Beyoncé, 'Renaissance': Queer Joy & Sexual Salvation on the Dance Floor (Review)
"Uncle Jonny made my dress..." During the dance break of the extended mix of B'Day's "Get Me Bodied," released as the album's fifth single in the summer of '07, there's a moment where Beyoncé begins rattling off a minutes-long string of commands for the dance floor: "pat your weave, ladies,"…
SG Lewis' 'Times' Is the First Great Dance Record of 2021
"There was harmony in the music, there was harmony in the behavior of the people, and we had a good time..." You might not have known it, but SG Lewis is partially responsible for getting us through the pandemic. The 26-year-old London singer-songwriter-producer's had his hand in some of the…
Lady Gaga's Cover of Chic's 'I Want Your Love' Is Here, Three Years Later
"Nile...Chic...Gaga." The amount of gay excellence on this day, I just... So, Lady Gaga, who stars in a movie called A Star Is Born which I just wrote about hours ago (I ain't gonna sleep toni-i-ght...), recorded a Gaga-fied cover of Chic's "I Want Your Love" three years ago. It was used for Tom…
"The Other Boys": NERVO, Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers Are The Disco Dream Team
While some pop stars are busy stirring up bad blood between each other (my vote is MINAJ/PERRY 2016, just so we're clear), others are joining forces for a far less drama-filled, subtweet-free purpose on the dance floor. Nearly five years since their shimmering, splendid Aphrodite collaboration,…
"I'll Be There": CHIC And Nile Rodgers Return (With The Help Of Karlie Kloss In Her Underwear)
Post by Nile Rodgers. CHIC, C'est la vie! (C'est bon, c'est bon...) Nile Rodgers and the classic disco troupe responsible for "Le Freak," "I Want Your Love" and about a million other disco gems are back in action with "I'll Be There," a burst of nostalgic, feel-good sound...and their…
Nile Rodgers, Disclosure, Sam Smith And Jimmy Napes Walk Into A Recording Studio....
So, here's a perfect storm of talent all on one track: Nile Rodgers, Sam Smith, Disclosure and Jimmy Napes have all done a song together — appropriately called "Together." The track, which was recorded in one day at Timber Street Studios in London, sounds exactly like what you'd expect a merger…
Daft Punk Premieres "Get Lucky" Teaser with Nile Rodgers and Pharrell, Who They Met At A Madonna Listening Party
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories campaign is already one of 2013's most meticulously crafted album campaigns yet. Along with the Collaborators video series they've been running for the past month, as well as those blink-and-you'll-miss-it SNL teasers, the sneaky French dance robots revealed a…
Watch and Learn: Nile Rodgers Talks Disco, Chic and Daft Punk
After premiering thee Collaborators interview series with the prolific Giorgio Mororder, Daft Punk has revealed the latest episode in the series—this time with another one of the most brilliant minds in music: Nile Rodgers.