Benji Espinoza’s work for Quantum Distributors and the D.J. International label helped boost house into its exalted place in the global pop pantheon.
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Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Dance-music fiend Jerome Derradji Still is restoring dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes featuring unissued tracks and mixes from the genre’s early giants.
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Master Plan fused Chicago house music with Latin freestyle in the mid-80s
Pepper Gomez and Tom O’Callaghan got their start as Master Plan by winning a Columbia College contest, and three years ago Still Music reissued their biggest track.
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Kill Yourself Dancing Saturday at Logan Hardware
Chicago house DJs and Sunset Records founders Matt Warren and Miguel Garcia play the first in-store at Logan Hardware’s new space in support of Still Music’s recent Sunset compilations.
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Sunset Records’ house has many rooms
Kill Yourself Dancing collects the daringly eclectic output of late-80s Chicago house-music label Sunset Records.