Chapter 03 of 5
House Music, Chicago
A club called the Warehouse, a DJ called Frankie Knuckles and a failed bass machine.
- The Club
The Warehouse
In 1977 a club called the Warehouse opened in Chicago. Its crowd was mostly Black and gay.
- The DJ
Frankie Knuckles
Its resident DJ was Frankie Knuckles, who moved from New York and played long sets of disco, soul and European electronic music.
- The Name
As heard at the Warehouse
Local record shops labelled tracks "as heard at the Warehouse". The name got shortened: house music.
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🎛️ The Birth of Techno
- 01Machines That SingA German band that dressed as robots and the disco record that sounded like the future.
- 02The Belleville ThreeThree friends, a radio DJ and a struggling city give birth to techno.
- 03House Music, ChicagoA club called the Warehouse, a DJ called Frankie Knuckles and a failed bass machine.
- 04The Second Summer of LoveAcid house sweeps Britain, raves fill fields, and the government tries to ban the beat.
- 05Berlin and BeyondA falling wall, a parade of a million ravers and techno's journey around the world.