Detour celebrates a decade of Pittsburgh electronics on DTR-007
A ten track V/A from Pittsburgh label Detour featuring techno, acid, deep house, breakbeats and everything in between, from Shawn Rudiman, Paul Fleetwood, Doc Sleep, Naeem, Gusto and more.
Dance music pioneers Utah Saints reissue their debut LP for National Album Day
The first repress of Utah Saints' self-titled first album is packed with additional remixes from David Morales, CJ Bolland and Andrew Weatherall among others.
Chicago’s VIVA ACID returns for four days of talks, workshops & acid house
Viva Acid 2024 returns to deliver on the tweak and squelch for its fourth year starting October 3 through October 6 2024 at Podlasie in Avondale.
Love Is The Message: Inside 5 Mag #216
Andy Compton on 50 albums and 25 years of Peng, Ralph Session cover mix, Dan Sicko's love letter to the city of Detroit, Chicago's Noble Square Records' deep house love affair and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.
Acid d’Acid: Void Complet drops the 6 track Their Idea Of Fun remix EP
Three excellent versions of the same acid track remixed by LDLDN, Slow Assembly and Void Complet, and all of them work in their own way.
Only Fans: X-Press 2 continue their 2024 remix hot streak
X-Press 2 are having a stellar year for remixes, which have without exception been top-notch no-prisoners serious dance floor gear. Their new remixes of Joseph Malik and Digital Liquid's "Only Fans" on F*CLR is just the same.
Mon Acid: Pittsburgh Track Authority drops acid on a gorgeous three track EP
Dancefloor-ready acid tracks from Pittsburgh Track Authority and one of the best underground labels in America.
Luke Vibert & Posthuman go mad on Unitary Covert Sonic Procedures IV
Originally released on limited edition vinyl, the split EP features four tracks of mutant techno for acid psychonauts.
Whacked out acid on Snuff Trax’s freaky “Acid Trips 3”
The final installment of Snuff Trax's Acid Trips V/A series featuring tracks from Larionov, St. Theodore, Halbert, Bocabeats and Boneless One and limited to 100 copies on black wax.
Autonome Acid Unit & Dark Prophet’s excellent Amsterdam Acid Adventures
If the Netherlands built an amusement park dedicated to their history of acid and techno then the tracks on "Amsterdam Acid Adventures" would be the overhead soundtrack for suspiciously fast and highly dangerous rollercoaster rides.
Live Alive: Seven Davis Jr. in the new 5 Mag
There are probably people in this scene with more innate talent than Seven Davis Jr, but we haven't met them. The brilliant producer, DJ and musician is subject of the latest 5 Mag cover story, plus Nick V and the 17 year strong La Mona Paris, Chicago's viral Elevator Music, disco archeology and more inside 5 Mag 214, out now.
Fata Morgana: live, hallucinatory techno from Vasco Ispirian
The sound of Fata Morgana I is stripped down, raw, playing out how you'd hear music in a live PA - which is how Vasco Ispirian perfected this style of producing techno.
VIVA ACID presents DJ Westbam 96 Inferno @ Dolton Expo (RARE)
Previously unheard live set from Westbam, recorded live at Chicago rave INFERNO on January 20 1996, from the VBNTS archive by VIVA ACID's Luis Baro.
VIVA ACID presents DJ Hyperactive / 1995 mixtape (RARE)
VIVA ACID presents this never-before-heard mixtape from Midwest Techno legend DJ Hyperactive, circa 1995. This mix captures a pivotal moment and time period in the evolution of Midwest rave caught on tape. Unearthed directly from the VBNTS archive by VIVA ACID's Luis Baro.
Full schedule of events announced for VIVA ACID 2023
Season 3 features a slew of events, workshops and conversations in celebration of the squelch and the scene starting October 5 2023 in Chicago.
Lars Behrenroth does acid on “Is It”
Hands up if you had Lars Behrenroth dropping a gnarly as f acid track for the summer of 2023
Raw Midwest techno from Minneapolis’ Autokinetic
Carrying the torch for Midwest Techno, Autokinetic drops a rude and raucous four track EP on vinyl and digital from Fixed Rhythms.
VIVA ACID announces 2023 dates for Season 3 of the worldwide acid assembly
October 5th through October 9th 2023 have been set aside for an array of events for VIVA ACID Season 3, featuring artists including Glenn Underground, Mystic Bill, Noncompliant, Eris Drew, John Simmons, Jana Rush, Houz 'Mon, Geto Mark, Hyperactive, Woody McBride, Mike Dearborn and more.
Paris Acid City debuts with “Apoji”
Another beautiful anonymous slab of wax from artists unknown to us just waiting to slip into your crate and intimidate all your other records with its fierceness.
Photonz makes 12 house cuts about nothing
Photonz drops an album of spares, rares and sketches as a yummy bandcamp only release for diggers and DJs seeking ultra deep cuts.
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5 Mag hosts panel on The Art of the Comeback and Staying Power in Dance Music...
The discussion featuring Czarina Mirani, Joe Shanahan, Mike Dunn and Lady D takes place April 26 2025 at Ramova Theater.
