Love & Resistance is another unsurprisingly strong EP from Crooked Man
9 minutes and 59 seconds of signature Crooked deep house from Crooked Man on Love & Resistance.
Kerri Chandler mines more gems from the most valuable vault in the world on Lost &...
The second volume of Kerri Chandler's archived material dropped in March and it's an eclectic mix of jazz-influenced, soulful, dubby masterworks.
Dos: Two Years of Aterral Records
Launched during the pandemic, Aterral Records is one of the most exciting deep house labels to emerge this decade. In a little more than two years, Aterral has released a crate's worth of outstanding material amplifying a certain strain of deep house - those warm, richly textured deep grooves that leave behind a trace of spiritual resonance in the air. They call it "deep, life-affirming house, two-step and minimal," and that's what it is.
#ListenUp The Aquatic People: A Dancer’s Guide
Elegant but stirring deep house from The Aquatic People on A Dancer's Guide, a handbook for deeper living from Paille Records.
The essential Karizma in 10 tracks
An impossible task but 10 tracks make for a fine vol 1 in an r2 records collection called Karizma Klassics.
Rediscovering Victor Simonelli
Three generations of dance music DJs, producers & fans have been enlightened by the funky, souled'up testament of Victor Simonelli. a new collection focuses attention on his deeply influential early '90s house tracks.
The late Uncle Chucc shines on A-Trak & Lee Foss’ “Free”
This is fine, fine work: exactly like you'd imagine a mid-'90s Def Mix remix of the Goodie Mob classic would sound, with Uncle Chucc giving a tremendous performance interpreting Cee-Lo Green's legendary vocals.
Gratts, Mr. Beale, Nathan Haines collaborate on the bright “Sun Circles”
Normalize artists moving away from Berlin. Start with Gratts. Having an optimistic outlook, "Sun Circles" is framed as a welcome to South Australia rather than a kiss off to techno disneyland, and indeed you can feel the sun's rays on his skin on the original mix of the single released by Be Strong Be Free.
Disco Forever: Louie Vega honors legends Larry Levan & Patrick Adams on “Chimi”
Sparks that continue to fly from Louie Vega's Expansions in the NYC album, even years later with these tasty extended cuts on wax and digital.
Made With Love: Ron Trent’s moving tribute to Frankie Knuckles
You have very little time to nab one of the few copies of 7th Heaven, Ron Trent's 2014 tribute to the late Frankie Knuckles.
Lovebirds conjures a light & breezy theme for Mar-A-Lago (no, the other one)
Slinky soul zapped with THC fuzz, the Mar-A-Lago EP features Declan McDermott and even a cameo on the drums by Black Loops.
Tr One – RISE vol 7
This week's featured 5 Mag mix from Irish DJ and producer Tr One - a bangin deep house set featuring tracks from Specter, Santiago Salazar, Moodymann, Levon Vincent, Delano Smith and more.
Tour-Maubourg releases the gently introspective Spaces of Silence
Different shades of deep house on the 2nd album from Tour-Maubourg, thematically based around the ideas of noise and silence.
Techno-ish House & House-ish Techno From Santiago Salazar on “Dedicated”
Bags of potential big tune-ness on this five track EP from Santiago Salazar on Yaxteq.
Damian Rausch: The Heat
5 Mag meets the rising German DJ and producer making luscious, beautiful tracks with an ear tuned to the dancefloor.
Love for the vibe: C&C Sessions Vol 1
Paul Cut and Jorge Caiado are on fire on this exquisite vinyl-only deep house EP on Inner Balance.
Bandcamp Finds: 0161 Underground – Runnin’
From Manchester and purveyor of deep but energetic dance music, spiked with a bit of garage, drums that will knock some bodies around and vocal clips that will lift them back up.
Mira Ló – The 5 Mag Cover Mix
French DJ and producer Mira Ló takes over 5 Mag's cover mix for issue 205, out in February 2023.
Maestro: Abacus returns with The Lower End Theory
NDATL drops another sterling Abacus EP on the world, The Lower End Theory will enlighten those new to Abacus' releases as to why his name is so revered among many in the deep house community
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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
