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From raving in the mid-nineties to DJing at sweat-soaked college parties full of cornhuskers out of their minds on every drug imaginable in downstate Illinois in the late nineties, to busting ass in the studio in the present day, it’s always been a precarious mixture of fun and hard work for The Sound Republic (the partnership of John Mork and Frankie J. Monacella)…. actually it’s probably mostly been fun. But those early years are a bit hazy and you can ask anyone: staying up for more than 24 hours straight is hard.
John and Frankie had worked together on a few projects in the past, but things really started marinating for the Sound Republic project in the spring of 2004 with John and Frankie (and the rest of the SR crew) starting up a weekly Thursday night called Swallow at the surreal dessert bar Sugar in Chicago's Loop. It was at this point that Frankie realized that he rather enjoys playing house music and that John realized Frankie was sorry for vomiting on his couch and that it would be OK to let him back in to his apartment. Now clocking long hours in the studio, the Sound Republic is churning out a brand of house music that can only be described as deep, funky, and sure to make the booties jack.
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