41. Breaking Down The House

The fingerprints of house music are all over mainstream pop, but much of its sound has been whitewashed. That ubiquitous four-to-the-floor kick and synth bass sound draws from Chicago's queer, black and latinx warehouse club culture. Micah Salkind is working on a book on the history of these communities. Together we break down the sonic origins of this music through a modern track that fully embraces its cultural nexus: "Hideaway" by Kiesza. Micah takes us back to Chicago in the 1980s, and we explore how this sound came to be and where it is going today.

FEATURING

Kiesza - Hideaway
Loleeta Holloway - Love Sensation
Black box - Ride On Time
Madonna - Vogue
Mr. Finder - The Juice
Kanye West - Fade
Rythim Is Rythim - Strings Of Life
Paul Oakenfold - You Could Be Happy
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
MFSB ft The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
Jesse Saunders - On and On
Diplo - Be Right There
Justin Bieber - Sorry
Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For
Shaun J. Wright & Alinka - Love Inspired

MORE STUFF

Find more of Micah's work at micah-salkind.squarespace.com/about/ and his DJ sets at www.mixcloud.com/micahjackson
Listen to Shaun J. Wright & Alinka on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/aalinkaa/shaun-j-wright-alinka-love