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.
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.
Chicago invades London WITH LOVE this June 26 as 5 Mag celebrates our 20th anniversary with a release party for our first vinyl record at BBE Store.
Movement has announced set times for the 2025 Movement Festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend in Hart Plaza, Detroit.
Chicago house music visionary Hieroglyphic Being, plus cover mix and interview with Galen, Z.I.P.P.O., a new label called FLURB, the breaking of Live Nation and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Wake up, it's time for a new deep and soulful house music set from Cleveland's LOLO KNOWS for 5 Mag's RISE series.
KiNK, Marcel Dettman, Busy P, Hyperlison, Daria Kolosova, Manchester's Interplanetary Criminal, Palms Trax and Bubble Love headline the 2025 "night program" for Astropolis, France's longest running electronic music festival.
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