Display Resolution #42 w/ John Loveless: TRIBUTE

This month’s 42nd edition of my radio show, Display Resolution, is entirely focused on the heritage of black club music from the United States, either featuring black artists or in earnest appreciation thereof. I’m far, far from the most relevant voice on this history or the labyrinthian scenes within, but so much black dance music, especially Chicago house, disco and NYC techno has resonated with me and provided much escape since my teens, both in and out of clubs. The legacy and painful background in which this music has been created is not a fresh revelation, but has been on my mind more than ever in recent weeks. So, with respect and some very raw EQ-ing, this is my very minor tribute, recorded live on a stuffy afternoon in Berlin, June 2020. Some of the records in this mix are classics, arguably overplayed but irresistible, some I only got recently and others I’ve never even had the good fortune to hear in a club. Nonetheless, I love all of them and, at least to my ear, they embody something forward or even radical in terms of freedom, hope, vulnerability and pleasure, whether from 1980 or 2020. 

I donated another $25 to Black Lives Matter, and if you enjoy the mix (or even otherwise), I’d encourage you to do so too. I am too behind on #content in recent months, but on a vastly more knowledgeable tip with similar celebratory intent, i really enjoyed both Ash Lauryn’s Resident Advisor mix from last year, as well as Turtle Bugg’s revelatory alternative black history of acid-house, ‘African Art of Acid’.