Czarina Mirani
Czarina Mirani is the editor-in-chief of 5 Magazine. You can contact her at czarina@5chicago.com, via Instagram and facebook.
The rebirth of Detroit and the metro area is a shock but not a surprise. Decades after the city was given up for dead, small pockets of creativity and resistance have thrived, grown large and joined together like cells...
A feature film about the life of Frankie Knuckles, The Warehouse and Warehouse founder Robert Williams is going forward and is scheduled to begin shooting in Chicago.
Producers Joe Shanahan (Metro/SmartBar/Double Door), Bob Teitel (Men of Honor, Barber Shop),...
Top and Cover Photo: Gavin Mills
IT WAS EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO that hundreds of people were packed inside SmartBar in anticipation of Frankie Knuckles' big birthday celebration. On the bill alongside the birthday boy were New York's legendary David...
When you hear stories of Chicago's golden days of House Music whether it be in the late '80s through the late '90s, you learn to appreciate the multifaceted talent behind the big names. These weren't just DJs - they...
Daley Padley, better known as Hot Since 82, recently graced the decks of Chicago's SpyBar launching his North and Latin American tour. The Leeds-based artist has been keeping busy both with his Knee Deep label as well as the...
Sennheiser has always been hands down the clearest, best sounding headphones in the market. No other headphones can stand next to them in terms of sound quality. The only challenge I've had in the past was really the design:...
I've noticed that those who have an amazing ear for music - especially those championing that '90s-tinged garage sound - tend to be the modest ones with little or no publicity hype. Kool Vibe, Alex Agore and Ross...
SSRadio, one of the leading House music radio stations on the Internet, is facing closure due to the financial pressures.
SSRadio, which has been online since 2005 and specializes in deep & soulful House music, (whose downloads of the station's...
5 Magazine's residency spotlight features Adam Gibbons and Uhuru Afrika, the incredibly unique Boston club night deeply rooted in the music of Africa and the Diaspora.
"When someone walks in the door, I want them to feel like they could...
The poet Allen Ginsberg called them the "classic stations of the earth" - the points on a map where people seemed to gather, quite spontaneously, to celebrate life and create a scene. We're calling this new feature about them...
Two years ago I watched Todd Edwards (twitter | soundcloud) charm the pants off his Chicago audience. Armed with the biggest smile and glow cross necklaces to give away, he danced through his entire set and had the infectious...
You may have seen the extremely enticing trailer of the UK Garage documentary Rewind 4Ever floating around on people's social media walls at some point last year. Clips of producers, DJs and MCs such as Grant Nelson, Todd Edwards,...
Moon Boots - the mystery man and French Express artist who in the last few years has produced some of the smoothest, sexiest soulful R&B/Disco-infused House - speaks to 5 Magazine about his music.
So you're originally from Chicago, and...
We're pleased today to announce the launch of another curated monthly mix series, this time from Chicago's renown DJ collective, 3 Degrees.
The 3 Degrees Global Spotlight will feature a new mix each month from the group's extended family of...
TuSabés is the latest musical incarnation of former Smartbar music director Nate Seider, known to many as Nate Manic. A more production-focused project, this looks to pick up creatively where he left off over four years ago with a...
Update: Our man Joey Negro just sent us an exclusive mix ahead of his date this Friday, March 21, 2014 at Primary Nightclub in Chicago.
Here we go now: Joey Negro (who we interviewed for our current issue here) plays...
DJs today are confronted with an astonishing number of choices, from vinyl to digital media, controllers, mixers, and the unending stream of more music being released for consumption than at any time in history.
It's all a bit overwhelming. We...
At a time when dance music is now outselling Hip-Hop, we can shamelessly go with the glass half full analogy and say that the EDM scene is revitalizing the underground. New fans are primed, their ears digging deeper for...
Marc Cotterell mixes volume 191 of New Mix Monday, 5 Magazine's weekly guest mix series.
English-born but living in the US, Marc Cotterell is a DJ, committed vinyl junkie and owner of Plastik People Recordings. Run out of Albuquerque, New...
Every month 5 Magazine's Man+Machine features talks about musical machines and the men & women who love them.
This month we talk to one of the forefathers of the late '80s Hip House movement, Tyree Cooper.
Twenty five years after the...
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