Man, maybe the best House interview I have heard! There is NOTHING, NOTHING LIKE HOUSE MUSIC! It's the Human Heart in electronic music. The best community ever!!!!
These interviews always make my eyes watery :). When Vince mention John Rocca was one as he has been a big influence on me, but because of the early Freeez, Brit Funk, stuff. In fact, Rollerchase by Freeez is the 1st thing I ever uploaded to YT. John also started as a teenager putting out records himself. To think how young the guys were at the time, then I remember we used to go to Jazzy M’s record store in our school uniforms to give him demos after school :). This would have been 1986, so I wonder what US House 12” would have been imported to the UK between 84/86. I can only think of Serious Intention - You Don't Know & Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer being released in the UK. I can imagine that a lot was imported to Germany as a lot of the early House tracks have a Euro Pop sound, which does get overlooked nowadays. Maybe because the UK prefer it slower and soulful/funkier ? The faster sounding house was seen as copying Euro dance/pop? The soulful stuff was seen a more original? Thanks to both of you. All the best.
Joshua, thank you so much for these podcast series here! I wish there was an interview of you too. Your track "Feel The Mood" had me hooked since 1988 and as a DJ I still play it over and over again. What a tune man! Much love❤
THAT'S IT!! Just dawned on me, no one person made House, IT WAS A FRIEND / COMMUNITY EFFORT. This why House music is so special! It's been about togetherness from the start!
Peace. This is another excellent and informative interview because the world has to understand the deep origins of House Music and Dance Culture from the South Side of Chicago. All love!! Fun Fact: I remember watching Soul Train on channel 26…. Syndicated from Chicago before they moved to California. (Wink)
One other thing: the way I learned was to play music that sounded good, period. What made WKKC interesting at the time was that if it sounded good, we played it. We weren't "programmed" like the so-called pro stations. We also made sure we played sounds from Chicago if they brought it up. That's how it got played when you and Jesse showed up. It wasn't until after we met in class that Khryssie Henderson was the singer on Mr DJ.
Awesome interview. I've learned a lot about the records that I was buying with my allowance. Thank you Vince Lawrence for all you've done. If not for you I wouldn't be doing what I love to do today. I can't thank you enough. Truly awesome.
Love these interviews. Mr. MJ please don't stop, keep'em coming. On another note, and speaking of drum machines...does anyone recall the 303 having MIDI issues, and the fix was some BS drum machine that could actually sequence it, like a 727? My memory fuzzy on this.
THIS was a particularly excellent interview, one of the BEST in this EHMM series. I can relate to Vince's frustration with (Blk) folks who hate on Italo, punk and other non-Black imported sounds. During the early 80s in the boom box era, I used to walk around with a boom box (like Radio Raheim) playing the mixes I had recorded from the WBMX Hotmix 5 over the weekend. And many times when there was Italo or punk playing, my peers would dog it out as sounding "weak" or by saying it's "white boy music." Most of them only wanted to hear soulful disco or the Chicago house sound. I always thought it was an interesting turn of events.
Great talk. A couple of unfortunate interruptions, though. I really wanted to hear Vince talk about the economy of synth driven music. He was going there when he said “we couldn’t afford a bass player” but the interviewer interjected and never came back to the topic. I was at several Vince parties back then. Sauer’s, etc and I remember it almost entirely like he does - though I don’t have the creator lens that he does. // as a side note, I feel like the interviewer misses opportunities to ask about the importance of certain schools / communities, how they found underground venues, the vibes therein, etc. we’ve all heard tons about music box / warehouse / playground… how about deeper questions on The Jeffery Pub? Mendel gym, raquetball club, etc.
Luv this kat...so freakin talented! He's was so super-creative and still is! What I appreciate most about Vince was he gives props to everyone credit for their contribution to House Music, no matter what level or job they had! A humble human being-luv u Brethren! Thanks for what you've done for us here in Da Go!
Vince is like Steve Harvey's character that wrote every song you name. It sounds unbelievable but he's been in the shadows and humble. I love how he has the forethought to make songs with people to cement their existence.
Dam once again this is the best medium to learn HOUSE MUSIC HISTORY PERIOD . I knew of Vince but didn’t realize how instrumental he was dam . There needs to be a Mount Rushmore of House and he definitely needs to be on it factd
Omni was a great Chicago group. They had two or three releases. I think the third had duplicate songs of the other two and not on Fountain. Members of Omni also released the Chicago classic - its out of my hands (loves taken over).
Maurice, could you please, please, please try to interview Edward "Get Down" Crosby? He is a hard person to find. I would love to hear from him. I would like to know why he was let go from WGCI? If you can't get him, interview Martin "Boogieman" Luna and ask him the same thing. It would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck with the Trax lawsuit I believe artist should have ownership especially if they were taken advantage of but….will old Trax still sell? Streaming is a drop in the bucket. The thing with house music and club music in general much of it isn’t very musical. There’s a ton of old dance music that doesn’t get much play that’s gone by the wayside. On the topic of EDM, I don’t see much interest in reviving house with that crowd, there was some moments 10 years ago David Guetta, Jack U, Calvin Harris. When I hear Post Malone Circles it’s just not the same as house and even that songs five years old. Do young people even like EDM anymore? There was a news report of losing interest in festivals by Gen Zers who don’t want to deal with the traffic and the cost. EDM may have been more of a Millinial thing. After awhile music becomes so old it becomes public domain. Internet Archive has 78RPM digitized collections as mentioned in the interview about Larry Sherman. Maybe a band or famous rapper will sample an old Trax record so it’s good to have publishing rights but don’t be surprised if there’s no pot of gold at the end of the Trax Record’s rainbow.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAURICE JOSHUA YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE VERY ANTI HOT MIX-5, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T GIVE THEM ANY CREDIT FOR BEING PIONEERS OF THE HOUSE MUSIC CULTURE, BUT YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO INTERVIEW ALL OF THEM, I'M JUST SAYING !!!!!!!!
This man needs to bestowed with a title, I suggest, Vince Lawrence, the architect of house. Thank you to all the originators!
Every interview is not only a walk down memory lane, but a walk through history. This one is Epic‼️‼️‼️
Had no idea Vince's father passed away. May Mitchbal rest in heavenly peace ❤️ I loved his song, " When I Hear Music"
Man, maybe the best House interview I have heard! There is NOTHING, NOTHING LIKE HOUSE MUSIC! It's the Human Heart in electronic music. The best community ever!!!!
The arcade was called the "Treasure Chest", next door to the United Artist theatre on Randolph just west of State St on Block 37.
Vince Lawrence is a legend 🙌
I LOVE VINCE! Thank you my man Vince!!!!!
These interviews always make my eyes watery :). When Vince mention John Rocca was one as he has been a big influence on me, but because of the early Freeez, Brit Funk, stuff. In fact, Rollerchase by Freeez is the 1st thing I ever uploaded to YT. John also started as a teenager putting out records himself. To think how young the guys were at the time, then I remember we used to go to Jazzy M’s record store in our school uniforms to give him demos after school :). This would have been 1986, so I wonder what US House 12” would have been imported to the UK between 84/86. I can only think of Serious Intention - You Don't Know & Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer being released in the UK.
I can imagine that a lot was imported to Germany as a lot of the early House tracks have a Euro Pop sound, which does get overlooked nowadays. Maybe because the UK prefer it slower and soulful/funkier ? The faster sounding house was seen as copying Euro dance/pop? The soulful stuff was seen a more original? Thanks to both of you. All the best.
Hands down the best one yet! I’m embarrassed that I’ve never heard of this brother. Kudos!!
Joshua, thank you so much for these podcast series here! I wish there was an interview of you too. Your track "Feel The Mood" had me hooked since 1988 and as a DJ I still play it over and over again. What a tune man! Much love❤
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THAT'S IT!! Just dawned on me, no one person made House, IT WAS A FRIEND / COMMUNITY EFFORT. This why House music is so special! It's been about togetherness from the start!
Peace.
This is another excellent and informative interview because the world has to understand the deep origins of House Music and Dance Culture from the South Side of Chicago. All love!!
Fun Fact: I remember watching Soul Train on channel 26…. Syndicated from Chicago before they moved to California. (Wink)
I'm glad I was a bit of this history. Nice job guys.
One other thing: the way I learned was to play music that sounded good, period. What made WKKC interesting at the time was that if it sounded good, we played it. We weren't "programmed" like the so-called pro stations. We also made sure we played sounds from Chicago if they brought it up. That's how it got played when you and Jesse showed up. It wasn't until after we met in class that Khryssie Henderson was the singer on Mr DJ.
Love it, wonderful history
Awesome interview. I've learned a lot about the records that I was buying with my allowance. Thank you Vince Lawrence for all you've done. If not for you I wouldn't be doing what I love to do today. I can't thank you enough. Truly awesome.
So many gems in this video. By far my favorite episode next to Farley’s
Great and informative interview. Thank you for your vision to put music on records. ❤
Thanks for listening
GREAT INTERVIEW! LEGEND X
Love these interviews. Mr. MJ please don't stop, keep'em coming. On another note, and speaking of drum machines...does anyone recall the 303 having MIDI issues, and the fix was some BS drum machine that could actually sequence it, like a 727? My memory fuzzy on this.
History
Amazing interview!! Thanks so much Maurice and Vince!!
Couldnt stand Larry Sherman
Bragging about how he told people he was going to screw them over
Love this interview........
One of the best
Very educational. And very much needed. Salute!
THIS was a particularly excellent interview, one of the BEST in this EHMM series. I can relate to Vince's frustration with (Blk) folks who hate on Italo, punk and other non-Black imported sounds. During the early 80s in the boom box era, I used to walk around with a boom box (like Radio Raheim) playing the mixes I had recorded from the WBMX Hotmix 5 over the weekend. And many times when there was Italo or punk playing, my peers would dog it out as sounding "weak" or by saying it's "white boy music." Most of them only wanted to hear soulful disco or the Chicago house sound. I always thought it was an interesting turn of events.
Hope to see DJ Pierre on here someday.
Good interview, he designed the Trax Records logo!
Great talk. A couple of unfortunate interruptions, though. I really wanted to hear Vince talk about the economy of synth driven music. He was going there when he said “we couldn’t afford a bass player” but the interviewer interjected and never came back to the topic. I was at several Vince parties back then. Sauer’s, etc and I remember it almost entirely like he does - though I don’t have the creator lens that he does. // as a side note, I feel like the interviewer misses opportunities to ask about the importance of certain schools / communities, how they found underground venues, the vibes therein, etc. we’ve all heard tons about music box / warehouse / playground… how about deeper questions on The Jeffery Pub? Mendel gym, raquetball club, etc.
Luv this kat...so freakin talented! He's was so super-creative and still is! What I appreciate most about Vince was he gives props to everyone credit for their contribution to House Music, no matter what level or job they had! A humble human being-luv u Brethren! Thanks for what you've done for us here in Da Go!
Vince is like Steve Harvey's character that wrote every song you name. It sounds unbelievable but he's been in the shadows and humble.
I love how he has the forethought to make songs with people to cement their existence.
The arcade was called Treasure Chest
Dam once again this is the best medium to learn HOUSE MUSIC HISTORY PERIOD . I knew of Vince but didn’t realize how instrumental he was dam . There needs to be a Mount Rushmore of House and he definitely needs to be on it factd
tell ‘em Vince!
Sorry to hear about you Daddy Vince. Looking good though.
The Omni was repressed a year or two ago I believe. Think I picked up a copy.
Link please.
Omni was a great Chicago group. They had two or three releases. I think the third had duplicate songs of the other two and not on Fountain.
Members of Omni also released the Chicago classic - its out of my hands (loves taken over).
Maurice, could you please, please, please try to interview Edward "Get Down" Crosby? He is a hard person to find. I would love to hear from him. I would like to know why he was let go from WGCI? If you can't get him, interview Martin "Boogieman" Luna and ask him the same thing. It would be greatly appreciated.
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Good luck with the Trax lawsuit I believe artist should have ownership especially if they were taken advantage of but….will old Trax still sell? Streaming is a drop in the bucket. The thing with house music and club music in general much of it isn’t very musical. There’s a ton of old dance music that doesn’t get much play that’s gone by the wayside. On the topic of EDM, I don’t see much interest in reviving house with that crowd, there was some moments 10 years ago David Guetta, Jack U, Calvin Harris. When I hear Post Malone Circles it’s just not the same as house and even that songs five years old. Do young people even like EDM anymore? There was a news report of losing interest in festivals by Gen Zers who don’t want to deal with the traffic and the cost. EDM may have been more of a Millinial thing. After awhile music becomes so old it becomes public domain. Internet Archive has 78RPM digitized collections as mentioned in the interview about Larry Sherman. Maybe a band or famous rapper will sample an old Trax record so it’s good to have publishing rights but don’t be surprised if there’s no pot of gold at the end of the Trax Record’s rainbow.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAURICE JOSHUA YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE VERY ANTI HOT MIX-5, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T GIVE THEM ANY CREDIT FOR BEING PIONEERS OF THE HOUSE MUSIC CULTURE, BUT YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO INTERVIEW ALL OF THEM, I'M JUST SAYING !!!!!!!!