An archive recording of a documentary exploring Chicago's history and current relationship to house music.
FoH2016 - November Mix
The latest FoHMix sees us exploring slightly different tonalities and textures including garage, and elements of a deeper Chicago-based sound.
Prelude to NYC
House music research being funded in the name of one of England's most wonderful composers?! Who'd have thought it eh? A blog about the Gerald Finzi Trust.
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?
Danny Rampling's Love Groove Dance Party
A quick examination of the sleeve notes to Danny Rampling's Love Groove Dance Party mix compilations offers some interesting insights.
Dancing In Outer Space - In Conversation with Bill Brewster (FoH2016)
An exclusive interview with DJ Bill Brewster sees us boarding a space rocket in search of heaven, and delving into LGBT house music history via Grindr.
FoH2016 - October Mix
The second instalment of FoHMix gets into even funkier melodic territory. Including cuts from Mark Picchiotti, Brian Tappert, and Kenny Bobien.
Carl Bean on Disco and Gospel
Carl Bean's thoughts on the connection between Black church gospel music, and the musical DNA of disco from the singer of I Was Born This Way.
Defected Director — In Conversation with Simon Dunmore (FoH2016)
Foundations of House's exclusive interview with Simon Dunmore, head of Defected Records, finds us trying to locate the great record labels of house and disco.
Warehouse Club Chicago Top 100 (1993)
We look at the playlists from the original house club "The Warehouse" and asks what Frankie Knuckles was trying to achieve with the music he played.
Navigating Nightworld
Manhattan's cityscape constantly changes. FoH asks how important the spaces of dance music are, and whether we should be more careful about our history.
FoH2016 - September Mix
This first of many new regular mixes see's FoH get stuck into NYC garage and that mid-90s sound. Gospel vocals, pianos, organs and clapping EVERYWHERE.
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!
Steve D'Acquisto
A beautiful quote from Steve D'acquisto featured in Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's latest book "The Record Players".
"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.
Frankie Knuckles @ Power House. Opening Night (25th October 1986)
See the 12 minute documentary by Phil Ranstrom detailing the opening night of Frankie Knuckles' doomed Power House club in Chicago, 1986.
MuchMusic - Soul In The City (1989)
Watch a long forgotten 1989 TV documentary on Chicago house music featuring Frankie Knuckles, Ten City, Ce Ce Rogers, Todd Terry, and Marshall Jefferson.
Can You Feel It? - In Conversation with Robert Owens (FoH2016)
Read highlights from FoH's exclusive interview with Robert Owens "The Voice Of House". We chat churches, the paradise garage, and where religion ends.
Joe Smooth's Promised Land
Read our quick roundup of the ideas that Joe Smooth's Promised Land evokes. Watch the rare original video and check out the early sleeve artwork.