MARGUERITE L. HARROLD / CHICAGO HOUSE MUSIC CULTURE AND COMMUNITY / 書籍

RON HARDYのMUSIC BOXやFRANKIE KNUCKLESのPOWER PLANTからMEDUSA、SMART BARなど10代からハウスミュージックの洗礼を受け、自らの血肉としてきたシカゴ生まれの著者 Marguerite L. Harrold による初の著作

シカゴハウスにおける文化とコミュニティをテーマに、シカゴハウスを支えてきた偉大なる創造主たちを物語る一冊。


著者インタビュー
https://thetriibe.com/2024/08/marguerite-l-harrold-explores-chicago-house-music-in-new-book/

著作レビュー
https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/finding-liberation-in-sound/

Pages: 208
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback

An inside look at the music born, bred, and perfected in Chicago.

Chicago house music originated in the city’s Black, gay underground in the late seventies and became one of the most popular musical genres in the world by the end of the century. In Chicago House Music: Culture and Community, Marguerite Harrold tells the story of the genre’s rise and the prolific creators who have sustained it for decades. You’ll learn about house music’s early innovators, like Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles, who transformed the social and political turmoil around them into a revolution in dance music. You’ll also hear remembrances from contemporary figures in the house community, like DJ Lady D, Avery R. Young, Czboogie and Edgar “Artek” Sinio, who have forged new paths as the genre has evolved. It’s a story about much more than music—it’s about a community struggling for acceptance, love, liberation, and freedom, and about the creative pioneers whose resilience helped turn house music into a worldwide phenomenon.

Full of interviews and first-hand accounts from the people who stood behind the turntables, carried crates of records, or danced until dawn, Chicago House Music is the history of an art form that continues to be a force for social interaction, spiritual liberation, and community today.