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 isn't much I can tell you about Tom Moulton that you don't know already. Tom made modern DJing possible, though he's never been one. He was probably the most indispensable person in terms of making dance music what...
You can't mention Chicago and House Music without coming back to Disco Demolition Night, the infamous publicity stunt gone wrong on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park in Chicago in which radio disc jockey Steve Dahl poked at the...
Call it logrolling if you will, but sometimes a record commands your attention. Hakim Murphy (a senior editor here if you haven't looked at the masthead lately) didn't send me this release from his Machining Dreams vinyl imprint and...
Possibly the least exciting phrase in the English language is "out now on Beatport". This is especially true in the summer, when according to the rites of some ancient tradition labels shut down and toss industrial-sized cannisters of chum...
Out of everyone from the Siamese Twin cities of Chicago and Detroit (one has the heart, one has the brains, and I'll let you decide which is which) that's getting a little shine from overseas these days, Norm Talley...
5 Magazine mix from Italy's Deep House producer and DJ Deep88 from 5 Mag Mixes 2012.
Large Music founder Jeff Craven on the state of the American Deep House scene and why WMC 2012 was 'the funeral of American House Music that nobody came to'
As half of the production outfit Knee Deep, Mr. Sebastian Doering soared to heights few professionals in this industry ever reach. Topping the dance charts? Check. Remixing pop stars? Check. A shelf full of awards from Very Important People...
5 Mag talks to DJ Roach about the Tec-Troit music festival in Detroit
Now this is not your usual free download - the "track nobody wanted to sign and I don't feel like improving" or, my personal favorite, the "additional remix that sucked too bad to sell". Alexander Robotnick has released a...
Detroit's Rick Wilhite, wants to know what you see, makes an appearance in Chicago tonight, a cool Wednesday night at Scotty Brandon and Michael Serafini's Rhythmatic residency at SmartBar (3730 N. Clark Street, 10pm-4am).
Rick recently put together this...
It's real, and it's fabulous.
Scott K of BOXMUSIC and We Own The Night is parting with what is likely (I mean, Guinness doesn't keep track of these things) the largest disco ball in the United States, if not the...
It was one year ago yesterday that we heard the news that Darryl Pandy passed away.
The question arises - and it's a terrible question indeed - of how you remember someone after they're gone. In the case of Darryl...
Welcome to the future, or one iteration of it.
Synesthesia is what they call the association between sight and sound and other sensations, and for most of us it's involuntary. But Chicago's Kate Simko and Jeffrey Weeter are working on...
Exclusive interview with Mark Farina on the incident at the Marquee Club in Las Vegas.
Carl Craig was three years old on June 21, 1972 - the day the lights went out at 2648 West Grand and Motown left the city that gave the label its name.
Talk about the great musical families that have come out of the Midwest, and the Burden Brothers (aka Octave One) are finally getting their proper acclaim
"Being from a primarily poor black city, people from Detroit hustle like no one else and can turn shit to sugar in a minute."
It's a cliché, but fitting for a Detroit artist, I want to say that Rick Wade is equal parts man and machine. I have no idea how he's capable of maintaining such a furious pace, with sterling releases on...
True story: last week, I was trying to find something in my iTunes rotation to please a group of run-of-the-mill indie rockers temporarily co-habitating. These are good people, but not exactly fans of electronic music and have little interest...
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
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