41. Breaking Down The House

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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