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.
Giant Arm debuts with Momentum Shift, a four track techno EP that's as raw and uncompromising as it is clever and inventive.
A new documentary says the quiet part out loud: the disco backlash was a battle in the culture war against Black and queer Americans. But Disco won.
Reps from two of the best new-ish deep house labels hook up on the 10th release from Canadian deep house mainstay Selections. Time To Dance features four original tracks from Rafa Santos, the dynamic figure behind Spanish deep house label Mate.
The founder of disco's wildest orchestra, John Davis put in his time at Sigma Sound, with MFSB and his own Monster Orchestra. The once-prolific dance music artist passed away earlier this year in Ohio.
"Climb" features the hazy, dreamy and ethereal vocals of Argentine artist Barbie Williams backed by the live four piece Automat band, crafting trip hop as intricate and delicate as a spider web.
Jasen Loveland from Serenace and Infinite Refractions passed away in May of 2021; this rabid record that dismantles genres phrase by phrase represents a tribute and memorial of sorts by Serenace partner C. Cumby and the label Shaw Cuts.
Stepping away from cutting-edge 4/4 beats and bleeps, here's an interesting reissue: high-paced disco-soul from Ruth Waters, originally released in the late 1970s.
A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.
Custodians of a dead medium want you to know how MAD! they are that the Ayoras of Radio Impacto 2 won't return their letters.
It should fill us with outrage that some of the most brilliant artists that lived on this planet and in our time spent their last years scrambling for cash for medical expenses while confined to their sickbeds. That Deejay Deeon was able to produce anything of consequence amid these circumstances is beyond belief.
Armond Williams, who once appeared in an MTV reality show hosted by LeBron James, has pled guilty to the March 2019 killing of Sound-Bar doorman Thurmond Bailey.
While posing as a defender of artists and the "creator economy," Bandcamp's former owner Epic Games paid the largest fine in history for manipulating users into unwanted purchases and violating rules intended to protect children.
Molecular Recordings has always had an uncanny ability to identify and amplify up-and-coming techno artists very early in their career. After a decade on hiatus, label head Marco Lenzi returned without skipping a beat.
Videos show Hamas attacking a psy-trance rave in the Negev desert. An estimated 260 attendees as the festival were killed, a number that is expected to climb.
A seven track techno EP from Lefrenk that is made to be played loud, with remixes from Francois DIllinger, Pablo Funk, Kim Cosmik and Adrien d'Elzius.
On Disclosure's fourth album, the lads wind up circling around back to where they started.
Another 10th anniversary edition strips the drums from Random Access Memories though I don't think the drums were what anyone disliked about it.
Risperson's remix of "Lovers" is gorgeous, glorious underground deep house, punchy on the low-end but with a sunny sheen that catches your breath in your throat.
Previously unheard live set from Westbam, recorded live at Chicago rave INFERNO on January 20 1996, from the VBNTS archive by VIVA ACID's Luis Baro.
The Chicago DJ and producer is undergoing dialysis in the hospital and will need support after discharge for outpatient treatment.
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