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- 5 AM ago - Reflections on early mornings spent dancing and partying in the shadows of the great dance clubs of New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles during the halcyon and last days of disco. Includes stories and photos of Trocadero Transfer, Paradise Garage, The Saint, The Palladium and other important clubs.
- Arthur Russell - New York artist who combined minimalist music with dance music in the seventies and eighties.
- DJ of the Seventies - Articles on the beginnings of turntablism, early DJs like Larry Levan, Francis Grasso and Walter Gibbons.
- DJs - History of seventies DJs Tom Savarese, Jim Burgess, Bobby DJ Guttadaro, Francis Grasso and David Mancuso.
- Djhistory.com - Website with excerpts from the book 'Last Night a DJ Saved my Life".
- Dub - Article on the relationship between house remix culture and dub.
- Eighties Dance Music History - With hit lists by year and profiles on eighties dance music artists.
- Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1990 - House was the fusion of electronica and disco
- Everything Starts With an E - In-depth UK history of rave music from acid to ardcore, 1987 to 1993.
- Frankie Knuckles - In the late seventies, a young DJ, newly arrived from New York, opens a club named The Warehouse, and will unwittingly change the lives of thousands of people in the late 80's and early '90s.
- Jessie Saunders - Jessie Saunders is said to have made the first house record.
- Kool Herc - Original turntablist, moved from Jamaica to New York in 1967.
- Larry Levan July 1954-1992 - This page is dedicated to the work of Larry Levan
- Marshall Jefferson - One of the original innovators in Chicago house, Marshall Jefferson had a hand in several of the music's most influential early tracks.
- Ron Hardy - While Frankie Knuckles had laid the groundwork for house at the Warehouse, it was to be another DJ from the gay scene that was really to create the environment for the house explosion - Ron Hardy.
- Roy Ayers 1940 - now - Original jazzfunkateer. Doobie Doo Run Run Run.
- Salsoul 1974 - 1985 - Without Salsoul, without the superb drumming of Earl Young, no house music could have been born.
- Soul Patrol - Great black music from the ancient to the future.
- Sour Mash Collective - Although the current trend for adding old school breaks to modern soul, R 'n' B, house and garage tracks has caused a mini renaissance in the scene, the music has been overtaken by hardcore, house, jungle, techno & trance. It's all very well if you like that sort of thing, but what about those of us that are still into 70's Disco, Rare Groove, 80's Boogie, Classic Soul and Jazz-Funk?
- Tee Scott - Underrated New York DJ of the seventies.
- The History of House Music of Chicago - Key Chicago house records per year with sleeve pictures and realaudio.
- The electronica primer - The Electronica Primer explains the differences between House, Techno, Breakbeat, Jungle and all other sub-genres from the electronic dance and listening music. Characteristic audio samples and covers of key albums complete the genre descriptions.
- Trax records 1983 - 1989 - Think of a classic house record and nine times out of ten you'll think of Trax, although you may not realize it. 'Move Your Body'? 'Baby Wants To Ride'? 'Washing Machine'? 'Can U Feel It'? All Trax releases. 'House Nation'? 'Acid Trax'? 'Your Love'? 'We Are Phuture'? 'U Used To Hold Me'? Yup, those too.
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