that s-t-r-e-t-c-h out in long, looping grooves, then this two track EP from Coflo and Emmaculate could be for you. Source

15 years after the release of the Lovebirds and Stee Downes classic “Want You In My Soul,” LOVEBIRDS returns to Winding Road Records with the velvet deep house of BALI BIRDS, the final track of the three song EP THEY CALL ME. Source

“It’s a beautiful thing to come from nothing and be something” – Chicago house music pioneer Mike Dunn on being honored by the City of Chicago. Source

The combined cocktail bar and dance club is opening up the Belmont Avenue space of the legendary Chicago LGBTQ+ institution on April 25. Source

The Planet Rock artist and Universal Zulu Nation founder died early this morning in Pennsylvania from complications of cancer. Source

Wake up with a sunny new mix from Chicago’s DJ CT (REDUX DJs) for 5 Mag’s RISE series Source

Saudi label Gabu debuts on vinyl with four tracks of deep house and tech house from Austrian producer Jerome and vocalist Sonya Zlo. Source

If you set a neo-noir film in Tokyo and wire it up with a UK Garage soundtrack, it might sound like Freudenthaler’s new EP from Brombért Records. Source