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.
Take a glorious tour from space disco to the great beyond with Bruno Belissimo on a new mixtape in support of his new LP Ghetto Falsetto.
Birmingham DJ and Simma Black owner Low Steppa sits for an interview and contributes a new 5 Mag Mix, 5 Magazine's house music mix series.
Sylvester is a livewire downed in the middle of the street, still trembling with lethal energy some thirty years (is it really?) since he left us. KON does the tracks justice on Over and Over on his KONTEMPORARY label.
Purple Waves is another gorgeous EP from Minor Rain on Loodma, achieving some sort of apex of artistry.
Reissue of Ron Trent's Future Vision classic Jazz It Up, featuring "Jazz Funk Freedom" and "Sweet Chocolate" and originally released by Future Vision.
DJ Spinna, Kai Alce, Mark Grusane, Specter, Ge-Ology and Twice & Volcov make up Murderer's Row of remixers working over disco classics from the Salsoul Records catalog.
Sean Haley of Windimoto, Deep Rooted and one of the best DJs the city had has passed away. This is devastating news.
Everything on Jacktone is essential, especially the genre-shattering records from Lone Dancer.
Gene Hunt is frequently compared to Ron Hardy, but with records like this Gene can make a fair claim to being the next Larry Heard.
Everyone needs a little nitroglycerin in their sets and "The Acid" will blow a f---ing hole in your head.
Crazy remixes from Spence Chicago and Leandro Di make this Smashing Trax EP irresistible.
Plastik People serves up more rare UK Garage tracks. There's much in Danny J Lewis' amazing UKG catalog that still needs to be heard and this is a great leap into it.
Hot wired: a frenzy of percussion captured on wax by DJ Pepo's Synthesis.
The 2013 Nathan Adams track "I Wonder" gets some expert remixes from Louie Vega and Sean McCabe on the latter's Good Vibrations label.
Like an R&B ballad fractured and pieced back together in a new, dynamic shape, "I Am Love" by Giorgio Luceri and Gregg Fore is a triumph.
Daisy Cutter by JEM is one of the most slickly produced experimentally inclined records I've heard in all of 2018.
Memoirs of Naive from Art Crime is bursting with beauty, from emotional techno through deep house on into disconnected and ethereal ambience. Out in July 2018 on vinyl from Private Persons in Russia.
Gianni Bini & The Rituals let the music do the talking on his new smooth house track from veteran Italian label Oceantrax.
The Beginning from Another Day shows every side of Spencer Kincy aka Gemini's multifaceted music talents.
This split EP features Autre and D Roots, two up and coming producers remixed by Juju and Jordash and Hiver.
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