Pioneering house music act Ten City reunite to celebrate 40 years of the genre

Ten City reunite to celebrate 40 years of the genre

Taking place in Chicago, the one-off concert will raise money for local house music innovators who are facing health issues

Pioneering house music act Ten City are set to reunite for a special one-off concert in celebration of the genre’s 40th anniversary.

The duo, made up of renowned producer Marshall Jefferson and lead singer Byron Stingily, will be joined by a 14-piece live band on November 22 at Metro in Chicago.

The show will raise money for House Music 40, a charity dedicated to celebrating Chicago’s history as the birthplace of house music and providing financial support to local pioneers who are facing health challenges.

Formed in the Windy City during the late ’80s, a particularly prolific period for house music, Ten City brought live instrumentation and gospel vocals alongside the harder jacking style.

Spreading messages of love, hope, and devotion, Ten City pioneered a brand of house that was deeply soulful and their tracks such as ‘That’s the Way Love Is’ (which reached the Top 10 in the UK and made Number One in the US’ dance chart) and ‘All Loved Out’ are considered timeless staples of the genre.

Following the group’s disbandment in the mid-’90s, Ten City returned with a much-anticipated fifth album in 2021. ‘Judgement’ saw the duo collaborate with other key house figures including Emmaculate, Shannon Chambers, DJ Spen and Tommy Davis, and subsequently received a GRAMMY nomination for ‘Best Electronic/Dance Album’ in 2022.

n their respective solo careers both Jefferson and Stingily have carved respected names for themselves in the industry, with the former in particular being heralded as one house music’s legends. His track ‘Move Your Body’, released in 1986, is often credited with being the track that took the house music movement international.