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.
Veterans of the Chicago underground hook up on Frankie Vega's Chord Shift, released by Fresh Meat Records and featuring an Audio Soul Project remix.
Hulu has picked up a new multi-party documentary about the debacle of the Fyre Festival in the Caribbean.
Review: DJ City's Teenage Sexdrive is sure to be one of those mid-set pressure cookers for this summer.
New Sounds from the Underground: Here's a Chicago homage to maybe the only song in House Music history that's a full-on meme.
ListenUp: The Wurly Chronicles sounds like a career-defining EP right from the needle drop and all the way into the run out.
More Ghost Than Man's first single from his black music box of peculiar delights.
Bend your ears and listen up to Dcook, Isoke, Chicago Skyway, Julio Bishop and more on Eargasmic's latest EP FUCK ACID.
From aggressive acid to delicate ambient with Polish production duo Earth Trax and Newborn Jr on the Maze EP from Dopeness Galore.
Timmy Regisford and Joe Claussell's "very special unofficial edits, overdubs & unreleased remixed promo 12 inch" of Prince.
Christopher Rau and Hakim Murphy collaborate on the luscious Geopolitical Problems Yet To Be Solved.
Unwind for Polytone shows that you still can't pin Iron Curtis down.
Listen up: Distance Fog is another eclectic EP from the Pittsburgh wunderkind C. Scott on hometown label Pittsburgh Tracks.
The Chicago debut of Louie Vega's Elements of Life, Chez Damier, Ron Trent, Paul Johnson, Zernell, Mike Dunn, Ron Carroll, Joe Smooth, DJ Deeon and more pack the line-up for the Chicago House Music Festival on Saturday May 26 2018.
Noncompliant aka DJ Shiva on Midwest electronic music's roots and what sets DJs from mid-America apart.
Late night lo-fi downtempo grooves from shutdown, a producer that hails from Monterrey, Mexico and a sound that brings the ghetto palms of a pre-gentrified Brooklyn boulevard to life. Bits and pieces (drums, mostly) are instantly identifiable as samples...
Scoob & Freez and Native Pulse return to DJ Spen's Quantize for another upfront message track, We The People.
Single sided vinyl release of Abacus' Basic Amounts on Innermoods and you will still want more.
Closer To Truth begats Moment of Truth as Alex Agore continues his exploration of a vibe in tune with a new and developing consciousness.
Dan Only blew us away with his new EP The Wurly Chronicles. The producer takes us into his studio for the making of the track "Be Major... Believe," out now from Dirt Crew.
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