How the midwest won over the dancefloor

Chicago house music found a big audience in the UK in the 1990s. Now it's back thanks to a slew of remastered CDs, remixes and compilations'At times, I felt like the baddest cunt in the room. I felt like I owned it." Andy Butler, ringleader of dance act Hercules and Love Affair, is reminiscing about his days dancing to Chicago house. "There was a frenetic pace that was really interesting to me, but at the same time there was a depth." This deep and frenetic music made in the midwest's biggest ci...

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