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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.
Users are now able to play tracks from directly within the Twitter timeline on their mobile devices. They just can't play yours. Yet.
SoundCloud announced today a partnership with Twitter on new "Audio Cards". "Some SoundCloud creators can use Twitter's...
They're more than a DJ collective but for the sake of clarity let's stick with the basics: Chicago based DJ collective 3 Degrees is back every Wednesday night.
Their new residency is launching in association with Material (Erick is...
I gotta be honest: one of the things that really called me back to writing music reviews again is the resurgence of true songwriting – an honest to goodness S-O-N-G, with lyrics and substance that anyone can relate to,...
Issue #111 of 5 Magazine is out now, featuring Chicago juke and ghetto house prince Gant-Man aka Gant Garrard. Once heralded as the world's youngest professional DJ, Gant-Man released his first track on Dance Mania Records before he was...
This Friday, October 3 marks the launch of the new season for Wired Fridays, the free daytime dance party in downtown Chicago brought to you by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
For this Friday...
I believe I've finally figured out Cajmere's secret formula to success: make hot songs/tracks/grooves that please the crowds, the DJs, AND the sound systems! And as long as the signature sound remains constant in every release, he can't lose!...
Four Play Sessions is a mix series from Chicago's Four Play Music and featuring the talents of Mr. Andrew Emil & Friends, published each month exclusively for 5 Magazine.
The last Four Play set was a 45rpm mix from JT...
Jennifer Hudson, R. Kelly, Wayne Williams and Terry Hunter. What do these legendary names all have in common? Well, the obvious answer is Chicago, but I bet you NEVER would have uttered "House Music" as your answer! The latest...
This is Volume 19 of Random Soul Sessions, a mix series appearing in this space each and every month from Yogi and Husky of Australian House Music duo Random Soul exclusively for 5 Magazine.
The tracklisting for this mix are...
I know very little about the underground scene in Santiago de Chile where Ojodeapolo records originates - just what some DJ friends say when they pass through, and they don't pass through all that often. But nestled between tracks...
I'm pretty convinced that this release from Marc Cotterell and Karl The Voice was made STRICTLY for the dance floors around the world, for the drum track is definitely the heart & soul foundation in each of the four...
5 Magazine hits Issue #110, and this issue's cover story is with Chicago House legend Terry Hunter. Terry is - by pretty much any measure you want to use - one of the most prolific musical figures Chicago has...
JAK mixes Volume #7 of the SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Jack Coleman is JAK, and he's been playing and producing Techno and House Music since the late...
Chicago is known around the world as the birthplace of House and where House Music began, and there are a great number of House Music clubs in Chicago where one can hear Classic House Music as we as music...
Maria Goetz mixes this week's SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
This set was recorded live at Tresor by Maria, a Midwest DJ influenced by "dark, funk and obscure...
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Host of the weekly DJ broadcast Ultrawizardsword Dot Net and Pittsburgh scene fixture, Paul Zyla is currently in the hospital. His family posted that last Monday, Paul suffered an aneurysm and seizure and is currently at the...
Blame it on Afrojack, dance music's answer to Nickelback. He made it all so easy, and so lucrative for how easy it is - to mask a fundamental lack of skill, knowledge and creativity under a metric fuckton of...
Franktronic mixes this week's SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Franktronic says he's a "Chicago lifer with an unoriginal story":
He spent the '90s like everyone else -- buying mixtapes,...
Four Play Sessions is a mix series from Chicago's Four Play Music and featuring the talents of Mr. Andrew Emil & Friends, published each month exclusively for 5 Magazine.
This coming Saturday June 7 in Chicago, JT Donaldson is playing...
Following up on our report yesterday about the death of Chicago House Music producer & DJ Andre Harris, 5 Magazine has learned that funeral and memorial services will be held this coming Saturday, June 7th.
Services will take place at...
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Vitality: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag
DJ Three on the cover, Jimpster on 30 Years of Freerange, Ryan Sadorus on House of Beretta, Fred Everything and Teuteu live keys + DJ cover mix and more.
