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.
🎧 Brilliant hazy deep house drenched in soul from Glenn Davis on "Dance" from his forthcoming 12" vinyl release Better Daze on Andy Vaz's Yore Records label.
Metro and Smartbar celebrate 40 years in the tony environs of Ravinia this Saturday with the cast of Queen.
Legendary soul and disco vocalist Gloria Scott takes on a stone cold house music classic on this 7" cover of "Promised Land" produced by Andrew McGuinness for Acid Jazz.
From Relief & Dance Mania to UKR, Lester Fitzpatrick has become one of the most prolific underground artists in Chicago and probably the world. He's not slowing down. And this is how he does the work.
Fantastic Man works a sinister, gnarly bassline on a new four track EP from your favorite Techno Cultists.
Fireground, a duo from Naples drop a mesmerizing techno EP on Tresor.
Another black jewel from Patrice Scott's Detroit diamond mine and Riccardo Masi aka Reekee on the Sunshine EP, out now on vinyl.
Maurissa Rose is one of those vocalists that sounds like she's singing with her whole heart only to you.
The Guardian carries the story that the lawsuit by Larry Heard and Robert Owens against Trax Records has been settled.
30 years after first hearing it on the floor of Sound Factory Bar, Todd Edwards remixes one of the best ever made: Hardrive aka Louie Vega's "Deep Inside."
From London-based garage and garage house label Bumpin Underground, DJ Deano DNA finds a sweet vocal and rides on "Paradise."
The second release from Chateau Chepere is possibly the most anti-commercial record you'll find in the racks this month: a 4 track, double 12 inch from Something Records' STL.
Yore drops a 12" of timeless, exquisite upbeat and hazy-eyed deep house from Glenn Davis on Better Daze.
From the airport to Belle Isle Beach, Rebecca Goldberg records the (literal) sounds of Detroit and Michigan for the BBC Radiophonic Travel Agency project.
The maestro provides another masterclass in dancefloor physics with Essentials Ya Dig from Quintessentials, with a Boddhi Satva remix.
Cho and Random Impetus' sensational record gets remixed with Hugo LX's single-soul powered funk revival and DJ Spinna's icy electro fever dream of Brother Sister and Candlelight.
The first, last, best and deepest deep house and techno cuts from the catalog of Detroit's Beretta Music.
The machines take over on the Chicago producer Specter's three track EP of deep house, wild techno and computer funk fusion.
Manuel Sahagun's Boogie Sister is a lively EP of disco, disco samples and house that sounds a little like disco but weirder.
Three mixes from Lanowa's impossibly sunny single "My Fantasy" from Citizens of Vice.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
