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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.

Hector Ram Midnight Sounds

True to the roots: Hector Ram drops vinyl cut Midnight Sounds

Bouncing basement thumps and the unapologetic love for the motherbeat carries through across all four original tracks on Midnight Sounds, a vinyl-only cut from Hector Ram and Short Attention Records.
Ricardo Miranda The Deep & The Lost

Ricardo Miranda opens up the vault on The Deep & The Lost

Nobody was making music like this in 2004. Mostly, they're still not. A six track dig into Ricardo Miranda's archives on vinyl from Noble Square.
Sam Ruffillo Don't Think Twice Ash Lauryn Remix album art

Ash Lauryn remixes Sam Ruffillo on the funky Don’t Think Twice

Toy Tonics teases the remixes from Sam Ruffillo's Brooklyn Tapes with a funky, deep mix from Ash Lauryn.
Manuel Tur Dreamharmonicon album art

Manuel Tur returns to Compost with Dreamharmonicon

Manuel Tur and Yuu Udagawa summon up dark Berlin nightspots on the effortlessly cool "Dreamharmonicon" from Compost Records.
Aterral Records 2 year anniversary compilation album art

A tasty compilation from Aterral Records marks their second anniversary

Eight tracks of different shades of deep house mark Aterral Records' second anniversary compilation.
Hugo LX

Hugo LX and the Platinum Wave

The 5 Mag Cover Story: What you need to know about Hugo LX is that he's making some of the best dance music in the world right now.
DJ Deeka mix

DJ Deeka – RISE vol 4

Strictly Underground Music's DJ Deeka is the DJ for this week's featured mix for 5 Mag's RISE series.
Crackazat Never Ending Love album art

Crackazat’s “Never Ending Love” is a bright & colorful masterpiece

Released on Nervous Records, Crackazat's "Never Ending Love" feels right at home next to the label's golden era releases, and an easy head and shoulders above much of its more recent output.
Rhythm of Paradise Open Your Mind album art

Cosmic Rhythm & Rhythm of Paradise drop the rigorously dope Open Your Mind EP

Like all Cosmic Rhythm records, this is built by DJs, for DJ - spectacular deep house from Italy with love.
Freudenthaler Bar Rescue album art

Freudenthaler bangs on the fresh & funky Bar Rescue

Screaming music for screaming people: Deep house was never supposed to be boring, techno was never supposed to be music you could hear in a mall over the muffled sound of foodcourts and strollers and people trying to sell you snapback caps and Cinnabons.
Damian Rausch - The 5 Mag Cover Mix

Damian Rausch – The Cover Mix

We're opening 2023 with our latest cover mix. Originally planned a year ago, it finally came together for us and Damian Rausch, the rising German producer and DJ with notable releases on Monologues, The...
Glenn Davis DJ mix

Glenn Davis – RISE vol 2

5 Mag's weekly mix series shines a spotlight on a new mix from Dublin based producer and DJ Glenn Davis.
Toribio Brown Cocoa Skin album art

Real Feel Records launches with Toribio on “Brown Cocoa Skin”

Real Feel Records kicks off with a gorgeous 4 track EP from Toribio, featuring DJ Spinna on the remix.
Cee ElAssaad photo

Cee ElAssaad: Evolve

Will Sumsuch meets Cee ElAssaad, Moroccan DJ and producer among a fresh cohort of electronic artists from North Africa and the Middle East with a singular sound.
Marshall Jefferson and Byron Stingily

#ListenUp Ten City’s Love Is Love, remixed

Chicago duo DRAMA add original vox and pulsating electro-pop vibes to LOVE IS LOVE, the title track from Chicago house legends Ten City's forthcoming album.
Wukah Fred Hampton EP album art

Wukah tells two tales of Chicago on the Fred Hampton EP

A nice brace of scratchy, vintage-sounding productions with a message from a new producer on the rise.
Rissa Garcia Rise vol 1

Rissa Garcia – RISE vol 1 🙏

New weekly mix series from 5 Mag kicks off with our friend, NYC mainstay Rissa Garcia.
Jimpster Live in Paris

Jimpster: Live At Last

Our favorite deep house producer & DJ talks COVID, Brexit and coming to Chicago ahead of his live show at Smartbar.
Tee Mango

The crazy, strange, wildly inventive music of Tee Mango

"Big Houser" is what it says it is: another brilliant house EP from Tee Mango.
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Premiere: Turbojazz ft. Dave Giles II – Stay Balanced [Last Forever Records]

Italy and Chicago meet and the result, as you might expect, is... tasty. Chicago MC Dave Giles II meets Italian DJ and producer Turbojazz on STAY BALANCED, the third single from Turbojazz's forthcoming album.

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