Alinka Says You’re Basic
There are at least a few people in this thing determined to Keep House Music Weird. Chicago's Alinka is one of them. She debuts an EP for Get Up that is destined to become...
David Marston Makes Beautiful Music on Jamaicalia from Soul Clap
This took me four or five spins to get it. I'm not sure why. But in the end, I didn't just figure it out, but came to realize that I like every track on...
Alex Agore’s I Got Rhythm EP (KV Records)
I feel like you can take anything I've ever written about any Alex Agore record and apply it to any other. That's not to say they're interchangeable. It's because of a level of quality...
Gene Hunt is Living In A Room (Hardmoon London)
Out of all of the old school producers who still have a credible current body of work, nobody can surprise you like Gene Hunt. You think he's fallen into a groove but he'll bounce...
Heart 2 Heart’s Shigan Gets Remixed on Balance Music
Chez Damier is a man who requires no introduction from us, so when he announces a new project, any self-respecting deep house lover should stop whatever they're doing and pay attention (unless what they're...
Mike Grant: Moods, Grooves and Cool People
In 1985 - just as the profile of the Detroit scene exploded overseas - Mike Grant enlisted in the military. Thus began his second career - a career aside from running what has to...
Lee Mills – Hands Together (Fresh Meat Records)
I can mark time by Fresh Meat's records. I've written more about this label than any other, and the last five or six years has seen the beginning and end of relationships, friendships, personal...
Chez Damier, Eddie Leader and Tomson Team Up for I Am With You
Hudd is ten years into this, and Eddie Leader really isn't the same guy that he was at the start. I don't know if that applies to him personally, but as an artist and...
Moon Boots: The 5 Magazine Interview
Moon Boots - the mystery man and French Express artist who in the last few years has produced some of the smoothest, sexiest soulful R&B/Disco-infused House - speaks to 5 Magazine about his music.
So...
Constant State Debuts with Al Gobi’s Pueblo Grande
Constant State was launched with a series of artistic yet vaguely unnerving videos that reminded me of some of the creepy shit that you can find scraping the sides of YouTube with random search...
Pittsburgh Track Authority’s Enter The Machine Age
It was somewhere between the second and third track on Pittsburgh Track Authority's debut LP that I realized something extraordinary was happening. In less than 15 minutes, Enter The Machine Age had shifted adeptly...
How I Play: Scott Diaz on the Culture and Craft of DJing
DJs today are confronted with an astonishing number of choices, from vinyl to digital media, controllers, mixers, and the unending stream of more music being released for consumption than at any time in history.
It's...
Blunt Instruments’ Hold Back EP on Dungeon Meat
This is the work of some bad motherfuckers right here.
Let's get the introductions out of the way. Brawther doesn't need one if you've been reading what I've been writing. Together with Jeremy UndergroundParis from...
Detroit Swindle: Boxed Out
Hype is an interesting thing. I'm engaged in a never ending battle with it where my allegiance is always shifting. So much of the music industry is based on hype and my gut reaction...
Roger That and John Tyler All Vinyl Mix: New Mix Monday vol 196
Roger That and John Tyler - proprietors of Denver-based imprint The Playground - mix an all-vinyl set for this week's New Mix Monday, 5 Magazine's weekly House Music mix series.
Listen to Roger That &...
Siler and Dima: New Mix Monday vol 195
Parisian youngbloods Siler and Dima mix the 195th episode of New Mix Monday, 5 Magazine's weekly House Music mix series.
Listen to Siler & Dima: New Mix Monday #195 by5 Magazine on hearthis.at
Meet Siler and...
AFFKT: Sincopat 21 (We Are Safe/Therapy)
One of things I love about being a DJ is the constant evolution of my sound. It's not something I consciously look to do as part of some strategy because I'll always be true...
Giorgio Luceri’s Liger EP (SAFT)
If my record collection is any guide, Giorgio Luceri isn't just going places - he's already arrived. In the wake of another EP on Chicago's Mathematics (A Love Supremacy) that has been getting a...
Amir Alexander’s Stardust Kisses on Vanguard Sound
Vanguard Sound has been going since 2006; I believe we reviewed a one of or two of the early records from Amir Alexander's home base but none lately since he's been "discovered" abroad. There's...
3 Degrees Global Spotlight Volume 1 – mixed by bigSEXY
We're pleased today to announce the launch of another curated monthly mix series, this time from Chicago's renown DJ collective, 3 Degrees.
The 3 Degrees Global Spotlight will feature a new mix each month from...
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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.
