Premiere: Ed Nine – Not On The Radio [Inner Balance]
Stomping Chicago tracks from Ed Nine's new EP The Journey Part 3, on vinyl from Inner Balance.
Kokoro Disco San makes summer’s last stand on Brightest Light
Steeped in the sunshine soul where house, R&B and soul meet, Barcelona trio Kokoro Disco San shares "Brightest Light" on Rockafort Records.
The Cover Mix: Laseech Sanctify vol 7
5 Mag's latest cover mix from Croatian producer and DJ Laseech, an artist with a preternatural ear for the more adventurous and eclectic side of deep house, a sound never lacking in soul or vitality.
First Sight: Laroye’s first-rate four track Freerange follow-up
French DJ and Producer Laroye's second Freerange EP give you four tracks of melodic underground house.
Time To Dance: Selections celebrates their 10th release
Reps from two of the best new-ish deep house labels hook up on the 10th release from Canadian deep house mainstay Selections. Time To Dance features four original tracks from Rafa Santos, the dynamic figure behind Spanish deep house label Mate.
iamBrandon Mix ☀️ RISE vol 16
Wake up with a new mix from Chicago house DJ iamBrandon from 5 Mag's weekly RISE series.
Dead Tech: Deep house & jazz from Retromigration
Four finely-wrought, deep house cuts along with a distinctly un-house, gorgeous slow-paced piano and sax soul-jazz excursion on Retromigration's Dead Tech EP for LYAM.
All Together: Mate Records drops a tasty birthday comp
Byron The Aquarius, Javonntte, Garrett David, Gari Romalis and more appear on a double 12 inch marking Spanish label Mate Records' 5th anniversary, a multi-flavoured collection of reliable, and reliably underground, deep house.
Recreational Kraut: emotive electronics from Move D & Jordan GCZ
A collaborative album from techno musician David Moufang (Move D) and musician/composer Jordan Czamanski (Jordan GCZ), Recreational Kraut uses a pretty lean sonic palette of Fender Rhodes, synths and fretless bass on an album in Amsterdam over a few days in 2018 and '19.
DJ wOLFY! Mix ☀️ RISE vol 15
Wake t f up with a new mix from Chicago house DJ wOLFY! from 5 Mag's Monday mix series RISE.
Settling: Disclosure runs in circles on Alchemy
On Disclosure's fourth album, the lads wind up circling around back to where they started.
Music In Motion is Detroit House at its best from Upstairs Asylum
Norm Talley's vinyl-only label continues its march through the racks with another killer V/A featuring real house music for working DJs.
Deep house perfection from Lehto and Risperson on “Lovers”
Risperson's remix of "Lovers" is gorgeous, glorious underground deep house, punchy on the low-end but with a sunny sheen that catches your breath in your throat.
DJ Diz is hospitalized. Help support his recovery.
The Chicago DJ and producer is undergoing dialysis in the hospital and will need support after discharge for outpatient treatment.
Gratts – Behind The Beat
5 Mag meets Gratts, DJ behind Issue 208's cover mix. Belgian by birth, a resident of Berlin for 8 years and now living in South Australia, his productions over the last few years have truly shined, with a bright and eclectic approach to house music.
Green Velvet: Bigger Than Prince (10 Year Anniversary Remixes)
Prince was still alive when Green Velvet released Bigger Than Prince, and that's just a little of what's changed in the last 10 years
New Mix: Cz’s House Birthday Edition (with a parrot)
After a brief hiatus traveling during the summer, she's back! Shout out to all fellow Libras as 5 Mag's Czboogie celebrates her bday with you all in this special episode. Her yellow naped Amazon parrot Julius is co-host. Enjoy!
The hidden gems of Heist Recordings
Heist Recordings' V/A of previously released material is, no shit, the best album I heard this month, with tracks from Fouk, Felipe Gordon, Dam Swindle, Demuir, Crackazat, Nachtbraker and more.
Diviniti – In Due Time
5 Mag speaks to Detroit house music vocalist Diviniti on the making of In Due Time, performing and teaching, and the "grit and glamor" learned & earned as an artist in Detroit.
Sounds of the Underground – Inside 5 Mag #209
Alinka on the cover, Laseech cover mix, Marco Lenzi on resuscitating Molecular Recordings and finding talent in a noisy world, Being on being there and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
