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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.
Thousands of people woke up this morning, opened a SoundCloud account and decided to call themselves producers. Rissa Garcia is not one of them: she's been on the scene for awhile now, and her single for Cosmic Disco shows...
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A new documentary from Chicago outfit Regressive Films will trace the history of the seminal Chicago record store, record label and aesthetic terrorist outfit Wax Trax!, the trailer of which was just posted up.
I've been keeping tabs on this...
Oh man, is it hard to tell you how many +1s, upvotes, likes and retweets this deserves.
Hudderfield's finest, Slum Science, have announced a forthcoming album called (10 Years of) Virtue and Vice to be released on home label...
Jason Hodges (Junction Style Music, Sampled, Apt Entertainment, Organized Music) mixes volume 180 of New Mix Monday, 5 Magazine's weekly House Music guest mix series.
Canadian-born Jason Hodges first arrived on the scene in late 1991 in Toronto. While honing...
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It's been rumored for awhile, and know it's official.Chicago promoters React and Silver Wrapper are bringing acclaimed UK duo Disclosure back to Chicago coming this Thursday, October 24 at House of Blues.
So far this year, Disclosure has played...
Greg Kot in the Chicago Tribune reports today that a trio of promoters including dance music mainstays React Presents and Silver Wrapper have teamed up to open a new 1,600 capacity music club.
The Concord Music Hall is located at...
This Friday July 26, Flavorpill is launching a new daytime party series held at venues throughout Chicago - and day one features our lady of the, er, mid-day, Ms. Colette.
The theory is that you show up, you party for...
Chicago DJ, vocalist, producer and Candy Talk Records owner DJ Colette has launched a Pledge Music campaign in support of her long awaited album, titled When The Music's Loud.
The video above (and on the PledgeMusic.com site) outlines the basics:...
No rest for the weary: After the Chosen Few Picnic, Wavefront, Westfest (and with House of Sol still yet to come), July's amazing line-up of Chicago outdoor events continues July 20th with the 11th Annual Silver Room Sound System...
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.
Curated by Andrew Emil, this month's set takes a different approach...
If it's a promotion, it's sailed under the radar so far.
Native Instruments' popular Traktor DJ app for iPhone, iPod and iPad has recently been cut down to a price of $0. That's right: the latest iteration of its...
It's a dance music producer's wet dream: to make music from one of the most iconic structures in the world.
Meet Joseph Bertolozzi. Joe is a composer of the sort you rarely read about these days - a figure of...
This is Volume 13 of Random Soul Sessions, a monthly mix series from Yogi and Husky of Australian House Music duo Random Soul exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Random Soul is the musical collaboration of DJs and producers Yogi and Husky....
An incredible, nearly two full hour video has surfaced online, purportedly from the closing week (August 22nd and 27th, 1987) of the Paradise Garage, one of the handful of classic coordinates of the earth where disco engines forged the...
It's a cliche, but buying music these days is something more commonly done behind a computer, in isolation, than in person and in your neighborhood. Especially with DJ-centered genres like House Music, Techno and all of the varieties and...
With two new releases, our man Jellybean Benitez has rekindled Jellybean Soul, his soulful house label, with a bit of an international flair.
The label welcomes South African vocalist Bernadette Mutangara with "Give Me Your Love" and the Afro shakedown...
San Francisco DJ and producer Sergio Fedasz mixes Volume 173 of New Mix Monday, 5 Magazine's weekly House Music guest mix series.
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Co-founder and resident DJ (with Steve Fabus)...
The hype ain't daftpunkian yet, but Cajmere (aka Green Velvet) just leaked details of the tracks and collaborators on his forthcoming album, Too Underground For The Main Stage.
The album will feature 10 new tracks, 9 "bonus" classic tracks (new...
Let no one complain now that the local entries on the festival circuit overlook Chicago's unparalleled House Music roots.
Wavefront Beachside Music Festival - the newest Chicago dance music festival in an increasingly crowded schedule - released the "second wave"...
Paxahau has announced the full schedule for this year's Movement Festival, held Memorial Day weekend, May 25th, 26th and 27th, 2013. And this is it:
SATURDAY MAY 25 2013
RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY:
1:00 xxxy
2:00 T. Williams
3:30 Shigeto - live
4:30 Onra
5:30 Moodymann
7:00...
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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.
