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.
In the poetic and robust Chicago House Music: Culture and Community, Marguerite L. Harrold captures the history of house music with the eye of a scholar and the passion of a true believer.
Occupying the blurry lines where house turns into something else, NOZU's "Free" is driven by a smooth vocal straight outta brokenbeat London circa 2003 and the warm strum of a Nile Rodgers guitar.
Glo Phase takes an excursion into left-of-field downtempo and electronica with an oily vaporwave sheen on Manifesto.
Canadian producer Jon Delerious makes another flyby on Nordic Trax with the four track funk and deep house EP Deepest Hour.
The public artwork by artist Max Sansing pays tribute to Frankie Knuckles, house music in Chicago and cult house music label Gherkin Records.
Chicago DJ, Queen! resident and owner of Gramaphone Michael Serafini was seriously injured in an accident in August.
Faced with another congressional push to close their billion dollar loophole, the AM/FM industry is fighting hard to keep performance royalties from artists.
Walter Gibbons died 30 years ago today, on September 23 1994. He was the first DJ's DJ, a genius, and still somehow criminally underrated. In tribute we're resurfacing a profile and first-hand impression of hearing him live in the 1970s, plus an essential playlist of Walter Gibbons remixes.
After more than 30 years in the Chicago house music scene, Black Sjuan has learned some lessons. And picked up some stories. He shares both in equal measures in this legendary 5 Mag feature interview.
Built with hardcore music collectors in mind, Doppler is a Mac and iPhone app that streams your entire music collection seamlessly.
There has been a hole in the Chicago music scene for the last several years in just about the exact shape of Tevo Howard. It's an absence, and it's not one that can be easily filled.
Knocking one out from the Swiss cantons, DimSum drops a dreamy deep house EP with a romantic inspiration.
Going pro: Onesheet.club is a new site that creates dynamic artist EPKs and hosts them for free.
Pioneering DJ and producer Ashley Beedle has faced a staggering series of health setbacks. His friends and supporters are chipping in to help.
You could make a pretty nasty line-up for a dayparty out of all the people who have remixed "Lovelee Dae" over the years; these remixes from Franck Roger and Seth Troxler are a credible addition to the list.
In the grand tradition of beat tracks that beat it so hard they can only be called beatdown tracks, Jordan Gardner and Martyn Bootyspoon take a five word sample and loop it into oblivion.
The Miami Disco classic "Odyssey" is much loved in the discotheques. It owed its existence to a scruffy '70s musician and the cheesy sci-fi TV show he wrote for.
Four ground-shaking bombs made for basement clubs and rooms with a tight fit on Treat You Right from Dennis Quin and PIV.
How to avoid every single music industry scam every single time.
Monty Luke has made a specialty of blowing up our stereo and he did it again with the full length Nightdubbing album, out now from Radio Slave's Rekids imprint
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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.
