Cities
House Music Cities
Chicago to everywhere: the scenes that shaped the sound.
House music is local before it’s global. These are the cities that shaped it, and the artists who came from them.
Chicago
The birthplace. The Warehouse, the Music Box, Trax Records, and the city that gave house music its name.
New York
The Paradise Garage, garage house, and the city’s own soulful, percussive take on the sound.
Detroit
Techno’s home, and a deep house city too, from MK’s chopped vocals to Moodymann and Theo Parrish.
London
Acid house raves, UK garage, Ministry of Sound, and today’s chart-topping UK house.
Ibiza
The island where Balearic open-mindedness met house music, and the world’s DJs went every summer since.
Denver
A growing house scene at altitude, and home base for our Under the Radar pick, DJ Sauce and Lubdub Records.