Chicago Skyway and Dcook: Lager EP
Sean Hernandez aka Chicago Skyway states, "I met Dave Cook back in the '00s and Specter told me he had some pretty dope music. We ended up exchanging some music and I really dug...
This is Giom
In the 18 months since I last talked to him, something crazy's happened to Giom (facebook, twitter, soundcloud). Always a favorite of mine and at this magazine, the French-born, UK-based producer, DJ and sometime-session...
Kid Enigma: Resurrection EP
I've only heard five tracks from Kid Enigma and I already have a massive amount of respect for him. It's because he's not afraid to be honest and bare his soul in his music....
Brawther: Do It Yourself EP
In our interview in the current issue of 5 Mag, Chez Damier mentions quite a few proteges, students and younger producers that he's been working with recently. One of them is Brawther. As the...
Chez Damier: A Revolutionary Life
Most interviews with Chez Damier are about the past - about Prescription and Balance Records; about The Music Institute in Detroit; about KMS and the Belleville Three and Chez's role, seemingly everywhere that electronic...
Hieroglyphic Being: Music is Mathematics
A sound artist, an experimental composer, a music-making savant with analog machines - this is Jamal Moss, aka Hieroglyphic Being, the next in a lineage of Chicago's electronic producers driven by a vision to...
Kelly Sylvia Interview
It seems that everywhere I look these days I see something that has to do with female DJs or female producers in the electronic music industry. Females in the music industry have always been...
Tevo Howard: The 5 Magazine Interview
5 Magazine's interview with Tevo Howard: the true hero of the underground.
City Beat: The New World of Ron Trent
Ron Trent has surveyed the House Music landscape in our town & beyond. He hasn't liked what he's seen.
Label Profile: Eddie Leader and Hudd Traxx
Curiously in-depth overviews of some of our favorite House Music labels and the people behind them. This month: Eddie Leader and Hudd Traxx.
Aki Bergen: Black and Light (Remixes)
This is a fast turnaround for Aki Bergen: the Black & Light album was released worldwide in May and this remix selection arrives via special delivery scarcely a month later. This is not a...
Hector Moralez: The 5 Magazine Interview
Known as a solo artist, for his Fries & Bridges collaboration with Phil Weeks and as the impresario behind Minority Music & The Factory, Hector Moralez (facebook, soundcloud, discogs) is that rare producer whose...
Dubbyman: The Spanish Deep Explorer Touches Down in Chicago
Jose Manuel Alvarez - also known as Dubbyman - is gracing Chicago's sonic territories this week with gigs at SmartBar and this Saturday at Darkroom
Phil Weeks: So… Who Is Rob Soul?
No label has a better grasp on surviving and thriving in the digital age than Robsoul. Many contradictions, so many questions, starting with...
Dave Pezzner: The 5 Magazine Interview
Tagged as a newcomer the electronic dance community, Seattle's Dave Pezzner proves to be everything but "green" to the dance scene.
Swirl People’s Raoul Belmans and The Porcelain Anniversary
From Belgium, Raoul Belmans of Swirl People (facebook, twitter, soundcloud) has cut more than 70 EPs under a variety of crazy aliases, including Cosy Creatures, Dandruff Truckers, Different Noodles and his disco alter ego,...
Rich Medina: A Man For All Seasons
There are few nightclub DJs that have accomplished as much, across as many genres, as Rich Medina (facebook, twitter, themarksmen.net, afrobeatles.com, crazylegsworkshop.com). He has worked with music legends like De La Soul, Erykah Badu,...
A Taste of Honey Dijon
High fashion and House Music used to go together like vodka and vermouth, and for Honey Dijon, they still do. From Chicago, Miss Dijon (facebook, twitter, soundcloud) got her groove on as a DJ...
John Morales: The Return of the Disco Legend
In music, and especially in underground music, the word "legend" is thrown around to the point where it loses all meaning.
What is a legend? It's someone who broke the mold - someone whose sounds,...
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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.
