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.

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Love Exists: Kai Alcé heads a 4 track V/A from Mexico’s Short Attention Records

Thrilling cut from Kai Alce showcased on a four track V/A from emerging Mexican deep house label Short Attention Records.

Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It

Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
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Villa Memoria: Malik Hendricks drops a soulful standout track for Djoon

Every club with a soul should have an imprint like The Djoon Experience.
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New episode of Cz’s House – vol 6

This episode is on the chill garage tip...so sit back, have a drink, have a smoke, clean your apartment, or slow dance with your cat.
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The Cover Story: Alinka

Kyiv, Chicago, Berlin: three cities that Alinka has called home, in a life that's been marked by an artistic journey and a physical one. With the rebirth of Twirl we talk to DJ and producer Alinka - one of the people we love, on the people and things that she loves.
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The Girl With A Hole In Her Heart: Wonderful, windswept English Balearica from A Man Called...

An accomplished and varied collection of house, synth-pop and Balearic, thematically based around the country and city landscapes of Teeside UK where Sally Rogers grew up and spent lockdown.
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Mikey DJ ☀️ RISE vol 17

Wake up with a new mix of garage vibes from UK's Mikey DJ for 5 Mag's RISE series
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Premiere: Atjazz remixes “Can We Go Back” from Searchlight & Tolü Makay

Exclusive: Dropping in a remix pack on Goldie's Fallen Tree 1 Hundred label on November 17, listen to the soulful, dynamic, spellbinding Atjazz remix here.

Possibilities: Nico Lahs launches U FIT with a pair of stellar EPs

Now he's going to be unstoppable. U FIT is a new label out of Italy presided over by tireless deep house mechanic Nico Lahs that launched with two dope EPs on vinyl.
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The Cover Mix ⚡️ One A aka Gehno Aviance

5 Mag welcomes One A aka Gehno Aviance, a DJ and producer with deep roots in this scene, for our latest issue cover mix.

House Music is a Spiritual Thing: Inside 5 Mag #210

Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.
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Rudiments: Worldship Music and the return of the Teflon Dons

How Worldship Music became one of the best underground house music labels in America - more than 20 years after calling it quits.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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iamBrandon Mix ☀️ RISE vol 16

Wake up with a new mix from Chicago house DJ iamBrandon from 5 Mag's weekly RISE series.
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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.
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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.

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Chicago’s Secret Spot: One Year of Miyagi Records

From a pop up in a storage space to a brick-and-mortar record store, Hyde Park's Miyagi Records talks to 5 Mag on one year of building community and creating your very own secret spot on the Southside of Chicago.