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.
Nico Lahs aka Cosmic Garden has an energy to his tracks, the same kind of energy I hear in records made by Chez Damier and Brawther and not a whole lot of others. Come With Me is an unapologetic ode to the authentic sound of Italy's underground deep house scene.
When these three names appear on a record we should probably take note of it. Live bass and percussion meet soul-to-soul with Kaidi Tatham's broken beat sound on this remix from Message From A New Dawn.
Moody, deep, nodding stuff from South African producer La Deep especially the title track which seems to shake with powerful vibes like a hunk of thorium.
The Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes remix featuring Teddy Pendergrass drops separately from the Produced With Love II album as a stand-alone single.
Michael Johnston was CEO of Chicago music venues Lincoln Hall and Schubas. He pleaded guilty to setting up secret cameras to record young female employees in his home bathroom.
Automatic is Smartbar resident Jeff Derringer's first recorded output in four years, a time which coincided with an economic conflagration, pandemic outbreak and the general meltdown of just about everything that once seem solid and certain.
With house music history again part of the mainstream conversation, Ultra Naté steps forward with a brilliant new album that shows everyone how it's done.
The new EDM festival was scheduled for Halloween Weekend at Northerly Island.
A unique and creative demo with more than a dozen electronic music producers and composers making beautiful music with the Strega patchable desktop instrument.
The third and final collection of house music flyers from the genesis of Chicago's house music scene published by Almighty & Insane Books.
The Chris Brann produced single gets the remix treatment from Anthony Nicholson, Marc Cotterell and Groove Victim.
Greek producer Steve Mill breaks a 3 year hiatus with a new EP on Tensnake's True Romance. Here's what else he's been up to.
A club patron was found unresponsive early Saturday morning after close at the LGBTQ+ centered nightclub and later pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic hospital.
We hadn't heard from house music producer and DJ Giano for awhile. Sadly, friends are posting on Facebook that Giano (aka Ian) Lujan passed away last week.
The first, last, best and deepest cuts from the catalog of Italian deep house label Roots Underground.
A tribute record becomes a monument of phenomenal deep house grooves on "For Dan," from Jonno & Tommo and for Ornate Music.
An 8 track album of whirling and sometimes psychedelic ambient techno "recorded to tape" thirty years ago debuts on cassette from Apartment Records.
New on vinyl: another cache of gems, Deepness Xpozd showcase DJ Aakmael's late night jams on Norm Talley's Upstairs Asylum.
Bringing the tribe back together in Shoreditch London this Saturday Oct 1 with Norman Jay, Grant Nelson, Full Intention and more to raise money for the care of Steve Laviniere, who is in neurological hospital care following complications from COVID.
Hi8tus is an appropriate title for the full-length from Deeptrax and a producer known for exceptionally high quality and deeply influential techno discography.
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