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.
Jackie Queens is maybe the best vocalist in house music right now. Big words; she backs 'em up on "All Life Long," a new cut with Freiboitar on House Trained Records.
Leading off with straight fire: Joey Negro remixes Delia Renee's 1981 Airwave Records "You're Gonna Want Me Back," plus remixes from Dr. Packer and Grant Nelson on the 14th edition of Z Records' Attack the Dancefloor.
Singapore label Integrity Records launches "The Other Side," a new b-side series November 21.
"Promote on SoundCloud" sticks your music into the top of SoundCloud users' feeds for a price.
After 18 albums in 23 years DMX Krew latches on to Peggy Gou's Gudu Records for a new EP, Don't You Want To Play.
Strictly Rhythm throwing lighting bolts on The Remedy, a rework of T. Williams and James Jacob's The Learning Process, with new vocals from Kelli-Leigh.
Now U C Me's overall sound is more soulful than soulful house, deeper than most of what is sold under the name "deep house" these days. It's the latest cut from Uncle_EL on Radius's ETC Records.
French-based streamer Qobuz entered the US market earlier this year and has cut their highest end, high resolution audio tier.
Kate Simko is fucking up bodies as well as minds with two choice tracks on a exhilarating but sophisticated new EP.
Roots Underground has put out some dope sounds over the years but maybe none as important as this EP from Two Thou and Hobby Horse.
There's more than just one track that needs to be piped up into the public consciousness on Jorge Caiado's debut Time & Space album but this is one is the truth.
Jovonn, IG Culture, Mike City and Karizma are among the artists on the 13 track remix collection from Sean McCabe and Good Vibrations Music.
A discredited economic theory is still guiding the decisions of most digital music labels today - even if they don't know it. This is the dumb theory of the Long Tail and how a tsunami of shitmusic destroyed it.
Unlike some of the rave flashback records that have been getting hype lately, the 3 track Dusky EP "Imagine What" is a continuation - a record inspired by a sound rather than an attempt to create a contextless replica.
Dego's "Too Much" is a production tour de force but among the most listenable, contemplative musical experiences committed to wax.
Chicago's Noble Square reaches back into the slop of the mid-00s to find this glittering deep house gem, with a remix from Kyle Hall.
Three minutes into "Walk" and you've got one of the most vicious grooving deep house tracks you'll find in the racks this month.
Urulu dons his Liquid Earth guise and soaks in the psychedelic SciFi aesthetic of TerraFirm on the new release Microsmosis.
It doesn't get better than Kai Alce's NDATL and increasingly we can say it doesn't get better than an Ed Nine EP. Ed continues his strong of world-class deep house records with Deep Concentration from Kai Alce's NDATL Muzik.
Disco Confessions shines a deserved spotlight on one of the most important music icons of the last 50 years.
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