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.
Only in the Midwest - and really, only in a city like Detroit - could you find a producer and DJ like Marshall Applewhite.
Who is Lea Lisa and how is the world only getting to hear her now?
Canadian producer Honeydripper logs on with Vancouver-based Nordic Trax for the admirably eccentric Haven't Lost Hope EP.
Every city needs a record label like Stripped & Chewed Records. Chicago is just lucky enough to have the original.
Music so smooth and so soulful that if you stare in the black mirror of the vinyl you'll see Barry White nodding back at you.
New wax from Nat Wendell, Renditions is all about the drums and the serpentine bassline that coils around them.
5 Mag remembers some of the greatest acid house ever made and a youthful romance with Tanya Vega and the records of James "Jack Rabbit" Martin.
DJ Heather, Bear Who?, Lady D, Home & Garden, DJ Diz and more in this newly unearthed 2006 music video for Home & Garden featuring Colette's "All The Same."
"If EDM is drug music, Marshall Applewhite is the anti-drug." This is the latest 5 Mag Mix.
The funky four track "Distant View" EP from Phonky D and Siggatunez has a couple of DJ-ready gems on the flipside.
The vibey, rootsy side of Lonely C is the best side of Lonely C - it's where he really excels and his heart is buried in this.
Boiler Room - the broadcasting platform which brought the party (and DJs turning knobs) into living rooms around the world - is changing. The company has unveiled parts of a new business model involving "brand fee/royalties" and a quasi-franchised version of the Boiler Room experience coming to a town near you.
"At this point, the underground needs an underground." 5 Mag talks to Jeff Derringer on ten years of his OKTAVE residency and the state of techno in Chicago and worldwide.
Good music abounds on the S3A Pages remix album featuring some leading lights and old friends of Dirt Crew.
Rutilance drops Electro City Moving, new vinyl EP from Chris Stussy with the fingerprints of '90s Chicago house and techno all over it.
Portuguese techno provocateur Ninna V dropped this two track EP last month and if techno is a thing you like then "Over The Edge" is something you need to get.
Decorated producer and songwriter Bob Esty worked with Donna Summer, Cher, DC LaRue and many others in the late 1970s through the 1980s.
Keep your eye on this: Hard Drive Library is guys from Hamburg who make sample-heavy deep house and drop it on vinyl on their own dime.
Curated from the label's strong digital output, No Fuss Vol 3 shines a spotlight on deep house duo Saison and disco queen Natasha Kitty Katt.
Detroit duo Mark Maynard and John Duffy are capturing the aesthetic of 1970s proto-electronic on the psychedelic analog dream music of Pato Y Pato.
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