Upon checking out the Phonocast series, the Pinche Cowboys were eager to get involved so the duo made time to come in for a session on the evening of April 9th, 2013. Their two and a half hour long set hit the ground running with new material from Nina Kraviz and kept the energy high [&hellip
Recorded at an in-store session Gramaphone on March 26th, 2013, this Phonocast entry finds Merrick Brown getting deep, downbeat, and dancy. While you might find him in Chicago playing at the tech-house oriented Refract residency at Primary, or playing dubstep, breaks, and badboy electro at Smartbar, he flexes his range in this session and starts [&hellip
After a little break, our Phonocast series is back – this time with rising star and Gramaphone affiliate Jay Caston mixing the beats. Presumably recorded in one of several in-store jams he had earlier this spring, the selections move from chunky slow house to raw techno, and then finally thaw towards the end with some [&hellip
For our latest entry in the Phonocast series, we can let Soul Clap do the introductions: “Phil Stone is Chicago’s best DJ.” In this mix, he opts for some retro-leaning selections, with melodic threads weaving through classic drum machine sounds leading somewhere between house and techno. For fans of his sound, you can catch Phillip playing [&hellip
Cutz On Cuts and 10mixes host DJ Moppy joined us for the latest installment of the Phonocast series. Ranging from downtempo, to funk, to jazz, to disco, to house (and including a track from Chicago Momentsound producer Garo too!), here is a selector who knows his way around a diversity of sounds and doesn’t hesitate [&hellip
Carlos Vasquez wastes no time in getting down to business in this mix. It’s a smooth blend of vocal house with earth-shaking basslines. The Chicago resident knows his house music and has been involved in one way or another for well over a decade – from hosting a weekly mix show on WCRX to promoting [&hellip
Zachary Lubin (also known as Mumtaz and Lubin) has been one of my personal inspirations as a DJ for many years, so it’s with great pleasure that I present him as the 12th installment of our Phonocast series. After a bit of a Phonologue hiatus which included some passing time and a Gramaphone website redesign, his [&hellip
Finally, a DJ who seems to have been named expressly for this podcast. With a name like Phonaut, you might imagine that he likes records and that he goes deep, and that would be a pretty accurate guess. His set ranges from Burnt Friedman and Uwe Schmidt cut-up weirdness to spaced out Bill Laswell and [&hellip
Drawing on a deep knowledge and passion for the roots of house and techno music, Chicago and abroad, The Black Madonna presented yet another of her skillful and adventurous DJ sets. Connecting the dots from The B-52s and Sly & The Family Stone to Common Factor and Telex, it was as much an exploration into [&hellip
Another Chicago mainstay and prolific producer, Steven Tang (sometimes Obsolete Music Technology) has been running the Emphasis label for more than a decade as an outlet for his own productions and collaborations. His prefered style, a moody mixture of machine-driven beats and Detroit-leaning chordy melodies, shines through on this 2 hour mixset. From a surprisingly sunny [&hellip
From gigs at Chicago’s Smartbar alongside Moodymann, Hot Chip, Kevin Saunderson, Lindstrom, The Juan Mclean to international touring, from juggling multiple labels (including Past Due, Still Music, Stilove4music) to appearing on a handful of 12″s in the past few years, hard-working Jerome Derradji is one of Chicago’s best kept secrets. With support abroad from Deetron [&hellip
For years, Chicago Skyway has been producing acid house with deep roots in Detroit and Chicago sound palettes, and so when he came through with a particularly well-attended in-store set it’s no surprise that he delivered with heavy and heady beats. While he stays four-to-the-floor throughout, there are references to jazz and soul in addition [&hellip
From his Chicago roots spring ties to 5 Magazine (where he contributed to their DJ mix series) and his edits on Partehardy Records, and he shows off a full range of sound on this installment to the Phonocast series. Stretching from raw electroid and industrial sounds to lush r&b and gospel house, to beatdown and funkadelic styles, [&hellip
Jeff Bloom (aka Bloom, PO!NTF!VE, and 1/2 of Broadway & Wilson) recorded an adventurous mix, cutting a swath through the Gramaphone records sale bin and unearthing some jazzy gems and jacking tracks. This set was recorded the evening of Thursday March 22nd, on two Technics 1200s in a one take blind-run
Fresh off of his recent sophomore album, Audio Urbanology: The Art OF Audio Truism, Urbanicity head Shannon Harris came through to the shop for a polished melange of new and old, Chicago-rooted sounds for springtime. Mixed as usual on the Gramaphone turntables, this set was recorded on the evening of March 6th,
WNUR resident; Tundra Dubs, tonAtom and Kimochi Sound recording artist; photographer; painter; DJ Lgcc is a man of many hats. Presented here is a set recorded by him at Gramaphone on February 2nd, 2012, including some original material under his Dreamlogicc guise. DJ Lgcc plays on the radio Saturday evenings, and has a residency at [&hellip
As previewed here, Machining Dreams’ Hakim Murphy came through with a set on Monday January 30th, 2012. Digging through the crates, expect a trip through beatdown Detroit house, warped acid techno, Chicago jack and beyond
Our latest addition to the blog is a bi-monthly podcast series, so you can hear the music being played by the Gramaphone staff, friends, and guests, all played live during exclusive in-store sessions. The first edition was recorded by Tevo Howard on Tuesday January 24th, 2012. Enjoy.