Ahead of his set at Handsome this Saturday, I had the pleasure of speaking with the NYC house legend and songwriter producer. For old househeads like me, Lem Springsteen and John Ciafione are up there with Kenny Gonzalez and Louie Vega and Farley and Heller when it comes to production duos. As Mood II Swing, they put out some of the slickest New York sounds for the dance floor as well as being behind era-defining tracks such as Barbara Tucker’s ‘Beautiful People’ and Ultra Na

Why is the story of Rev. Robert Spike's life and death important today? Why do I - his son - want to bring it to the screen now, sixty years after his murder? That crime has never been solved. And his life story has never been told to the millions of people around the world who might take some hope from it at a time when the lessons of history - vital lessons of freedom, justice, equality - too often seem to be lost causes. Robert Spike was a Baptist farmboy from upstate New

Shaun J. Wright and Alinka are the DJs, producers, and promoters behind the respected house label Twirl Recordings and the hugely successful Chicago parties of the same name. Here they speak to Martyn Fitzgerald about life growing up house in the Windy City. Shaun J Wright and Alinka, start and finish each other’s sentences, testament to a deep friendship and years of late-night talks. As well as being label owners and promoters, they are sought-after DJs and producers and,

Sometimes I get asked to interview wonderful people for Faith, the London zine that has chronicled house culture since 1999. I'm reposting some of those pieces here and as Robert Owens is performing at Handsome this week here's the first focused on peak Chicago. For this one I spoke with Terry Martin, to talk about the seminal zine Thing and the subsequent House magazine he edited Crossfade. Honey Dijon, a reader of Thing, kindly added an introduction: "Zines are a form of c

We spoke to the lovely and legendary Robert Owens ahead of his set at Handsome.