Terry Matthew
Managing Editor of 5 Magazine, Terry Matthew's first record was "Circus Bells." His first mixtape was from Armando Gallop. Aside from writing for 5 Mag, Terry has authored the liner notes for Jeff Mills' "Metropolis Metropolis" and the 20th anniversary reissue of Hardkiss' "Delusions of Grandeur." He lives in Chicago. You can reach Terry by email.
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
New York City house music pioneer Cevin Fisher has died after a brief battle with cancer. He had just turned 63 years old.
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the stellar and absolutely classic "Want You In My Soul" from Lovebirds and Stee Downes, Winding Road Records releases a new package of remixes by Knee Deep, Atjazz, Schmoov! and Lovebirds.
Fusing Afro-influenced soul with Balearica and deep house tracks, Medlar drops an EP that just fits perfectly with Delusions of Grandeur's sound.
Ed Nine's new EP is spectacular Chicago House that could have been cut out of the classic Relief catalog.
There’s no way to shut off the sewage pipe of AI-generated trash. And it's started to overwhelm us.
Scissor & Thread drops two highly coveted vinyl-only reissues on one 12 inch, highlighting two DJ Sprinkles-related tracks from the mid-2010s.
If you know how an Ackermann track starts you can never feel 100% sure how it'll finish.
Unfailing Love is the sound of the future colliding with the past, metal and plastic and unknown materials twisting and bending until you can't fathom the original shape.
On The Way We Glowed, French DJ/producer Mira Lo stirs up the embers of a past relationship, an impressive new work by a new, major house artist.
Amid the phat pants and candy bracelets, the washed out Manic Panic and e-induced lockjaw of the '90s rave scene, labels like Definitive offered lifeline and a strong hint that something undiscovered was going on in the background.
Musica Solida vol 3 is an EP on vinyl to celebrate its owners' 40 years in the business. Their business is records: the Flexi Dischi record store in Lugo, Italy and the Flexi Cut label, a vital pulse of the deep house underground.
New remixes from Gavin Hardkiss, Kenny Summit, Scott Wozniak and n808 give new life to this single from the Hardkiss reunion album.
Three rough and raw jack track tracks from Amsterdam duo Black Girl / White Girl get under your skin the most pleasant kind of way.
The dead internet theory has new evidence to back the idea that the internet has been over and done with for awhile, but nobody bothered to tell us.
Across ten tracks of eclectic electronic gems, Finetune's Impulse album is the third installment is experimental music in the best sense - unique, challenging for sure, but very listenable.
Brilliant (in the sense of bright), sensual and deeply nourishing diesel for the soul from Earthly Measures. Released on their self-titled label, Down, Sun is a four track EP of complex but very accessible music with a global flair and tribal spirit.
A Monday morning vibe from a DJ and producer you should know about named Al Smith for 5 Mag's SANCTIFY deep house series.
Kaspar is a master of the lost art of transmitting your soul through the medium of a machine. His fifth album, Thread Of Becoming, is an attempt at autobiography, and when you hear it you are listening to a person explain how he got the way he is by revisiting the music and moments that shaped him.
Jevon Jackson is one of Chicago house music's stalwarts, a fixture at lofts, basement parties, clubs, raves and everything in between for decades
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Dedication: To Juan Atkins
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
