“Move Ya Body: The Birth of House” tells the story of how house music was born in the late 1970s. A history reconstructed by director Elegance Bratton (“The Inspection”) through the memories of the ...

There’s a moment in Elegance Bratton’s illuminating documentary Move Ya Body: The Birth of House when Vince Lawrence, a key architect of the music genre, recounts his experience at Disco Demolition ...

New York City has hip-hop, and Chicago has house music. Although each genre became a global phenomenon, the latter still generates far less mainstream coverage. To this day, a cloud of mystery still ...

House music typically thumps at 120-130 beats per minute, in 4/4 time. That's an awfully clinical description of the sound that shakes the floor and the walls at dance clubs around the world. What's ...

Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating ...

'The Inspection' director Elegance Bratton juxtaposes many elements, from interviews to reenactments, to inventively tell the origin story of a musical movement. The first few minutes of “Move Ya Body ...

In his latest feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Inspection' director asks who gets credited for their contributions to American culture. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic At a certain ...

House music typically thumps at 120-130 beats per minute, in 4/4 time. That’s an awfully clinical description of the sound that shakes the floor and the walls at dance clubs around the world. What’s ...