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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.
It's finally here: Daily line-ups and set times for ARC Music Festival 2024 this Labor Day Weekend in Chicago.
Bonobo has announced a new single, the dusty, fuzzy and lovingly disjointed "Expander," backed by a new run of his acclaimed OUTLIER shows this Fall.
Lost mix from the Chicago house icon Paul Johnson originally posted around Thanksgiving 2012.
Rick Wade on AI, art and the future of making music, plus Tilman, James Chance, a Chicago House history primer and more.
We're building a guide to books about house music and electronic music history, culture and analysis, curated by 5 Mag's staff.
New mix from 5 Mag's Czboogie, recorded live at Sacre Nightclub in Paris on March 8 2024 for the State of Mind Party.
Effective July 14 2024, the baseline cost of shipping a book or record using Media Mail has gone up 18% since December 2023.
The proceeds from the Glitterbox-released LP Legacy will go toward Kathy Brown's healthcare fund as the legendary house singer confronts stage four lung cancer.
Absolutely floored at how many amazing parties are going on in this town this summer, from festivals to warehouses and art galleries, neighborhood street parties and Chicago's rightly internationally acclaimed clubs.
The latest Fantom addition is the Fantom EX, a "supercharged" creative workstation with built-in Analog Circuit Behavior tech and a bevy of composition tools.
The companies behind Suno and Udio stand accused of using unlicensed music to "copy an artist's life work and exploit it for their own profit."
Updated: The Chicago Transit Authority pulled the plug on the four hour event that would have chartered six cars on the CTA Brown Line. Organizers claim it was an unfair, unilateral and arbitrary action.
Well you didn't expect this with your morning coffee
Day 3 of the events culminating in the 2024 Chicago House Music Festival features the official Chicago House Music Festival Pre-Party at Navy Pier's Wave Wall, with DJs from 1pm to 10pm.
Day 2 of the events culminating in the 2024 Chicago House Music Festival features the Chicago House Music Conference, a series of panels, workshops and conversations on industry subjects, capped by a keynote from Chicago house legend Steve "Silk" Hurley.
Thursday is opening night of the 2024 Chicago House Music Festival, a series of free workshops, conferences and events leading up to the Chicago House Music Festival itself on June 2, 2024 from 10am to 9pm
There are probably people in this scene with more innate talent than Seven Davis Jr, but we haven't met them. The brilliant producer, DJ and musician is subject of the latest 5 Mag cover story, plus Nick V and the 17 year strong La Mona Paris, Chicago's viral Elevator Music, disco archeology and more inside 5 Mag 214, out now.
Electronic music pioneer Laurent Garnier, Monty Luke, Petals In Sound, Henna Onna, Paul Johnson and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, released May 2024.
Set times have been announced for all stages and all three days of the 2024 installment of Movement, America's most cherished techno festival taking place in Hart Plaza, Detroit on Memorial Day weekend, May 25 through May 27 2024.
Suzuki is bringing back their quirky harp-like Omnichord, an exact contemporary of the Roland TB-303 but often dismissed as a toy.
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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
