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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.

5 Magazine Issue 218 featuring Mike Clark

MOVE! Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Detroit ambassador-at-large Mike Agent X Clark in 5 Mag's cover profile, plus DJ Slugo cover mix, Mystic Freaks featuring Jamie 3:26, Danou P and Young Pulse and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
frankie knuckles

For Frankie: A Celebration of Frankie Knuckles’ 70th birthday at Fabric London

An international celebration of the 70th anniversary of House Music godfather Frankie Knuckles' birthday taking place at London's fabric nightclub on Saturday January 25 2025.
Groovehaus January 18 2025 event flyer

Groovehaüs is a new soulful house dayparty at Masada

Chicago's House of Haus Productions presents GROOVEHAÜS: A Day of Soulful House Music on Saturday, January 18 2025 from 3pm to 8pm with Passport Paul, Rika B, Evan G and Arvi Mala.
Jacksonville helms the brilliant Ski Jacket 87 EP for Chateau Chepere

Jacksonville helms the brilliant Ski Jacket 87 EP for Chateau Chepere

Chateau Chepere has released five EPs in the last four years and every one of them has a sparkle and a shine. Now they're ramping up: Jacksonville's Ski Jacket 87 EP is actually their second release of 2024, comprised of four tracks of deep house thick as marble and with that characteristic Chateau Chepere gleam.
Frankie Knuckles

Queen! and Metro / Smartbar present Frankie Knuckles tribute this Sunday night

For Frankie! on Sunday January 19th pays tribute to Frankie Knuckles, Godfather of House Music, on the 70th anniversary of his birth.
Heaven On Earth: Bushwacka in top form for his first Rekids EP

Heaven On Earth: Bushwacka in top form for his first Rekids EP

Expertly crafted house grooves from Bushwacka, the kind of tunes that are a pleasure to play and likely to stay in your record box/usb for the foreseeable future.
Quest One: Sterling V/A from London imprint Soul Quest

Quest One: Sterling V/A from London imprint Soul Quest

Young London imprint Soul Quest Records, launched just last year by producer Max Sinal alongside friends Michael Mead and Leon Sweeney, has been making some impressive moves in a very short space of time. Quest One is a 5 track EP showcasing a talented crew of friends and music-makers on the rise, doing things the right way.
Surrender: Tony Humphries remixes Tranquil Elephantizer for Wicked

Surrender: Tony Humphries remixes Tranquil Elephantizer for Wicked

Soulful house, acid house and Jersey garage meet up for tea and microdosing on the "Surrender" remixes for legendary Bay Area crew Wicked.
Ka§par — Snorkeling On Mushrooms DJ Mix

Ka§par — Snorkeling On Mushrooms mix

We're bouncing into 2025 like we own it with a 4 hour mix from our friend in Lisbon, Ka§par.
5 Mag Cover Mix - FOUK - Sanctify vol 12

5 Mag Cover Mix – Fouk: Sanctify vol 12

Closing out 2024 with the latest 5 Mag cover mix courtesy of Dutch deep house duo FOUK
Greg Webb mix: RISE vol 30

Greg Webb mix: RISE vol 30

Tapping into the limitless reservoir of hometown, homegrown talent for this week's RISE mix with a deep, kinetic set from Chicago DJ and producer Greg Webb.
Everybody Knows: Strong Swindlesque Sound Support EP on Toy Tonics

Everybody Knows: Strong Swindle-esque Sound Support EP on Toy Tonics

"Everybody Knows" is a four track house EP from Lars Dales, one half of Dam Swindle, and featuring multi-instrumentalist Lorenz Rhode, their second on Toy Tonics as "Sound Support."
The Beat: Highly flammable house tracks on black wax from Azaad.

The Beat: Highly flammable house tracks on black wax from Azaad

Azaad is from London, and he makes tracks like a man aware that his lifetime is just a blink on the geological time scale and it might end tomorrow. "The Beat" starts with the gas pedal nailed to the floor and it doesn't slow down.
Fouk - 5 Mag Issue 217 Cover

House of Fouk: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Dutch deep house duo Fouk's first 5 Mag cover story and an exclusive mix, plus London soul with Paris Cesvette, Azzad, Thando, Moby, Aslice, another lost Paul Johnson mix and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Taran & Lomov mix RISE vol 29

Taran & Lomov mix: RISE vol 29

This week's 5 Mag RISE mix featuring the wonderful sounds out of the Riga electronic underground with Taran & Lomov of Amber Muse.
Teddy Douglas DJ Mix - RISE vol 28

Teddy Douglas mix – RISE vol 28

Baltimore house music icon Teddy Douglas drops a 60 minute mix for 5 Mag in celebration of his new album, "I'm Here," out now on Nervous Records.
Ralph Session - Sanctify deep house mix vol 11

5 Mag Cover Mix – Ralph Session: Sanctify vol 11

150 minute set of blazing deep house from native New Yorker and Freerange and Local Talk recording artist Ralph Session for 5 Mag's latest cover mix.
Coin-Op #011 - Imperfect Storm - Spincycle - Coin-Op Records album art

UK tech house originals Spincycle launch new label Coin-Op Records

Spincycle are UK producers Dave Clements and Andy Davies, who put out a small but perfectly formed catalog of pristinely programmed, highly danceable tech house in the early 2000s, records that are still entirely playable today. This three tracker is the debut release on their new label Coin-Op.
Lovebirds Modern Stalking Vol 2 EP album art

Decadent dub disco edits from Lovebirds

A belated follow up to 2007's Vol 1, Lovebirds' "Modern Stalking Vol 2" is a four track EP, highlighted by the 103 BPM sultry disco chugger "Reachin'."
Deep house producer and DJ Abacus

Analog Trks: Abacus reissues one of the greatest deep house tracks of all time

"We Cookin' Now" anchors a classic EP from deep house pioneer Abacus, appearing digitally on his bandcamp.

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