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- Music, Music Feature Jul 8, 2020
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The return of Captain Sky
Chicago’s funk superhero releases his first album in 40 years—and this time his mission includes mentoring Black teenagers on the south side.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 5, 2018
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Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker
Jerome Derradji is restoring dozens of decaying reel-to-reel tapes and releasing their contents—including unissued tracks and DJ mixes from some of the genre’s early giants.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 11, 2017
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Master Plan fused Chicago house music with Latin freestyle in the mid-80s
Pepper Gomez and Tom O'Callaghan got their start as Master Plan by winning a Columbia College contest, and three years ago Still Music reissued their biggest track.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 6, 2016
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I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut
Plus: Mako Sica hold a benefit to push back against cycling deaths, and the Dark Matter Series returns to Elastic with two events about dance music.
- City Life, Holiday Gift Guide Nov 23, 2016
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The best made-in-Chicago gift ideas for the holidays
Shop hyperlocal this season for everything from unorthodox games and Chicago-centric books to craft booze and high-design home goods.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2016
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Still Music founder Jerome Derradji launches a late-night loft series at Elastic
Prepare for this Saturday's inaugural Church of Black Gold loft party with Jerome Derradji's trance-inducing "Acid Nothing."
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2015
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Live stream DJ sets by Jerome Derradji and Mark Grusane
A pair of crate diggers play two hours of disco, boogie, and funk from 9-11 PM.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2015
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The Reader's new DJ series kicks off tomorrow evening, and you're invited
RSVP to see DJs Jerome Derradji and Mark Grusane spin a private party Thursday night.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 18, 2015
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Velcro Lewis writes a comic to teach the dim about his blindness
Plus: Jerome Derradji reissues Larry Dixon's missing-link boogie funk, and Streets and Soul honors the Dyett 12.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 15, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: An off-the-grid show by Swedish industrial legends Brighter Death Now
Plus: The debut album from hardcore miscreants Rat Hammer and a compilation of rare Chicago house from Kstarke
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2013
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Kill Yourself Dancing Saturday at Logan Hardware
Chicago house DJs and Sunset Records founders Matt Warren and Miguel Garcia play the first in-store at Logan Hardware's new space in support of Still Music's recent Sunset compilations.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 16, 2013
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Sunset Records' house has many rooms
The new compilation Kill Yourself Dancing collects the daringly eclectic output of the late-80s Chicago house-music label.
