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.
Created by Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, the Orchid is either the dopest or the dopiest hardware synth launched this year.
The three day festival starting March 28 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere EDM festival.
ARC Music Festival returns to Chicago's Union Park this August 2025. Auris just announced this year's lineup featuring Amelie Lens, Cajmere, Eric Prydz, Eris Drew, Jamie XX, Richie Hawtin, Floorplan, John Summit, Nicole Moudaber, DJ Tennis, Mike Dunn and more.
We just unearthed this video from 5 Mag's five year anniversary project archives in which the legendary DJ Funk talks about the history of ghetto house music, where it came from and what it's about.
Police and eyewitness accounts say 21 year old Zulma Daniela Calderon Pacheco was struck by a bullet fired during a fight involving club security.
"To be able to play in Detroit is and has always been a special kind of magic..."
From Sonicware and the makers of the colorful LIVEN line of synths comes CyDrums, a compact, "neo-hyperactive" drum machine with a unique visual style.
Wake up, it's time for a new deep & heady set from LUKUMIPEOPLE for 5 Mag's RISE series
The all-star event is April 12 2025 at Avondale Music Hall featuring Gant-Man, Lil'Tal, DJ Milton, Nehpets, Slugo, Eric Martin, Jana Rush, Traxman and more.
Musician, activist, educator and Grammy-award winning R&B and soul vocalist Roberta Flack has passed away at the age of 88. The legendary soul singer whose career spanned more than half a century had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease two years ago.
Flite is a multi-sampler and synth workstation aimed at music producers from Sharooz Raoofi aka Principleasure's new company.
Over 100 acts and some of the greatest house, techno and electronic music artists in the world gather together at Hart Plaza in Detroit this Memorial Day weekend.
Detroit ambassador-at-large Mike Agent X Clark in 5 Mag's cover profile, plus DJ Slugo cover mix, Mystic Freaks featuring Jamie 3:26, Danou P and Young Pulse and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Waldorf steps up with their own deluxe "bit-by-bit" plugin emulation of the famed Microwave synth, the first unit created by German manufacturer.
Frequent guest and Midwest techno stalwart DVS1 has been named a 2025 guest resident at Chicago's Smartbar.
Dutch deep house duo Fouk's first 5 Mag cover story and an exclusive mix, plus London soul with Paris Cesvette, Azzad, Thando, Moby, Aslice, another lost Paul Johnson mix and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Desperate to take over a corner of your workbench, Latvian hardware manufacturer Erica Synths has developed Nightverb, a powerful hardware reverb effects unit compressed down to a small, boxy 9x6 inch shape.
The first repress of Utah Saints' self-titled first album is packed with additional remixes from David Morales, CJ Bolland and Andrew Weatherall among others.
Roland has announced a limited edition release of their SP-404MKII sampler in collaboration with Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann and his label KDJ Records.
Part of a new trend of musicians developing complex hardware, David Jacopin aka "Taho" is the artist behind Viper Synths' new MIDI controller with an analog feel
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