Church Boy Lou’s Weep Is Everything Soul Music Should Be
This is so good, and I can't even tell you for sure what I just heard. Church Boy Lou's Weep is the finest take from Waajeed's project, and it's unlike any take on electrified...
Art Feast and Kann Family’s Sister Cities EP
Old friends get you through hard times; new friends show you a good one. There's a concept behind the fourth release from Art Feast Records - it's a collaboration between artists from Leipzig and...
Various Artists: Deep Club
It's usually with a bit of embarrassment that I write about the records of ex-Chicagoans. The "brain drain" is real, it's been going on for decades now and it's never going to stop. Deep...
Siler & Dima: Blainville EP
Siler & Dima are the Parisian duo behind Popcorn Records and now Popcorn Rec. Limited, an all-vinyl offshoot label. This new offering on the imprint contains four very good reasons why I count myself...
Derrick Carter and Chez Damier: Live at the Apple Store
We promised a night of education, laughter and inspiration and we hope that's what you got from 5 Magazine's first moderated panel at the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store last Friday, June 12, 2015...
Franck Roger’s Home Invasion Hits Number 7
Every month I say that's enough, Franck Roger, it's time to give someone else a spin. And then every month I find another Franck Roger track that I want to share with you. Despite...
Till Von Sein: A 5 Mag Mix vol 11
Suol and Dirt Crew recording artist Till Von Sein mixes Vol #11 of A 5 Mag Mix, 5 Magazine's flagship House Music mix and interview series.
Till Von Sein is currently on the road in...
Bell Boys Kick Out the (Very Slow) Jams on Star Creature
Chicago DJ, producer and impresario Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke have teamed up for an intriguing new label.
"Star Creature" has released three records, the last two of which dropped this week and will...
MK, Strider and the Most Expensive Dance Music Acetate In The World
"IT'S STRANGE," MARC KINCHEN says. "A lot of people have been asking me about this lately."
Marc Kinchen of course is MK, and what people have been asking him about is a song you were...
DJ E-Clyps: A 5 Mag Mix vol 9
DJ E-Clyps mixes Vol #9 of A 5 Mag Mix, 5 Magazine's flagship House Music mix and interview series.
E-Clyps is blazing his way through the dance community like nobody's business. His music has been...
Brawther. Endless. Balance.
For six years Brawther has been floating at the edge of most people's consciousness, seemingly always working at the margins. It's hard to imagine a person less concerned with the trappings of fame, which...
Derrick Carter and Chez Damier, Live at the Apple Store
In the 1990s, Derrick Carter and Chez Damier formed two of the most influential labels in music history, right here in Chicago. Twenty years later, they are celebrated at home and internationally as two...
Won Hunnid: thatmanmonkz on Delusions of Grandeur
Scott Moncrieff (aka thatmanmonkz) hasn't released an average record yet. I mean that: from the first time I heard from him a couple of years back, he's been churning out superb releases, both his...
The Best Track Dusky Never Released
It's one of the hottest tracks of the last two years, and it's never been released. "Sunsets & Dolphins" is the "lost" single from UK duo Dusky (Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell). It had...
Harry Wolfman & Laurence Guy: The Lone Grazer EP
Having just heard the sad news that the brilliant Lost My Dog Records are to close their doors in 2015, I must confess that writing this review feels bittersweet to say the least. Young...
Now and Then: Ten Years of Hudd Traxx
Hudd Traxx turns ten in 2015, and part one of their landmark anniversary compilation packs one hell of a wallop.
It's easy, as we all know, to release records like you're making a festival flyer:...
Ka One and St Sene: Inside Silent
Ka One and St Sene deliver with a four track EP of Deep House that has a pulse, melodic Techno that's bright-eyed and alive and sings.
It was long ago that I gave up trying...
The House That Johnny D Built: Henry Street Music Turns 20
"I had the feeling that if I could take a groove that is 20 years old and if I could flip it, I could get another 20 years out of it. It’s that simple."
Hard...
Inner Balance: Jorge Caiado Launches New Balance Sublabel
One of the most iconic labels in House Music is growing...
Balance - the venerable Deep House label run out of Chicago by Chez Damier - has begat "Inner Balance," a new sublabel in the...
STREAM: Playin’ 4 The City’s Backfire
They don't give you a gold watch or a handsome trophy when you pass a certain threshold in House Music. If they did, Olivier Portal would own 'em all. Portal's catalog stretches back twenty...
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
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