From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo.

CHICAGO IS THE HOME OF A LOT OF GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC. JUKE IS JUST THE NEXT TRANSFORMATION IN A CONTINUUM THAT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO AND KEEPS MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. THIS DOC TOUCHES ON SOME SHIT AND IS WORTH WATCHING IF YOU WANNA KNOW WASSUP OR EVEN IF YOU ALREADY KNOW WASSUP.

THIS SHIT IS THE FOUNDATION. I REMEMBER ROLLING INTO CHICAGO AS A TEENAGER LISTENING TO POWER 92 JUST FUCKING LOVING LIFE! FROM JACK TO JUKE – THE SAGA CONTINUES.

“GO TO THE CLUB ALONE” IS A DJ MIX I MADE A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON UNTIL NOW. UPTEMPO MUSIC TRYING TO TELL A LIL’ STORY ABOUT HEADING EAST AND WEST FROM THE HEARTLAND IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING. NOTHING REALLY TOO OBSCURE OR NEW OR OLD OR COOL OR UNCOOL AND A LITTLE BIT BLOWN OUT. MAYBE SOME SICK “BLENDS” I DON’T FUCKING KNOW. THIS THING IS REALLY LONG AND YOU KNOW IT ALWAYS RULES WHEN DJS TALK ABOUT “TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY” BUT WHAT ELSE CAN ANYONE REALLY SAY? THIS MUSIC SHIT IS A JOURNEY PEOPLE.

DON’T BE AFRAID, GO TO THE CLUB ALONE.

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A COUPLE YEARS AGO I MADE A DANCE MUSIC DJ MIX USING ALL VINYL RECORDS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. A LOT OF B-BOY HOUSE, PRIVATE PRESS BASS, EARLY BMORE, CHICAGO STYLE JACKERS AND BOOTY/GHETTOTECH IN THE MIX. MOST OF THESE RECORDS WERE ACQUIRED IN CHEAPO OR DOLLAR BIN SECTIONS OF RECORD STORES OR THRIFT SHOPS. GROWING UP NEAR CHICAGO HAS ITS BENEFITS. I’M PRETTY SURE MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE TRACKS ON THIS MIX WERE MADE IN BETWEEN 1987 AND 1997 AND LISTENING BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, IT IS SOUNDING DAMN GOOD. SOME OBSCURE STUFF, SOME MEGA HITS AND SOME THINGS IN BETWEEN PLUS LOTS OF STUPID DJ EFX THAT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA BACK THEN AND STILL DO NOW SOMETIMES. A LOT OF THESE RECORDS ARE PART OF THE CORE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE JUICEBOXXX AND DRE SKULL TRILOGY OF DANCE MUSIC 12″S. REMEMBER WHEN FUN REALLY WAS FUN? FREE DOWNLOAD BELOW. I STILL DJ OUT ON OCCASION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS. NO TRACKLISTING AVAILABLE.

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THIS YOUTUBE PAGE HAS AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF DETROIT PUBLIC ACCESS DANCE SHOWS FROM THE 80S AND 90S. THIS STUFF HAS ALMOST MOVED ME TO TEARS ON MANY OCCASIONS. VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION OF PURE AMERICAN ENERGY. ALSO: THE MUSIC. FROM SOUL TO FUNK TO ELECTRO TO TECHNO TO GHETTOTECH, DETROIT HAS ALWAYS PUSHED IT FORWARD. SEEING THESE KIDS FREAK OUT TO SOME TRULY WEIRD SOUNDS IS AN INSPIRATION IN ITSELF.