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.
Lost Paradise: DJ Romain unearths more unreleased gems on The Lost D.A.T.S. Part Two
The hottest house tracks of 2025 were made in 1996. DJ Romain's "The Lost D.A.T.S." series evokes a time when Times Square was dirty and nightlife was a freaky wonderland.
Chicago’s We Love Soul celebrates 15 years this weekend
The Chicago community of soul lovers marks their 15th anniversary this Sunday April 6 2025 at The Promontory with Sean Alvarez, Duane Powell, Joe Kollege and Jay Illa.
Ron Trent remixes LA upstarts ASHRR on “Please Don’t Stop The Rain”
Signed to Ralph Lawson's 20/20 Vision Recordings, ASHRR is aiming one directly at the house scene with this remix pack featuring Ron Trent.
Saturated in soul: Abacus adds to a legendary discography on Analog Stories Vol 3
The world has gone wrong in every way we can measure but Austin Bascom is back and dropping tracks again and they're as good as they were back in the day.
Suite for Chick: Reinterpreting the genius of Chick Corea
Nu Northern Soul drops a mini-album of "re-interpretations" of fusion maestro Chick Corea tracks by DJ Maarten Goetheer featuring Thai power-house drummer Pong Nakornchai.
ARC Music Festival announces 2025 lineup
ARC Music Festival returns to Chicago's Union Park this August 2025. Auris just announced this year's lineup featuring Amelie Lens, Cajmere, Eric Prydz, Eris Drew, Jamie XX, Richie Hawtin, Floorplan, John Summit, Nicole Moudaber, DJ Tennis, Mike Dunn and more.
Dam Swindle announce new album “Open”
Amsterdam deep house duo Dam Swindle have announced the forthcoming release of OPEN, Swindle's first album since 2018's High Life. Listen to the first single, "Girl," featuring vocalist Faye Meana.
Genius of Time concludes their vocalist spotlight with “You Make Me”
This is Volume 3 and the final part of Genius of Time's "Vocal Series," a collection of EPs built around vocal hooks and minimal and dubby but vibrant instrumentation.
Madison’s Musique Électronique festival returns in July 2025 with Todd Terry, Mark Broom, Octave One, DJ...
Started 15 years ago, the multi-day festival on July 11 through July 13 2025 remains free for everyone with world-class talent and a legendary afterparty scene.
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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.
