There’s a new compilation of classic Chicago House about to be released. Trouble is – there’s hardly any of it left.

“The fact that there were few mutli-tracks remaining and most of the original master tapes had either been wiped or lost was a shame, but it also meant that the producers who worked on the project would have to be resourceful, eking out juice from limited resources… We’re confident that, although they’ve been meddled with, the meddling has been done with such care, love and respect that we’ve merely rejuvenated them for modern dance floors.”

Chicago House was 1985, people. It was one of the most influential and important developments in contemporary popular music and virtually gave us the dance music scene we have today. We’ve nearly lost it all.

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