Czarina Mirani
Czarina Mirani is the editor-in-chief of 5 Magazine. You can contact her at czarina@5chicago.com, via Instagram and facebook.
I BELIEVE people will get interested in what House Music was all about in the beginning: the feeling. I predict there will a gravitational pull towards the real and towards anything that evokes an emotional response. I also believe...
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW I have a feeling that House Music will have made a complete comeback to where it was in the early '90s, but with even more commercial success. I believe it will be more musical and...
AT THIS POINT I'M absolutely lost with the direction of dance music. It's at an all time high as far as the fanbase is under the umbrella of EDM, but at an all time low as far as quality...
TEN YEARS AGO this industry was totally different - digital was an unknown and divisive newcomer and the old guard still dictated the way most of the industry worked. Now we're in a time where there's an infinite number...
I THINK THAT THE SALES of actual vinyl will start to increase and the digital record stores will become weaker, as the streaming avenues like YouTube, etc. thanks to advertising companies, will become a major source of income for...
TEN YEARS FROM NOW... good music will still be good music and bad will still be bad. All the sub-genres established by the early sounds of House and Techno will change names/titles and be called something different.
As far...
I DO NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, it is more like a mirror ball. I feel it will be as it always has been for decades: about community and the support that community gives to the music. It does...
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE some cooler, smaller niche festivals (3,000 to 5,000 people) gathering for weekenders and I also think we're going to see more venues that combine different forms of entertainment into one place. More...
I THINK IN THREE YEARS we will have a drastic shift in music as we know it... We all know everything comes in cycles so I predict more well written and produced projects with more diverse and hungry artists....
Welcome to the Green Room, 5 Magazine's podcast. Every two weeks 5 Magazine editors Czarina Mirani and Terry Matthew talk about what's new in our world, in Chicago and House Music around the world.
This week we're catching up after...
EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME that guessing the future of anything is pretty much impossible; at best you might get it half right. If you'd asked me in 2005 where dance music would be in ten years' time, I've no...
"If Music is a universal language, then Madrid Perry is its global linguist." These words ring very true, his style being one of diversity and eclecticism. He has DJ'd for some of the most impressive name brands around the...
Before everybody decamps for the holidays, we recorded a new 5 Mag Podcast! The Green Room is recorded by Czarina Mirani and Terry Matthew, editors of 5 Magazine in Chicago, covering events, gossip, news and more from the world...
I've always most admired the DIY spirit of Chicago's dance music scene. What we come to accept as part of our common heritage often began as just a one man (or woman) show: a person dreams something up, brings...
Sean Strange mixes Volume #14 of The 312: the Chicago House Music Podcast from 5 Magazine. Each episode features 100% real Chicago DJs playing real House Music around the city.
Sean Strange is a young DJ that has had the...
New episode of The Green Room, 5 Magazine's podcast featuring Editor-in-Chief Czarina Mirani and Managing Editor Terry Matthew.
So what have you been up to since... last December? After a brief hiatus, 5 Magazine's podcast The Green Room is back....
New mix from and interview with Kevin Bumpers for volume 18 of A 5 Mag Mix, our flagship House Music mix and interview series for 5 Magazine.
Kevin Bumpers is holding the torch strong for the underrated city of Cleveland,...
Louie Gomez mixes Volume #13 of The 312: the Chicago House Music Podcast from 5 Magazine. Each episode we feature an interview with and a mix from Chicago House Music DJs - the people in our neighborhood that keep...
Duke Shin mixes Volume #12 of The 312, 5 Magazine's Chicago House Music mix and interview series with the people in your neighborhood - the DJs that keep the Chicago House scene on top.
Duke Shin has often been associated...
Spence:Chicago mixes Volume #11 of The 312, 5 Magazine's Chicago House Music mix and interview series with the people in your neighborhood - the DJs that keep the Chicago House scene on top.
There is something invigorating about watching someone...
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