🔴 Vitality: DJ Three, Freerange, Beretta, Fred Everything & Teuteu and more inside 5 Mag Issue 227, out now!
Back with another thick issue of 5 Mag, filled with stories cultivated from dance music’s past and house music’s future. On the cover: DJ Three, an extensive profile by Lauren Krieger tracing a career that matches the arc of the North American underground electronic music scene over the last 35 years. Cover photo by Sean Q6.
Also in this issue: a totally unique Fred Everything and Teuteu DJ set + live keys cover mix, 5 Mag editor-in-chief Czarina Mirani on 30 years of Freerange with Jimpster, Ryan Sadorus on the House of Beretta and the search for the new sounds of the underground and more. This issue is 129 pages of features, music, gear, reviews and news from 5 Mag!
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🔴 CONTENTS — INSIDE 5 MAG #227:
❇️ Dedication: Juan Atkins.
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
❇️ DJ Three: Origins.
After 35 years in the underground, DJ Three looks back on a career that shaped as much as it was shaped by the American electronic music scene. Cover Photo by Sean Q6.
❇️ Freerange: Select.
Jimpster on the classic tracks, deep cuts and records that inspired the first 30 years of one of the best deep house labels in the world.
❇️ TrackID: House of Beretta
5 Mag talks to Ryan Sadorus on BerettaMusic’s new V/A compilation, the launch of a sparkling new series highlighting Beretta’s worldwide search for new & undiscovered sounds.
ASSEMBLY —
❇️ Fred Everything & Teuteu DJ Set & Live Keys: The 5 Mag Cover Mix.
A unique, one-of-one recording of Fred Everything DJing and Teuteu playing keys over it made exclusively for our latest 5 Mag cover mix.
❇️ Beatport Takes On More Private Equity Investors.
The underground is massive with hedge fund derivatives.
❇️ Superstruct Posts Growing Losses Amid Boycotts.
Losses grew more than 40% after a volatile year of Palestine solidarity protests and boycotts.
❇️ Coming Soon: You Can Finally Sell Music on SoundCloud.
A beta program is rolling out which enables artists and labels to sell music right below the waveform — with 0% fees.
❇️ Copyright Office Opens Inquiry into Streaming Fraud.
With a huge portion of industry revenues tied up in plays, streaming fraud is no longer just about playing pretend rock star.
FUSE —
❇️ Roland Remakes The Mighty Jupiter-8 in a Tiny Boutique Edition.
Heavy Machinery: Celebrating the 45th anniversary of the original with an ultra-portable digital recreation of the analog polysynth.
❇️ Novation Launches FLpad Grid Controller for FL Studio.
Heavy Machinery: It’s actually just a really nice and inexpensive pad controller.
❇️ Audacity Is Still Not a DAW.
But it’s getting close. Audacity 4.0 is a total rewrite of an overlooked but essential audio app.
❇️ Opening up your sound with SoundGhost’s Orbit.
An elegant new plugin gives life to static sounds via the magic of autopanning.
❇️ iPod Casting.
Unpluggable: Companies are making — and music lovers are buying — small, personal music devices again.
TRACKS —
❇️ Music Reviews 227.
New music and reissues from Bashkka (fabric Originals), Kikko Esse (Four Framed Music), Dave Lee and John Morales (Z Records), Petals In Sound (Feedasoul Records), Sasta & Chuwee (Don’t Be Shy), Dantiez & Thando featuring Sedric Perry (Cushy), Tesfa Williams (Heist Recordings), Aurora Halal (Mutual Dreaming), DJ RaSoul (Filter Flow Recordings), BUTCHABOI (Southpoint), Josh Milan, Louie Vega, Dawn Tallman and Dames Brown (Vega Records), Ackermann (Safe Space), Garrett David (Global Swing), Elder Island (!K7 Records), Hakim Murphy (Calder City Development Corp), DRM (Apartment Records), Luna Summer (Hot Haus Records), Sooyeon (Nehza Records) and Subset, The Benz Motorwagen, Dubrowski, Silentwave (in:repose).
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