Hailing from the midwest, Romance is Chicago’s voice of the underground. With a variety of hard-hitting and soulful tracks from across the world in his arsenal, not to mention his own home-brewed bangers; DJ and producer Ethan Jared promises to set any dance floor he touches on fire. Not one to mince words, Romance is a no-nonsense nod to the golden 90’s era of dance music, spinning primarily UK Garage, Chicago Juke, as well as Oldschool Jungle and D&B. With a perfect blend of classic and contemporary tracks, Romance is a surefire way to bring peace, love and unity back to the scene.

A recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has been involved heavily in a number of musical and artistic endeavors, ranging from booking, promoting, and performing at Join The Studio’s flagship art and music event series in Chicago, The Spectratone Show, to interviewing and documenting emerging talent on Join The Studio’s online zine, performing freeform sound and experimental beat and turntablist sets around Chicago, Austin, and Dallas under the moniker Shardstyle (opening for widely known producers such as Mono/Poly and Samiyam), designing promotional materials and other work for numerous underground musicians and labels and guest editing, designing, and writing for the debut edition of a widely published Austin magazine, Slacker Mag. Sam has been featured in a number of limited-edition zines, the influential SF art-site Fecal Face, and interviewed on the radio and online as a result of this tireless work and investment in emerging experimental scenes.

Sam also makes a point to only rarely talk vainly about himself in the 3rd person.

Chillwave is alive and well in Chicago. Magicks combines mellow indie-pop with atmospheric noise to create what Magicks (either seriously or not) refers to as “beach daze.” And beach daze seems to perfectly describe that moment where you’ve been baking under the sun for far too long and then sets that feeling to music.  Recently taking the lead on vocals, Monica Rose is a thoughtfully stylish Chicago, Illinois-based indie jazzy/pop singer-songwriter, rollerblader, subconscious mind student, future fashion icon, and skilled painter. She intrinsically fuses that healing melody that helps us deal with our day, as this is a caring musician who selflessly makes music to help others through her art.

Part Producer, Writer and Singer; Part fashion designer, REMINGTON’s music can be identified as a mix between Experimental Electronica, R&B, and Trap.

Currently, REMINGTON is working on his own LP to be released in the Fall of 2013