![]() ![]() Read Martin Atkins' #ChiMusic35 interview with the Chicago Reader ->ġ969: Gramaphone Records opened 50+ years ago, becoming the go-to shop for house and electronic music stocked with independents and rare releases. Listen to Martin Atkins' #ChiMusic35 Spotify playlist -> This driving new music combined with that Chicago roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic, made me HAVE to make this my home. So many studios, labels (my own Invisible records since 1988), and artists were magnetized here: KMFDM from Germany, Chris Connelly from Scotland, and more. Wax Trax Records (the store and the label), H-Gun video who pioneered a new approach in the new MTV age, along with recording studio Chicago Trax, became synonymous with that scene and created an energy that I hadn't felt since the days of punk in London. A kind of hybrid playground for computer nerds and the post-punk experimentalism that slowly dribbled itself across pop and hip hop. We moved from London to New York City and then to Los Angeles but it was the sound, vibe, and excitement of industrial music that brought me to Chicago. I'd spent time in London at the height of PUNK (hell, I was in a band with Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols). So many independents with lasting impact.īut the moment that hit me is the reason I ended up moving here. ![]() The home of so many labels and entities that grew from punk beginnings: Bloodshot Records, Touch & Go, Thrill Jockey, Drag City not to mention the jazz/blues-based Alligator Records. The Blues, the labels down on Michigan Avenue, and Chess records are also legendary. House Music springs to mind as a HUGE one that I am sure someone else will have mentioned. Listen to Add-2's #ChiMusic35 Spotify playlist ->Ĭhicago has had a few moments that have resonated around the world. This album opened the lane for future artists such as Drake, Chance The Rapper, Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi, and T-Pain. He changed fashion with his pink Polos, he patented a sound which featured sped-up samples and would go on to become a defining sound in music, and the album was focused on fun and personal experiences as opposed to songs about glamorizing the life of the streets. Once he released “ Thru The Wire” which featured a sample from fellow Chicago legend Chaka Khan, Kanye went from producer to bubbling artist (bonus connection: Chaka Khan was married to Hasan Khan who is the uncle to legendary Chicago DJ Twilite Tone who also went on to produce for Kanye).Īfter this album dropped, not only did it sell 2.4 million copies in the US but it also changed the scope of what it meant to be a rapper in the pop world. At the time Kanye was known for the beats he made for emcee's like Jay-Z but not for any of his own songs. Kanye West releases "College Dropout." Back in 2004, a producer turned rapper released a star-studded Hip Hop album that would change music FOREVER. ![]()
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