House music pioneer Frankie Knuckles’ collection of 5,000 vinyl albums has been digitized. The job was completed on the 10th anniversary of his passing by members of the Theaster Gates Rebuild Foundation. Knuckles made house music a cultural force as the DJ at Chicago’s Warehouse Club and then the PowerContinue Reading
Corinne Bailey Rae’s thrashing “New York Transit Queen” is the first listen from her upcoming Black Rainbows album. The new music is inspired by Theaster Gates’s collection at Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago. Black Rainbows has songs, a book, visuals and exhibitions. She explained her creative direction in aContinue Reading
Chicago artist Theaster Gates has a new art exhibition focused on late house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles. The exhibition is called “How To Build A House Museum” and it’s being shown at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario until October 30th. VICE’s Thump went to the exhibit and talked with GatesContinue Reading