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Music World History & Scenes

Choose a genre, move through countries and cities, then follow the scenes, artists, labels, releases, and contributors that shaped the sound.

Genre

Country

City

House / United States

Chicago Timeline

Chicago/Before 1980s-1990s

Disco, gospel, soul, drum machines, and queer club culture made the framework. Follow it through Honey Dijon and The Blessed Madonna, labels like Defected, Atlantic and Fania, and releases such as Black Girl Magic, He Is the Voice I Hear and Strings of Life. The producer and contributor trail runs through Rick Rubin and Brian Eno, while the later movement points toward Detroit Techno Origins and 1990s New York Hip-Hop.

Chicago/1980s-1990s

Dancefloor utility, community rooms, edits, drum machines, and vocal release built around shared movement. The useful trail is residents, record pools, labels, DJs, remixers, and city rooms where records became rituals. Follow it through Honey Dijon and The Blessed Madonna, labels like Defected, Atlantic and Fania, and releases such as Black Girl Magic, He Is the Voice I Hear and Strings of Life. The producer and contributor trail runs through Rick Rubin and Brian Eno, while the later movement points toward Detroit Techno Origins and 1990s New York Hip-Hop.

Chicago/After 1980s-1990s

Global house, vocal club records, festival culture, and modern edit culture all keep borrowing the language. Follow it through Honey Dijon and The Blessed Madonna, labels like Defected, Atlantic and Fania, and releases such as Black Girl Magic, He Is the Voice I Hear and Strings of Life. The producer and contributor trail runs through Rick Rubin and Brian Eno, while the later movement points toward Detroit Techno Origins and 1990s New York Hip-Hop.