{
  "slug": "steve-silk-hurley",
  "name": "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley",
  "description": "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley appears 2 times in our Chicago House and The Waxonia Desk — On a Machine lists, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/steve-silk-hurley/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1986,
    "last": 1986
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 5,
    "list": "Chicago House"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "chicago-house",
      "name": "Chicago House",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — On a Machine",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "steve-silk-hurley--jack-your-body",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/steve-silk-hurley--jack-your-body/",
      "title": "Jack Your Body",
      "year": 1986,
      "label": "Underground / DJ International",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The first house record to top the UK singles chart, which is how most of Britain found out this music existed at all. Stripped, mechanical, relentless.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — On a Machine",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Steve%20%22Silk%22%20Hurley%20Jack%20Your%20Body",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_eDf8IGSh0Q",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 5,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "chicago-house",
        "name": "Chicago House",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/"
      },
      "artist": "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "steve-silk-hurley--jack-your-body",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/steve-silk-hurley--jack-your-body/",
      "title": "Jack Your Body",
      "year": 1986,
      "label": "Underground / DJ International",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A record made of almost nothing, which went to number one in Britain anyway. The clearest ancestor of the idea that a loop held long enough stops being a loop and becomes a song.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "chicago-house",
          "name": "Chicago House",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Steve%20%22Silk%22%20Hurley%20Jack%20Your%20Body",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_eDf8IGSh0Q",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
      "on": {
        "kind": "curator",
        "slug": "the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — On a Machine",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine/"
      },
      "artist": "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}