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.
On July 24, a fire ripped through a building in the 128 North Campbell in Chicago. It was home to a number of artists, eclectic businesses as well as a couple who were celebrating their wedding day when their...
Beatport has notified label owners (in a rather cheeky manner) that it is suspending all payments owed to label owners that sell on the digital download platform until further notice.
The news was first reported by Music Business Worldwide.
In an...
Bassmentality 3 by Amp Fiddler
Few artists in the underground have worked Bandcamp better than Amp Fiddler, whose releases on what is probably the only digital shop that doesn't aggressively fuck artists over are among the best on the service....
For the first time in decades, Acid House creators DJ Pierre and Spank Spank are touring together as Phuture. They want you to know that it all began in Chicago.
Acid House emerged from the streets of Chicago fully formed...
Few producers working in Deep House can claim a more bold or distinctive sound ID than Trinidadian Deep, who has carved out a role for himself with a foundation of jazz and the music of his native land influencing...
The streaming world continues to shift and warp, this time teaming up two ostensible competitors in the name of taking on Apple's curated playlists.
Beatport has announced a partnership with Spotify, according to a release, with the ostensible goal of...
This is so good, and I can't even tell you for sure what I just heard. Church Boy Lou's Weep is the finest take from Waajeed's project, and it's unlike any take on electrified soul music I've heard before....
An edit from Chicago's Jon Iler and John Simmons brings long lost funk band Dayton back into the spotlight.
Dayton - The Sound Of Music (Jon Iler & John Simmons' Sound Of Chicago Mix)
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Inconceivable as...
Seems like every time I sit down with DJ Pierre, we wind up with a lot more material than we can squeeze into print. Last time, we had a lengthy discourse on the meaning of "Wild Pitch" and the...
Old friends get you through hard times; new friends show you a good one. There's a concept behind the fourth release from Art Feast Records - it's a collaboration between artists from Leipzig and Lyon, where Art Feast is...
At a time when most American labels are having trouble getting records pressed, the greatest problem Omar S and FXHE are having is keeping them in stock. As of May 2015, Detroit's FXHE has released four EPs in quick...
Leigh Morgan sends his greetings. The founder of what had been one of my favorite labels, Urban Torque, has reappeared with a new release on a new label, Fancy Human. That hiatus was always puzzling to me, and quite...
Melodymathics consistently releases terrific records from some of my heroes and my heroes' heroes: Alex Agore is a frequent flyer by now, and had a fantastic Record Store Day release with the label that we covered at some length...
How much would you pay for a "rare" record? I guess we've asked that question once in this issue already (see our piece on MK's "Strider" acetate), but it's a question being asked more and more often as the...
It may surprise you to read this, but "House Music history" has never been that interesting to me. I just like stories - narratives as big and epic and sloppy as Creation itself - and I don't care all...
It's usually with a bit of embarrassment that I write about the records of ex-Chicagoans. The "brain drain" is real, it's been going on for decades now and it's never going to stop. Deep Club is now a "Denver-based...
This right here - this is the good shit. CPH Sessions is the best work Hakim Murphy has done and I say that knowing just how many amazing records he's got under his belt. The collaboration with Rev S...
Siler & Dima are the Parisian duo behind Popcorn Records and now Popcorn Rec. Limited, an all-vinyl offshoot label. This new offering on the imprint contains four very good reasons why I count myself among their fans, both as...
It was 25 years ago this July that someone got the idea of adding turntables to a family reunion and the Chosen Few Picnic was born.
From those humble beginnings in a field behind the Museum of Science and Industry...
We promised a night of education, laughter and inspiration and we hope that's what you got from 5 Magazine's first moderated panel at the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store last Friday, June 12, 2015 in Chicago.
Chez Damier and Derrick...
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