Lori Branch mix – 5 Mag RISE vol 36
Spend 60 minutes with Chicago house music pioneer Lori Branch in this week's 5 Mag RISE mix.
Breathe More: Music For Freaks showcases Alex Arnout’s Black Logic project
Black Logic is producer Alex Arnout's live deep house band, with Arnout's beats and electronics backed with live instrumentation (bass, guitar, sax) and a selection of vocalists, and Breathe More is his first release on Music For Freaks.
True Balearic: Will Sumsuch remembers Alex Kentucky
One of the unsung heroes of underground music on the island of Ibiza and far beyond, DJ, producer and label owner Alex Kentucky tragically left us on August 18th 2025. Will Sumsuch remembers the Balearic DJ, producer, artist and friend to many.
J. Peacock thumbs through 50 years of dance music history on “I’m Doing Just Fine”
J. Peacock drops four tracks of lovely, blurry deep house, with samples filtered, cut rough and polished up until the edges are gleaming and smooth to the touch.
Back to Basics: Inside the New 5 Mag
Mark Knight goes deep, Yuu Udagawa does our cover mix, Gene Tellem on making one of the best tracks of 2025 and more inside 5 Magazine Issue 221, out now.
5 Mag 20th Anniversary Party with Natasha Diggs, Czboogie & Quicktastic
Dancing and the best music you've heard in your life on October 4 2025 at Smartbar in Chicago.
Czboogie DJ Mix – Live at Horse Meat Disco @ Metro / Smartbar
5 Mag's Czboogie opening set for the Horse Meat Disco Party at Metro/Smartbar on 7/3/2025. 1st and 2nd parts of a tag set.
Chicago House Music Festival & Conference announces lineup and set-times for 2025
This year's free public festival stretches across four days staring August 21 2025 with a renewed emphasis on house dance.
Mississippi Soul: Annie & The Caldwells drop a bomb with remixers Nicky Siano, musclecars & more
Luaka Bop enlists Nicky Siano along with musclecars, Justin Strauss and Kornel Kovacs to remix two songs from family soul and gospel band Annie and The Caldwells.
Acid, bass and pianos collide on Kléo’s “Acid Coolada” remix project
Kléo is a French-born artist now living in Amsterdam, and makes acid tracks that slap with the best that ever came from one of the foundational acid cities. The Acid Coolada EP was released on vinyl back in February, appearing now a digital release with a slew of remixes.
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.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
