







Dance to the Music is the second studio album by American funk-soul band Sly and the Family Stone, released in April 1968 on Epic and CBS Records. It contains the Top Ten hit single of the same name, which was influential in the formation and popularization of the musical subgenre of psychedelic soul and helped lay the groundwork for the development of funk music.
The Ascendance of Bay Area Dance Music
The contemporary sound of Bay Area dance music is high-energy, omnivorous, and life-affirming.

The Bay Area Was Hip-Hop Before There Was Hip-Hop | KQED
In the ’60s and ’70s, the Black Panthers, boogaloo dancers and Sly Stone anticipated the arrival of hip-hop.

Party Music by Rickey Vincent | East Bay Booksellers
Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than ever before and reveals just how strongly the black power movement was felt on the streets of black America.
Purple Disco Machine - Live from Dresden (Heineken powered by Defected)
Tom Cardy//Transcendental Cha Cha Cha - Official Music Video
Bay Area Hip-Hop | That’s My Word | KQED
A Year-Long Exploration of Bay Area Hip-Hop History

Duality by Slipknot
Take a look inside Richie Hawtin's DJ setup | One of a Kind | Native Instruments
Cool Rat Dancing Rat Dancing GIF - Cool rat dancing Rat dancing Spongebob shuffle - Discover & Share GIFs
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Frost Children (DJ Set) - Elevator Music
SENTINEL ft. Midnight Conspiracy (Original Mix) [ULTRA RECORDS] by CENOB1TE
How Bay Area Hip-Hop Found Its Sound in the 1980s
Casio keyboards, homemade tapes and the boundless creativity of Bay Area youth flourished in the 1980s hip-hop scene.

Watertown school board pulls song tied to LGBTQ+ history from spring concert
Watertown High School band students won’t be allowed to perform an instrumental piece of music tied to LGBTQ+ history at their spring concert.

Bug Thief - Line Rider