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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.

Karizma & China Charmeleon remix “You Take Me High”

The Baltimore king Karizma casts a spell over "You Take Me High" by T. Williams featuring Tendai, the original of which was released in March.
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Launch 🚀 5 Mag meets Martha Dark

We meet Irish deep house producer Martha Dark, whose debut release "Promise" is out now on theBasement Discos.
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Fred Everything – #TheMixdown

Fred Everything takes Will Sumsuch on a studio tour and house music production deep dive.
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Carlo celebrates summer’s last days on the sun-worshipping “Tides”

Tides is a vibe - sparkling, hazy, incandescent eclectic tracks from Carlo on his Aterral label.
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Afterhours vibes from Eddie Leader & Chez Damier on “Pressure”

For some people "Pressure" is late night music. It's early morning for some and some of us live our whole lives at an afterhours tempo. The Eddie Leader and Chez Damier collaboration on wax is a treat for whenever you're up and ready to vibe.

Lavan drops a deep, garagey groove on Can’t Wait

Lavan drops a dime of pure, unadulterated underground happiness on this 12" garage / deep house EP from +98 Records out of Berlin.
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Nachtbraker drops 4 tracks of high tempo deepness on “Dondoni”

Holland's Nachtbraker's latest release on his self-titled label delivers four high-paced and futuristic deep house tunes on Dondoni.
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Coflo – “It was the culture that raised me”

Catching The Ghost: 5 Mag's Czarina Mirani profiles to Bay Area producer, DJ, teacher and dancer Coflo in this wide-ranging 5 Mag cover story.
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Dubbyman and Dan Piu are Age of Rage

Dubbyman and Dan Piu channel an almost mystical vibration on Credo Tracks Vol 1, on vinyl from new label Sole Aspect.
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Cinthie & Ian Pooley remix a primal scream called “PPPPP”

The incendiary Diva 2022 mix is the lead and centerpiece for PPPPP The Remixes Part 1 on Rhythm Cult, a label that does not cut corners and certainly didn't spare any expense on the first of what is implied will be a series of remix packages.
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Premiere: Black Eyes – Scuba Lyfe (Rolando Remix) [Lost Control 2097]

Bangin' remix from the legendary DJ Rolando (Underground Resistance, Los Hermanos) of SCUBA LYFE, the hazy, deliriously hypnotic and appropriately trippy b-side track from Manchester producer Black Eyes
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Album Review: Retromigration brings jazz & house together on Straight Foxin’

Retromigration drops Straight Foxin' for Wolf Music, an organic-sounding, musically rich album full of jazz-flavoured club and club-adjacent jams.
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Bright & breezy house grooves on Steve Mill’s “God Given”

Steve Mill's God Given EP is four track, smooth, slightly-disco-ish deep house affair, featuring spoken word vocals from Bongani Mehlomakhulu on Dirt Crew Recordings.
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#RIP Alland Byallo

We are devastated to learn this morning that producer, art director and DJ Alland Byallo has passed away suddenly.
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6th Borough Project returns to Delusions Of Grandeur on “Rhythm & Truth”

With little more than some gentle filter tweaks, you get seven minutes of relentless glitterball disco-tech. On Rhythm and Truth, 6th Borough Project drop a quality example of how to do loop-filter house well.
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#ListenUp Moodymann remixes Róisín Murphy on “What Not To Do”

The new single drops ahead of Róisín Murphy's album Hit Parade out September 8.
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Wareika channels the Holy Ghost on Tizinabi

Ornaments makes some beautiful vinyl and Wareika recorded some beautiful music for this one. The live electronic trio create a vivid tapestry for explorations in deep, dubby and esoteric sounds on new album Tizinabi.
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Russian house producer Phil Gerus has died

Phil Gerus (aka Phil Mirzoian), who released music on Tensnake's True Romance, Sonar Kollective, Emotional Especial and others was killed by an allegedly drunk driving police officer in June.
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Brine, HATT.D & Naconda remix Blazers’ deep & rude “Stingray”

French producer Blazers has been stepping out in 2023, with original tracks that shine on this remix pack from Sengiley Recordings.
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Choice Andrew Emil remixes on Yore’s “Nite Dreams”

Andrew Emil has been leaning in hard on showcasing his remixing skills and that's the theme of Nite Dreams from a leading light in the vinyl deep house world, Yore.

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