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.
With a love of gritty breakbeats, the un-googleable Long Island Sound's music plunges between genres that usually only intersect on an adventurous DJ's turntables.
There was a point in time when Blue Boy's "Remember Me" was inescapable, as ubiquitous as sunshine, cheap gas and bucket hats on weed dealers hangin' in doorways.
The finest specimen of classic soul'd up deep house you'll find this week is "Leaving U" by C. Scott, out Friday on Pittsburgh Tracks.
Rissa Garcia offers up a riff'o'rama of fat piano chords and stuttering side-swagger beats on "You Be The One" from the EP of the same name on NightChild.
Kurt Baggaley is a techno producer born for the Bandcamp age.
MF Robots previews the remixes from Kenny Dope, Kaidi Tatham and Daz-I-Kue from the first single from their forthcoming album Break The Wall.
Pioneer's rekordbox adds a new kink for DJs to edit tracks in the new update showcasing "edit mode."
Vincent Floyd and Italian label Nicepeople unveil a new EP of achingly beautiful tracks remixed by Nico Lahs.
Acid is dance music in its natural state and no 1983 record from your dad's basement crates will convince me otherwise.
Niko Marks is a record-making machine. Now when's the rest of the cool kids clique gonna give Niko Marks his due?
Another strong EP from Floorplan's Lyric Hood on M-Plant.
It takes about 30 seconds to recognize a record like this as belonging to some higher realm.
Original, Not Cripsy, All Filthy: Detroit's Filthiest Returns on Casa Voyager with a new 12".
More than just a Celebration: Ronald Bell aka Khalis Bayyan passed away this week, leaving behind a catalog of funk and pop hits spanning nearly 50 years.
Never reissued before now, Larry Heard's groundbreaking Sceneries Not Songs gets a reissued on his label Alleviated this month.
Rejected is a label that rarely misses and they pound the target with a solid shot on "We All Blessed" from Junior Sanchez and Ant LaRock's Inspire EP.
Eric Kupper, Mike Dunn, Billy Porter, Lady D and more on deck for DJ sets and live performances in tribute to Frankie Knuckles this August 25, 2020.
Robert Babicz talks to 5 Mag about the creation of his latest release, "Herz," out now on Babiczstyle.
Dave Medusa, of the most influential promoters in the history of electronic music and Chicago music in general has passed away of natural causes.
Google Play Music paid artists more than its corporate sibling at YouTube. Maybe that's why it had to die.
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