Chapter One: The Power Plant [Chicago, Illinois—early 1983]

xvii.     “America is very shy”: Peter Kirn, ed., Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Electronic Dance Music (Backbeat Books/Hal Leonard, 2011), p. 3

2.     Bo Kool: Jacob Arnold, “Disco Curator: Daniel Goss on Dugan’s Bistro and Chicago’s First Radio Hot Mixer" (Gridface, February 2, 2011)

3.     “We got it first”: Dan Sicko, Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk (Second Edition) (Painted Turtle, 2010; first edition 1999), p. 44-45

3.     “You know what this motherfucker did”: Heiko Hoffmann, “From the Autobahn to I-94: The Origins of Detroit Techno and Chicago House” (Pitchfork, November 28, 2005)

4.     “I’m not going to wake up”: Jeff “Chairman” Mao, “Frankie Knuckles” (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Madrid, 2011)

5.     He defected in November 1982: Jacob Arnold, “Frankie Knuckles: Waiting on My Angel” (Resident Advisor, April 7, 2014)

6.     The Warehouse’s DJ booth: Jacob Arnold, “The Warehouse: The place house music got its name" (Resident Advisor, May 16, 2012)

7.     “metrocomplex”: Ben Ferguson, “Label of Love: Metroplex” (The Guardian, June 15, 2010)

9.     “Basically his occupation”: Jonathan Fleming, What Kind of House Party Is This? (MIY Publishing, 1995), p. 196

11.     “Heart Attack Hardy”: Sean Bidder, Pump Up the Volume (Channel 4 Books, 2001), p. 23

11.     “Honestly, when I started”: Terry Matthew, “Farley Jackmaster Funk: The 5 Magazine Interview” (5 Magazine, March 2008)

12.     cassette deck’s pause button: Kirn, p. 48

13.     Herb Kent: James Porter and Jake Austen, “Black Punk Time: Blacks in Punk, New Wave and Hardcore 1976-1984 (Part 4)” Rocktober #32, 2002

14.     If Larry Sherman: Bidder, p. 31

14.     purchased the year before: Max Renn, “Trax Records” (The Magic Feet [blog], n.d.)

15.     “Everybody’s got this record”: Fleming, p. 212

15.     “If you were to get hit from behind”: Tara McCall, This Is Not a Rave: In the Shadow of a Subculture (Thunder’s Mouth, 2001), p. 19

15.     “Just like New York rap”: Barry Walters, “Burning Down the House” (Spin, November 1986)

16.     “Jamie Prince-iple”: Stephen Titmus, “Playing Favourites: Frankie Knuckles" (Resident Advisor, May 23, 2011)

16.     in the Power Plant’s DJ booth: Mao

17.     Studio A was block-booked: Al Jourgensen with Jon Wiederhorn, Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen (Da Capo, 2013)

18.     “This is our song!”: Mike Shallcross, Phuture feature (The Wire #170, April 1998)

19.     Street Beat: Hoffmann

19.     Liedernacht: Gary Arnett, “Mayday Mayday” (Fun, April 1, 1988); via 313 mailing list archives, March 13, 1997

19.     “For us Model 500”: Hoffmann

20.     “Only in America”: Sheryl Garratt, “Sample and Hold: The House Sound of Chicago” (The Face, September 1986)

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