🔴 The Heart of House: 5 Mag profiles Juliet Mendoza with an exclusive cover story and mix, plus James Duncan on Toronto house + techno pioneer Ron Allen, dropping acid with PBR Streetgang, a tribute to the great DJ Romain and more, inside the new issue of 5 Mag out now!
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🔴 CONTENTS — INSIDE 5 MAG #224:
❇️ Juliet Mendoza / The 5 Mag Cover Story.
Born in Los Angeles but belonging now to the whole world, Juliet Mendoza is a DJ, a producer, a vocalist, a dancer, impresario, broadcaster and educator. In simpler terms: an artist. Photo by High Above.
❇️ DJ Romain was the heart of New York.
On a man who created the future 30 years ahead of time.
❇️ Crashing Out.
The true story of the fake viral techno DJ and the $50 million fraud.
❇️ Ron Allen: Foundational Element.
James Duncan on the pioneering Toronto artist.
❇️ trackID: PBR Streetgang.
5 Mag talks to Tom & Bonar on the making of Scotch Mist and Acid Mouth from Darker Shades, their bangin’ new acid-heavy EP on Kurtz Records.
❇️ The Cover Mix: Juliet Mendoza.
DJing is just one of the skills of the multi-hyphenate Juliet Mendoza. But DJing is maybe where all of them come together.
❇️ Magnolia: The Ultimate Synth.
Heavy Machinery: Magnolia is a West Coast analog FM synth which evokes the era of Bob Moog, Dave Smith and the towering founder/engineers who built instruments that they themselves wanted to use.
❇️ Getting Started with Vital.
One of the most robust VST synths on the market, Vital is making serious inroads among EDM producers, with a price tag of $0.
❇️ SoundCloud Admits Millions of Accounts Affected By Hack.
Attack by a notorious ransomware gang has become the most down-low security breach of the year so far.
❇️ Chicago’s Indie Music Venues Are Struggling to Survive.
The ‘death of nightlife’ might be overblown, but they’re not doing great. In Chicago, only 1 in 4 are profitable.
❇️ Music Reviews 224.
New music and reissues from Lovebirds (Winding Road), Coflo & Emmaculate: Infinite Salutations (Cataleya Music), Liset Alea, Lowly Light & Pat Lok: Find A Way (Human Touch Records), Colette, Richard Earnshaw & Kenny Summit: The Sunshine (Om Records), Soul Clap and Shaun J. Wright: Drowning In Your Love (Freerange), V/A: V (Aterral Records), Jerome and Sonya Zlo: The Night We Had (Gabu Records), Manny Steelo (Star Creature Universal Vibrations), Rolando, Cinthie, Cassy & Carlos Nilmmns (R3 Roland Rocha Records), Freudenthaler: I Clap on One and Three (Brombért Records), Byron The Aquarius (Hard Times Records), Franck Roger (Earthrumental Music), Jeremy Delvila: Jolene 11 (Jolene Records), Foremost Poets and Dave Lee (Z Records), Jimmy Allen (Circus Recordings), Two Right Wrongans (Neotropiq), Rasmus Faber (Farplane Records), Marc Evans, DJ Spen & Crackazat (Quantize Recordings) and more.
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