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Gerald Cleaver: Signs

  By Jacob Arnold June 20, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: IDM
Gerald Cleaver: Signs cover

Billed as jazz drummer Cleaver’s return to his Detroit roots, this LP of mesmerizing synth pieces is far from typical techno. It’s been some time since I’ve found an album of experimental synthesizer work so beautifully inspired. Continue reading

2019 Top 10

  By Jacob Arnold December 8, 2019 December 29, 2021 Year-End Charts

Favorite albums of the year Continue reading

Chocolate Buttermilk Band: Head Games

  By Jacob Arnold June 27, 2019 September 6, 2021 Liner Notes
Chocolate Buttermilk Band album cover

The Chocolate Buttermilk Band has been a successful cover and backing band in the Southern United States for almost fifty years. Continue reading

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9th Creation: A Step Ahead

  By Jacob Arnold April 20, 2019 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes

9th Creation was one of the funkiest bands to emerge from the West Coast in the 1970s, but stardom was always just out of reach. Continue reading

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Let’s Dance Records: Mike Macharello & Duane Thamm Jr., Chicago 1983-85

  By Jacob Arnold February 21, 2018 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes

One of the first Chicago house music labels was started by Mike Macharello.
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Ron Hardy Mixes Part 2

  By Jacob Arnold December 31, 2016 April 21, 2022 Chicago House
Ron Hardy

Ron Hardy Muzic Box mixes courtesy of Marcus Chapman–playlists and track IDs. Continue reading

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Terry Farley Presents Acid Thunder

  By Jacob Arnold July 27, 2014 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes
Acid Thunder cover

More Definitive Original Acid and Deep House 1985-1991; a 5-disc compilation from Harmless Continue reading

Hakim Murphy: Murph Tone Jack Session Remixes

  By Jacob Arnold February 22, 2014 March 2, 2020 Reviews: House
Murph Tone Jack Session Remixes label

Murphy calls on four Chicago producers to remix his superb single from last spring.
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Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, 1987-1988

  By Jacob Arnold December 9, 2013 March 2, 2021 Chicago House
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk

WBMX mixes and playlists Continue reading

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Jerome Derradji Presents Bang The Box! The Lost Story Of AKA Dance Music, Chicago 1987-88

  By Jacob Arnold September 20, 2013 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes

I wrote liner notes for this Still Music compilation out Oct 15.
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