5 Magazine
House Music magazine publishing for more than 12 years from Chicago, covering Deep House, Soulful House, Techno, Synth, Disco and every flavor of underground electronic music.
this.is.NOISE make a simple but extraordinary claim for Gamma: you can’t make their new mini-synth play a bad note.
Simply divine disco mix of the Ron Carroll classic "The Sermon" from Chicago duo Twan and Billy O'Malley.
Music platform Bandcamp is warning users that the ongoing tariff war initiated by US President Donald Trump may impact shipments to the United States.
The motorized DJ controller is packed with options for adventurous DJs.
Mark Knight goes deep, Yuu Udagawa does our cover mix, Gene Tellem on making one of the best tracks of 2025 and more inside 5 Magazine Issue 221, out now.
Dancing and the best music you've heard in your life on October 4 2025 at Smartbar in Chicago.
Star Chronicle takes place over four nights starting September 10 at Spot Lite and features films, special guests Terrence Dixon, Developer and Optic Nerve and art and artifacts from Jeff Mills' collection.
5 Mag's Czboogie opening set for the Horse Meat Disco Party at Metro/Smartbar on 7/3/2025. 1st and 2nd parts of a tag set.
Incredibly, thousands of people still accessed the internet by dialing a phone number.
An innovative new plugin recreates the sound of Roland's classic analog string and organ synth from the early 1980s.
The end of summer festival kicks off in Bridgeview outside Chicago on September 20 2025.
5 Mag's RISE series spotlights Chicago house duo DJ ThreeJay and Patrick Wayne with a set recorded live at Cicero House Festival in May 2025.
WITH LOVE from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release, featuring tracks from foundational Chicago artists Mike Dunn, Roy Davis, Jr. and Jamie 3:26.
Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Julius The Mad Thinker, John Simmons, Hyperactive, Hiroko Yamamura, Andrew Emil, Frankie Vega, Chachi Guerrero, Duke Shin, Ilana Ariella and more are featured at the 2025 West Fest Chicago festival.
The six-track Circa is a gnarly pedal looper plugin with an open environment that inspires creativity.
Media Mail rates used to ship records and magazines are actually going down slightly, but the price of almost every other shipping cost is going up effective July 13 2025.
Chicago house hero Jamie 3:26 on the cover, plus Alexander Flood, Ryan Sadorus, Collective Rhythm Network, Liara Tsai and more inside 5 Mag Issue 220, out now.
The app that refuses to die, Propellerhead's sample-flipping tool ReCycle is back and available for free.
New set from 5 Mag's Czboogie, recorded live at Midsommarfest's Queen! stage.
Liquid Spirit festival on Gozo Island in the Mediterranean features a long weekend of music, pop-ups and several boat parties.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
