A short piece to announce and offer downloads to a newly published short-form article from the Foundations of House project, courtesy of Norient Space.
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Redlining: The Economics of Musical Training
Redlining might be one of the most important factors in house music's history. It may have actually created the environment that underpinned house music's genesis.
Smoke & Mirrors - Retconning Religion
Is a dance floor a church? Is a DJ a priest? And is house something that is free for anyone to use? Or does it belong to the realm of otherness?
Cannibalism and Christianity
The FoH blog looks at the practice of sampling within hip hop and how it might relate to house music and religiosity. Cannibalism in house music? Surely not!
"Let There Be House" — Preachers in House Music
The latest piece from the FoH project analyses the role of the preacher in house music, asks where it comes from, and why it's still in house music today.
Disco's Legacy - In Conversation with Tim Lawrence (FoH2016)
Tim Lawrence, authority on all that's dance music, speaks to us about the death of disco, tensions in the church, and the problem of perception in house music.
The DJs They Couldn't Hang - Chicago House (1986)
We've found it! One of the earliest pieces on the original Chicago house music scene in 1986. Featuring Farley Jackmaster Funk, Tyree Cooper, and Daryl Pandy...
The Problem Of Intention
Mixing Chicago house music and religion causes researchers difficulty when it comes to deciphering the clues DJs left in their songs. What does it all mean?
Testament of House Vol.1
There are some strange releases in the world of Chicago house music. None so strange as this! Did you know the house DJ's Knee Deep released a bible in 2003?