The Kings And Queens Of House Music @ The House Of Blues Chicago Saturday May 30th

The Kings And Queens Of House Music @ The House Of Blues Chicago Saturday May 30th
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HMC Rewind: Abigail Adams / Moving Records

Abigail Adams Written by Kris Flowers As one of the prominent, iconic women in the Dance Music business, Abigail Adams’ critical role in the development of New Jersey’s Essex County-centered dance music industry continues to impress upon its new crop of DJ’s, remixers, producers, record labels and recording artists. This former model, Bernardsville NJ born, raised in Summit NJ , earned a BA in Early Childhood Education from Boston College . Abigail began her career in the Dance music arena via her DJ boyfriend, KB. In the early 1980’s, they owned a custom roller skating store in East Orange, NJ, subsequently opening up a store in the famous, “B-Boy friendly” Roxy roller disco in NYC. KB purchased a pair of Technics 1200 turntables and set them up in the East Orange store so he could practice DJing. Customers would inquire about the music KB was spinning, and the ever inventive, “forward-thinking” Abigail made note of the customer’s inquiries and trekked to variou

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HMC Rewind: Shep Pettibone

Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. (born 15 July 1959, better known as Shep Pettibone ) is a record producer , remixer, songwriter and club DJ , one of the most prolific of the 1980s. His earliest work known to the public was for one of New York City's top disco/dance radio stations, WRKS 98.7 "Kiss" FM , and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul Records . His prowess at production and mixing led him to work with such artists as Madonna and George Michael in the late '80s during the height of these artists' popularity. Shep's contribution to 1980s club music is too extensive to list completely. He was instrumental in bringing the early underground sound of house music into the pop mainstream by way of a hybrid sound (much to the dismay of some purists who preferred standard disco/dance and R&B). Though he was contemporaneous to others (such as François Kevorkian and Arthur Baker ), he is certainly the most prominent DJ/Remixer

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