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Knocking one out from the Swiss cantons, DimSum drops a dreamy deep house EP with a romantic inspiration.
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Big love and big support: Ashley Beedle’s family launches fundraiser
Pioneering DJ and producer Ashley Beedle has faced a staggering series of health setbacks. His friends and supporters are chipping in to help.
New public mural is a tribute to Chicago house music & its legacy
New murals are part of a massive public art campaign by the City of Chicago and Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with train wraps and murals throughout the city.
Buck Rogers Does Disco: How an ’80s TV show inspired an underground jam
The Miami Disco classic "Odyssey" is much loved in the discotheques. It owed its existence to a scruffy '70s musician and the cheesy sci-fi TV show he wrote for.
James Park mix – RISE vol 27
Wake up with a new set from NYC-based DJ James Park for 5 Mag's weekly RISE mix
SYNC: Paul Johnson mix – Jive Turkey (2012)
Lost mix from the Chicago house icon Paul Johnson originally posted around Thanksgiving 2012.
Introducing SYNC: Our home for lost, vintage house music mixes
Saving classic house music DJ sets from oblivion, one compressed mp3 file at a time.
EPKs for the Masses: Making an artist press kit for free with Onesheet.club
Going pro: Onesheet.club is a new site that creates dynamic artist EPKs and hosts them for free.
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Roland juices their Fantom line with the Fantom EX
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Private equity keeps stabbing Guitar Center but it still won’t die
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Feature: Carl Bias of Master C&J
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Some Call It House, We Call It Home: the Story of 3 Degrees
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Electribal Soul: Billie Ray Martin on the fabled lost album from Electribe 101
Originally recorded in 1991, pioneering electronic music band Electribe 101's lost second album, Electribal Soul, is finally released.
Atomic Age Drum Machines: the Ghost Orchestras of Harry Chamberlin
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Streamwashed: Big tech, little money and how music marketing went crazy
If there's anything in your heart that still harbors something like love for the music industry, stay far away when musicians talk shop about marketing.
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Steve Albini hated dance music, and "hated" was the word he used. We still admired him anyway.
Frankie Knuckles is on a Mission…
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Rocksteady Disco is releasing some of the best and most important records in the scene today. Lauren Krieger talks to founder Peter Croce on the Detroit vinyl label's origins and aspirations.
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The Bay Area residency is now 2020's best new underground label. Lauren Krieger on the history, tragedy & journey of As You Like It Recordings.
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