Dance Mania: Chicago’s Masters of Hardcore Traxx
Coming 2014, we have a very special release on the way for lovers of quality original Chicago house music as we team up with the legendary Dance Mania Records for their first ever full label...
View ArticleBrenmar’s Chicago Mix Features Dance Mania Classics
Brenmar is one of the members of today’s vanguard of electronic music who makes sure to represent Chicago to the fullest. Though he’s currently based in Brooklyn, his Chicago roots show clearly in his...
View ArticleStream A Raw Chicago Classic from DJ Funk and Dance Mania
The distinctive synth sound that kicks off DJ Funk’s “Original Video Clash: Vlideo Clash II” should be immediately familiar to fans of classic house music. They’ve been sampled, mixed, and remixed...
View ArticleDance Mania Gets Best New Reissue On Pitchfork!
Our Hardcore Traxx collection of Chicago house and ghetto anthems is out this week, and we’re thrilled to see that, along side many other stellar reviews in the press, Pitchfork as given it their...
View ArticleDance Mania European Tour February 2014
With our Hardcore Traxx retrospective of the legendary Dance Mania Records out this week, here’s a chance to catch some of the original Dance Mania DJs on the road in Europe during the coming weeks. DJ...
View ArticleDance Mania: Ghetto Madness
This January, we’re returning to the archives of seminal Chicago house label Dance Mania for Dance Mania: Ghetto Madness. This new installment places the spotlight on the raw, stripped back, hyper BPMs...
View ArticleAn Interview With ‘Ghetto Madness’ Cover Illustrator James Wilson
Our second foray into the incredible catalog of Chicago’s Dance Mania Records focuses specifically on the hyper-sexualized “Ghetto House” strain of dance music pioneered by the label. The ‘Ghetto...
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