In the beginning there was a nightclub, The Warehouse (or the “House” for short), established in Chicago in 1977. It is today most famous for being what many consider to be the birthplace of house music under its first musical director, DJ Frankie Knuckles. In the early 80s Frankie opened a club on his own, The Power Plant. Then The Warehouse changed name to The Muzic Box with a new DJ, Ron Hardy. In the mid 80s he had become one of Chicago’s most influential DJs. Ron Hardy’s style was imaginative, with radical tape edits (on real to real or just a cassette player!), fast tempos, and heavy EQing and he played tracks handed to him by local producers.
In this mix I try to recreate what characterized Ron Hardy’s style most: energy.
