Chicago is dubbed as the birthplace of house music, largely due to legendary DJs and producers like Frankie Knuckles, Derrick Carter, and others. Mark Farina stands as one of the more influential figures out of that Chicago house group, as he moved to San Francisco to start a residency and house movement that fans labeled as “mushroom jazz.” To celebrate 25 years of mushroom jazz, Farina’s residency in San Francisco that became huge in 1996, and Farina’s Mushroom Jazz compilation series, Farina has announced two massive pieces of news: a new installment of Mushroom Jazz and a new residency.
First off, Farina will release the eighth installment of Mushroom Jazz on July 22. Titled Mushroom Jazz 8, the new edition of the compilation series will feature over 20 tracks that epitomize the soulful, jazzy, and hip-hop influenced sound of Farina’s mushroom jazz movement. Additionally, Farina will return to San Francisco to play a residency at the Monarch venue every third Wednesday of the month from May to July.
Head to Pledge Music in June to preorder Mushroom Jazz 8, and check out the the album’s tracklist and Farina’s upcoming tour dates below: 
Mushroom Jazz 8
Crawfish & Chips | QSTN
Best Believe | Emapea
Duke | DJ Spinna
Rain Drops | Freddie Joachim
Hear It From You | Freddie Joachim feat. Lauren Santiago
Strictly Business | The Slipmat Brothers
You Dig | Jenova 7
Chalkboard | Jazzual Suspects
Ride | Freddie Joachim
Night Light | PHWert
Focus Point | Fredfades & Eikrem
Lil Boy | Riccio
Orange | Emapea
Bright Lights (Instrumental) | George Kelly Feat. Andre Espeut & BnC
Economy of Movement | The Slipmat Brothers
Body Boogie | Sunner Soul
Real Fungi | Colossus
Quiet Blues | PHWert
Basement Jazz | Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee
Blue (Extended) | The Deli
Slow It Down | Colossus
I Still Don’t (Pt. II) | Larry de Kat
Tour Dates
May 18 San Francisco MJ Residency @ Monarch
May 19 Minneapolis @ The Exchange
May 20 Los Angeles @ Couture
May 28 El Paso @ Neon Desert
June 02 Toronto @ The Power Plant
June 03 Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall
June 04 NYC @ Circle Line
June 11 San Francisco @ Monarch w/ Luke Solomon (Defected)
June 17 San Diego @ Embarcadero Marina Park
June 18 Rye @ Sonic Bloom
June 19 Las Vegas
June 24 Rothbury @ Electric Forest
June 30 Edmonton @ The Bower
July 02 Santa Barbara @ EOS
July 08 Silverado @ Woogie Weekend
July 09 Chicago @ Westfest
July 09 Chicago @ The Annex
July 17 Pemberton @ Pemberton Music Festival
July 23 San Francisco @ Monarch w/ Ralph Lawson
Aug 05 ClujNapoca @ Untold Festival
Aug 07 London @ 51st State Festival
Aug 13 Toronto
Aug 20 Los Angeles @ Sound
Oct 08 Joshua Tree @ Joshua Tree Music Festival
Oct 14 Vancouver @ Imperial
