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Deep House

Deep House is a subgenre of House Music. Originating in the 1980s – particularly with the music of Larry Heard, Fingers Inc, and others – it fuses elements of Chicago House with a more melodic, sometimes soulful feeling.

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Straight Up No Chaser: deep house at its finest from Delano Smith & Norm Talley

Double twelve inch in which two of the greatest deep house producers in Detroit (and that means in the world) drop some of their dopest tracks.
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“What Does It Do?” Deep jazz from Hugo LX

Hugo LX continues to build a discography of classic-sounding but forward-looking deep house releases, seriously sophisticated with an artistry or cleverness that is constantly bumping up against the bin lid of what deep house is supposed to, in good taste, allow.
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Cz’s House New Year’s Eve 2024 episode w/ House, Disco & Garage

New mix recorded live from the crib with 5 Mag's Czboogie playing house, disco and garage to ring in the new year.
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GoFundMe launched to cover Amp Fiddler’s funeral expenses

The family of Joseph Fiddler, better known in music as Amp Fiddler, have launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover funeral expenses for the recently departed "ambassador of funk, soul, and electronic music, keyboardist, producer, Afro-futurist, and guiding force of light for so many."

Maxime Dangles: Les Délivrés Remixes

Remixes from Maxime Dangles and others of his album Les Délivrés, the soundtrack from a French documentary about the cheap and often brutal life of gig economy delivery drivers in contemporary France.
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The Beat. The Scene. The Sound.

Harold Heath on DJ Disciple's inside look at "the rise, the fall and rebirth of house music in New York City"
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Deep House Heaven: Javonntte remixes “Trozo de Cielo” from Jorge C.

For the last five or six years, the name of the remixer on this, Javonntte, has been shorthand for "buy on sight." But when it comes to Trozo de Cielo, you get a superb A side track too.

Amp Fiddler, a giant among giants, has died

By every measure one of the greatest of the many great artists birthed by Detroit, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Amp Fiddler has passed away.
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Love Exists: Kai Alcé heads a 4 track V/A from Mexico’s Short Attention Records

Thrilling cut from Kai Alce showcased on a four track V/A from emerging Mexican deep house label Short Attention Records.

Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It

Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
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Villa Memoria: Malik Hendricks drops a soulful standout track for Djoon

Every club with a soul should have an imprint like The Djoon Experience.
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New episode of Cz’s House – vol 6

This episode is on the chill garage tip...so sit back, have a drink, have a smoke, clean your apartment, or slow dance with your cat.
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The Cover Story: Alinka

Kyiv, Chicago, Berlin: three cities that Alinka has called home, in a life that's been marked by an artistic journey and a physical one. With the rebirth of Twirl we talk to DJ and producer Alinka - one of the people we love, on the people and things that she loves.
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The Girl With A Hole In Her Heart: Wonderful, windswept English Balearica from A Man Called...

An accomplished and varied collection of house, synth-pop and Balearic, thematically based around the country and city landscapes of Teeside UK where Sally Rogers grew up and spent lockdown.
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Mikey DJ ☀️ RISE vol 17

Wake up with a new mix of garage vibes from UK's Mikey DJ for 5 Mag's RISE series
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Premiere: Atjazz remixes “Can We Go Back” from Searchlight & Tolü Makay

Exclusive: Dropping in a remix pack on Goldie's Fallen Tree 1 Hundred label on November 17, listen to the soulful, dynamic, spellbinding Atjazz remix here.

Possibilities: Nico Lahs launches U FIT with a pair of stellar EPs

Now he's going to be unstoppable. U FIT is a new label out of Italy presided over by tireless deep house mechanic Nico Lahs that launched with two dope EPs on vinyl.
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The Cover Mix ⚡️ One A aka Gehno Aviance

5 Mag welcomes One A aka Gehno Aviance, a DJ and producer with deep roots in this scene, for our latest issue cover mix.

House Music is a Spiritual Thing: Inside 5 Mag #210

Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.
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Rudiments: Worldship Music and the return of the Teflon Dons

How Worldship Music became one of the best underground house music labels in America - more than 20 years after calling it quits.

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