Other Desert Cities is the wildest reverb machine on Earth
Even with the most basic, out-of-the-box settings, I’ve never heard anything as odd and freaky from a reverb plugin as what I made from passing simple chords through the reverbic chaos of Other Desert Cities.
The Sound of Tomorrow: Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon...
Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur add a new sibling to the label family. Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon Recordings.
Artist, Icon: Jojo Baby has died
Jojo Baby, original club kid, artist and nightlife icon whose fame spread from Chicago to the world, has passed away.
Site of Chicago club The Warehouse listed as “most endangered”
A Chicago preservation group has listed the site of legendary house music club The Warehouse as one of Chicago's "7 most endangered" buildings and destinations for 2023.
Tommaso ☀️ RISE vol 8
Wake up with Tommaso, Italian/American DJ and friend of 5 Mag for this week's RISE mix.
Tr One – RISE vol 7
This week's featured 5 Mag mix from Irish DJ and producer Tr One - a bangin deep house set featuring tracks from Specter, Santiago Salazar, Moodymann, Levon Vincent, Delano Smith and more.
How Spotify turned dance music into dance muzak
Streaming has spawned a new format for dance music that's hostile to DJs, and seemingly unaware of what a DJ even does.
“Everyone is About to Feast on the Beast”
A who's who of classic Chicago House artists have launched a legal strike to reclaim their rights from Trax Records. A reckoning over the past has been a long time coming...
“Roe & Casey Are Overruled” – Resources for a post-Roe America
Resources for a post-Roe America: how to fund and how to find abortion services after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.
A Tom Moulton Interview
There isn't much I can tell you about Tom Moulton that you don't know already....
Love Train and the Lost History of a Chicago House Classic
Four thousand, five hundred and twenty eight miles from Chicago - in Milan, Italy, the...
Remembering Romanthony, For the First Time, Again
Millions know the name Romanthony because of Daft Punk, but he was really so much...
Red Bull Cut Their Prizes for DJs, So This DJ is Crowdfunding Them Himself
Since Red Bull stopped paying cash prizes to winners of their 3Style contest, DJ Konflikt stepped forward to raise the funds himself.
The Future is Noncompliant
The Midwest is our home, Techno is our sound and it might save our souls: 5 Magazine's profile of DJ Shiva, aka Noncompliant.
Other Desert Cities is the wildest reverb machine on Earth
Even with the most basic, out-of-the-box settings, I’ve never heard anything as odd and freaky from a reverb plugin as what I made from passing simple chords through the reverbic chaos of Other Desert Cities.
Turntables are basically expensive paperweights now
Since Technics and Pioneer are pricing turntables like they're collectors items, you might as well get the emperor's clothes of record decks - the one that's invisible to the eye and makes incredible promises about its sound
Roland wins $4.6 million in tortuous patent lawsuit
The judgment against the parent company of Alesis covers electronic drum technology and might represent a renewed defense of its technology against product clones.