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Live at WMC 2012, The Stage, Miami
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A Basement, A Red Light, And A Feeling
NY/NJ House Special on RBMA Radio
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? When it comes to the genesis of house music, this classic causality dilemma can easily be applied. Just take a look at any given nerdy house music internet forum and you can dive into an endless debate between keepers of the grail from Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Detroit or total outsiders. Whether you want to take sides - if there is a side that can be taken in this chicken-egg situation and who-invented-what question - or keep a free spirit approach, the influence of New York City (even after and ever since the ‘godfather of house music’ Frankie Knuckles moved from NYC to the Windy City) as an innovator, elevator and dance music city full of tradition is undeniable. As the Red Bull Music Academy will be paying the Big Apple a longer visit in 2012, it’s about time to take a look at its protagonists of the last twenty plus years that have been gracing us so far with special features, interviews or mixes.
Starting with the aforementioned Knuckles who is still the Pontifex Maximus between his birthplace NYC and his coming-of-age city of Chicago, you will get that story and much more in his Fireside Chat. Hailing from almost the same starting point, Club Shelter’s figurehead Timmy Regisford spent the last two decades mainly as the torch-bearer of Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (guess, where the term garage music originates from?), patron of the house music’s Earth, Wind & Fire reincarnation Blaze, former Motown A&R and first and foremost DJ extraordinaire with 12 hours plus behind the steering wheel. They don’t call him maestro for nothing.
But as much as house music is about the DJ, it was also the producer who played a role in the advancement of disco or so-called club music. A duo whose fingerprints are all over the NYC sound are ‘Little’ Louie Vega and Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez alias Masters At Work. Remixing Debbie Gibson, Chris Cuevas or Trey Lorenz into valuable house tunes, their speciality has always been that certain type of swing that made their city the irresistible house music mecca in the early nineties. RBMA Radio has the pleasure of hosting a special and rare back-to-back classic-heavy set from the dynamic duo: three parts, recorded live in San Francisco.
At the same time, just across the river, Kerri ‘Kaoz’ Chandler took the gospel vibes of New Jersey, inspiration from Tony Humphries’ larger-than-life Club Zanzibar and groundbreaking radio shows and formed his own unmistakable signature that doesn’t need more than a basement, a red light and feeling. Hear him sharing stimuli, anecdotes and production secrets. Works on both sides of the river.
Hot on his heels, his neighbour Todd Edwards established himself as the vocal-cut-up specialist with underground anthems like 'Saved My Life' or his seminal remix for St Germain that motivated folks like Daft Punk and fueled the whole UK garage movement along his way.
Often cited as his predecessor since they share a common love for sliced vocal chords, is Marc ‘MK’ Kinchen. Cutting his teeth under the wings of Kevin Saunderson in Detroit, Kinchen moved to the hotbed of dance tracks in the early nineties after the success of his cornerstone track 'Burning' and went on to gold-wash songs like The Nightcrawlers’ 'Push The Feeling On' or Chez Damier’s 'Can You Feel It'.
The city’s ballroom or vogueing scene is a phenomenon of its own. Spurred on dance floors by DJs like Junior Vasquez and fine-tuned by legendary dancers like the late Willie Ninja, this passionate part of NY club life goes back as far as the 1960s. People like the New Jersey based youngster MikeQ take care of its preservation, cultivation and collaboration in the modern day and age. Get schooled, right here and now.
And last but not least, gender theorist, ball’r and deep house extremist Terre Thaemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles has his very own interpretation of the whole story, while he sings the 'Midtown 120 Blues'. Let’s groove.
A Basement, A Red Light, And A Feeling
NY/NJ House Special on RBMA Radio
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James Holden opens his record box for RBMA Radio
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Boogie past, present and future on RBMA Radio
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Flashback
2010 festival highlights on RBMA Radio
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Kirk Degiorgio's Sound Obsession turns fifty
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SonarDome x RBMA Radio
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future roots experiments
dublab focus on RBMA Radio
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Dissonanze special on RBMA Radio
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New hip hop shows on RBMA Radio
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Future Garage Special on RBMA Radio
Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah!
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Detroit Special on RBMA Radio
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Soul singers tune up on RBMA Radio
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WARP/ED special on RBMA
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Warp Records Label Special on RBMA Radio
No Ice Cream Sounds
Notting Hill Carnival Special on RBMA Radio
Yes We Cannes
Festival Pantiero special on RBMA Radio
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Nachtdigital Special on RBMA Radio
Pips and Blanks
Domino Special on RBMA Radio
Punchestown Drunk Love
Oxegen festival special on RBMA Radio
Beats It
Beats Special on RBMA Radio
Catalunya Calling (Back)
Red Bull Music Academy presents SónarDôme 2009
Dem A Call Us Pirates…
RBMA Radio takes over Lisbon's airwaves
