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Leonard “Remix” Rroy, Chicago’s Unsung House DJ

  By Jacob Arnold January 7, 2010 March 2, 2020 Chicago House
Leonard “Remix” Rroy DJing at the Chosen Few Picnic in 2006

Rroy’s parties at The Rink Zone drew huge crowds. He claims he invented the term “house music.”
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Carpe Diem: The Story of Viola Da Gamba

  By Jacob Arnold October 21, 2009 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Frank Youngwerth

Frank Youngwerth started his own label during the height of the Chicago house frenzy in hope of U.K. exposure.
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A VIsitor From SOmeone Else’s Memories

  By Jacob Arnold May 18, 2009 June 6, 2021 Chicago House
Jamal Moss outside with his drum machine

A conversation with Hieroglyphic Being (Jamal Moss)
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Merwyn Sanders Interview

  By Jacob Arnold April 26, 2009 March 2, 2020 Chicago House
Merwyn Sanders with keyboard

Merwyn and Eric Lewis recorded a series of beautiful house tracks as Virgo Four and M. E.
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VERB on The Muzic Box

  By Jacob Arnold April 9, 2009 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Stacey Collins with a friend

Stacey Collins, aka VERB, started working security at The Muzic Box in 1983.
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Chicago House Labels

  By Jacob Arnold March 5, 2009 January 5, 2019 Chicago House

I have yet to find a discography specifically listing Chicago-based house labels. Here is my attempt to fill the gap.
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Strings of Life

  By Jacob Arnold October 29, 2008 December 31, 2018 Chicago House

A Chicago Deep House Top Ten
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Frankie Knuckles Mixes

  By Jacob Arnold May 11, 2008 February 14, 2022 Chicago House
Frankie Knuckles at the Warehouse

Mixes with playlists from the Warehouse and the Power Plant.
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Ron Hardy Mixes

  By Jacob Arnold May 9, 2008 May 4, 2022 Chicago House
Ron Hardy

Mixes and playlists from the Muzic Box and Club C.O.D.
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