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Steve Mizek’s Argot label celebrates five years of top-shelf electronic music

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 24, 2017August 18, 2021

Steve Mizek’s Argot label celebrates five years of top-shelf electronic music, Cole’s hosts a Halloween cover-band benefit for Mexico and Puerto Rico, and more.

Posted inMusic

Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago label Deep Space Objects compiles a constellation of diverse electronic tracks, Lord Mantis drummer Bill Bumgardner dies at 35, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Reader track premiere: An electronic-music tribute to Smart Bar bouncer Karl Stein

by Leor Galil January 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Next month local electronic label Argot will release Thanks, Karl, a tribute to a Smart Bar bouncer made by a couple of the club’s junior residents, Olin & Savile.

Victor Parris Mitchell and Ray Barney of Dance Mania Records near Barney's home in North Lawndale
Posted inMusic

The return of Dance Mania Records

by Leor Galil May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Dance Mania Records helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music—now it’s back to court the EDM crowd.

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