DJ ThreeJay & Patrick Wayne (DubStar) mix – 5 Mag RISE vol 35
5 Mag's RISE series spotlights Chicago house duo DJ ThreeJay and Patrick Wayne with a set recorded live at Cicero House Festival in May 2025.
Magic Bus: 5 Mag meets Galen
An interview with Galen, founder of Sunset Sound System, Sunset Campout & an icon of the West Coast & American dance music scene.
WITH LOVE: Announcing 5 Mag’s 20th Anniversary Vinyl Release
WITH LOVE from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release, featuring tracks from foundational Chicago artists Mike Dunn, Roy Davis, Jr. and Jamie 3:26.
Sophisticated vocal house action from Spencer Parker on “Better Days”
Spencer Parker makes a quality return to Rekids on Better Days featuring Tee Amara and an utterly danceable Radio Slave remix.
Hands Up! Cinthie returns to 803 Crystal Grooves with four tracks of gorgeous deep house
Rarely do you get a 12" with tracks you all play in one set without sounding samey or repetitive as you do on Cinthie's Look Mom! No Piano.
Made In Chicago: Jamie 3:26 in the new 5 Mag
Chicago house hero Jamie 3:26 on the cover, plus Alexander Flood, Ryan Sadorus, Collective Rhythm Network, Liara Tsai and more inside 5 Mag Issue 220, out now.
Unity: Lavan drops a scintillating UKG-inflected house EP for +98
The Unity EP is a big bag of underground goodies, an EP characterized by jacking percussion ramping up to blissful peaks and valleys.
Czboogie live at Queen Stage Midsommarfest
New set from 5 Mag's Czboogie, recorded live at Midsommarfest's Queen! stage.
Jimpster remixes Franck Roger & Arnold Jarvis’ “Living My Life” in a kick drum heavy vocal...
I'm a big fan of Franck Rogers' crispy, club-friendly house grooves and he's done a good job here with this collaboration with NYC house vocalist Arnold Jarvis, the pads and drums of which have a distinctly '90s house old-school flavour.
Soulful house festival Liquid Spirit returns to Malta in September 2025
Liquid Spirit festival on Gozo Island in the Mediterranean features a long weekend of music, pop-ups and several boat parties.
5 Mag x London – Our 20th Anniversary Release Party at BBE
Chicago invades London WITH LOVE this June 26 as 5 Mag celebrates our 20th anniversary with a release party for our first vinyl record at BBE Store.
Movement unveils set-times for 2025 festival
Movement has announced set times for the 2025 Movement Festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend in Hart Plaza, Detroit.
Galen – The 5 Mag Cover Mix
Listen to the latest 5 Mag cover mix from our brand new issue featuring Galen, co-founder of Sunset Sound System and an icon of the West Coast and North American dance music scene.
Visions: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag
Chicago house music visionary Hieroglyphic Being, plus cover mix and interview with Galen, Z.I.P.P.O., a new label called FLURB, the breaking of Live Nation and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Deep in the underground with… Jamie 3:26
Listening to his track from the 5 Mag 20th anniversary record for the first time...
Lolo Knows mix: RISE vol 33
Wake up, it's time for a new deep and soulful house music set from Cleveland's LOLO KNOWS for 5 Mag's RISE series.
With Love: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with our first vinyl release
5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release. Listen to the test pressing with us.
Lose My Mind: Retro house vibes from Valerio Vaudano
Valerio Vaudano loves this retro house sound so much he reverse engineered it like a shaggy computer scientist hacking a ROM BIOS chip in 1982. The four tracks on Lose My Mind were apparently created "using a '90s sampler without using a computer." Can you tell?
Bushwacka bringing some beautiful bassline business on “What You Want”
There's a comedy show in the UK called Peep Show, and at some point in season one, a character in an electronic music duo writes a bassline so good that he apparently couldn't turn it off. This is one of those.
Because: A universe of undiscovered vibes from Damian Rausch
Damian Rausch does 4am really well - that last pump of energy, that last song or the first last song before you give up whatever plans you had for a responsible life and an early morning because you're going to remember what happens here with much more tenderness than you remember waking up on time and having a sensible breakfast.
MUST READ!
Message From Our Founder: 5 Mag Turns 20
Back in 2005, we never dreamed this little labor of love would still be here in 2025...
