On Repeat: 15 years of A Love From Outer Space
A Love From Outer Space celebrates 15 years of Sean Johnston and Andrew Weatherall’s legendary/infamous A Love From Outer Space club night.
Chuck Daniels, Mike Agent X Clark & Claude Young drop a bomb on “Threewaves”
A secret weapon featuring three amazing Detroit producers from Chuck Daniels' Beatstrong Music.
On Repeat: Black Artists Database’s V/A Synergy Vol 3 compilation
Harold Heath looks back at some of 2025's best electronic music albums, including Synergy Vol 3, an 11 track V/A from Black Artists Database.
Ardalan: 2010 — Today / 5 Mag Cover Story
Producer & DJ Ardalan burst onto the scene like a holy comet in 2010 with the release of Mr. Spock. 16 years later, we talk about production techniques, his upbringing in Iran and dealing with that kind of meteoric success at age 19 in our latest 5 Mag cover story.
Gerd dishes up hypnotising Dutch disco on Gentle Intensity
Deep house excellence from Gerd (Dutch producer Gert van Bijl) on Gentle Intensity, a six tracker on Andarta.
ARTWORX: Richard Earnshaw on the making of his new label
Richard Earnshaw gives 5 Mag the lowdown on ARTWORX, a new record label launched with an irresistible soulful house jam "Better For Me," and what he's learned over 20 years since he launched his first label.
Fever: Jennifer Loveless on Aus Music
Clear, clean, sharp house music with a techy edge: Harold Heath on the Jennifer Loveless' FEVER EP on Aus Music.
Damian Rausch drops another bomb on “What’s Your Name?”
Music to stomp your feet and blow up your heart. Deep house like you love it from Damian Rausch on What's Your Name? from his own Rausch Recordings.
Unabridged announces “Detroit Incoming” event series spotlighting Detroit house and techno
Crashing the Bay Area starting February 27 2026 and featuring shows, parties, panels and podcasts with Jeff Mills, Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale, Moodymann, Marcellus Pittman, Mike Servito, Rebecca Goldberg and more.
Daily Lineups for Movement Detroit 2026
Paxahau drills down a little deeper with the daily lineups for the 2026 edition of Movement Festival in Detroit.
Almost Music: Sublime deep house & much, much more from Land Of Echo
Nine expertly crafted tracks of alt-disco, deep-house, leftfield 4/4, digital boogie, future soul, R'n'Chug and forward-thinking sonic hybridizing on the very good Almost Music album from UK producer, DJ and musician Rob Mac and violinist/synth player Lucy Wilkins' new Land Of Echo project.
Full Circle: Soulful bruk house from musclecars and Toribio
Super high quality package from Bradley Zero's Rhythm Section featuring four tracks from Brooklyn duo musclecars with Toribio and Roland Clark on vocals hovering on the organic, jazz-ish end of the house spectrum.
Paul Johnson Mix: New Mix Monday (2010)
Once lost, now found: the soulful side of Paul Johnson in full color in this restored mix Paul recorded exclusively for 5 Magazine in 2010.
Album of the Month: Oliver Dollar on “Contemporary”
Rekids' generational run of great house music albums continues with Contemporary, the new collection of dancefloor-friendly deep house tracks from Oliver Dollar.
Movement caps 2026 lineup with Sara Landry, Louie Vega & Anané, Claude Von Stroke and more
Some 115 artists will be DJing or performing at the Memorial Day weekend festival, taking place May 23 through May 25 2026 in Detroit.
Future Hypnotic: Al Smith drops a near perfect deep house EP on “Sounds and Shapes”
Al Smith hails from Ireland and these late nite tracks on Sounds and Shapes, on vinyl from Chateau Chepere, are made for the vanishing corners of the 24/7 afterhours world.
New Forever Mine Music Festival: “Where R&B and house music fall in love”
Forever Mine, a new music festival, brings together R&B headliners and Chicago house music DJs for a two day festival in Chicago's Union Park.
Czboogie DJ Mix – Live at EMBODY / Smartbar
5 Mag founder Czboogie's set at the Waacking and Vogueing party called EMBODY at Smartbar on December 11 2025.
All Rize: Harry Romero delivers a killer remix for Rekids
Absolute dancefloor fire: Harry Romero's remix and dub of Radio Slave and Kameelah Waheed's "All Rize" from Rekids.
On Repeat: A decade of Ron Trent tracks come together on “Lift Off”
Harold Heath looks back at some of 2025's best electronic music albums, including Ron Trent's Lift Off, an album a decade in the making and released on Rush Hour.
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Ardalan: 2010 — Today / 5 Mag Cover Story
Producer & DJ Ardalan burst onto the scene like a holy comet in 2010 with the release of Mr. Spock. 16 years later, we talk about production techniques, his upbringing in Iran and dealing with that kind of meteoric success at age 19 in our latest 5 Mag cover story.
