Krystal Rodriguez
Krystal is a Los Angeles-based journalist who has been writing about electronic music and culture since 2011. Her work has been published in Billboard, Resident Advisor, Vice's THUMP, DJ Mag, and more.
Chicago-raised, now London-based electronic music artist Kate Simko has done it all, but not all at once. 5 Mag hears her story.
"Everything I've made I made myself so no one can take it away from me." Berlin native Cinthie is independent, resilient - and she's also making some of the best house music on the planet.
Fresh from his seventh Grammy nomination, Louie Vega talks to 5 Mag's Krystal Rodriguez in a must read interview on Loleatta, Sylvester, Elements of Life, his NYC Disco album and uniting three generations of dance music.
Cyril Hahn wanted his new alias to be completely anonymous. Then he made an album he couldn't keep secret. Krystal Rodriguez interviews Cyril Hahn about his new album "Pool Boy" under an alias of the same name.
On his second studio album, LA techno veteran Santiago Salazar revisits the rough past that fuels his drive for a better future.
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