Label Profile: Mazi, Nathan Drew Larsen and Fresh Meat Records
5 Mag's Label Profile series continues, with curiously in-depth overviews of some of our favorite House Music labels and the people behind them. This month we're featuring Mazi (aka Audio Soul Project), Nathan Drew...
Riva Starr: The 5 Magazine Interview
Riva Starr is that quirky, sassy, tongue-in-cheek producer with a savoir-faire that screams original! His sound is refreshingly unconventional to say the least.
In 2010, people stood up and paid attention when his critically...
Cover Story: Grant Nelson
I don't know of many other producers that have run the gamut of sounds like this man has. From early breakbeat techno, rave and hardcore jams as Wishdokta (among others) to pushing 2 Step...
Alton Miller: Light Years Away (Mixed Signals Music)
I'll tell you what: No matter how many sub-genres there are of House Music, you can always tell when a particular song or sound comes straight from the source. It's like making a single...
Conversations with Jay West
Jay West's mix for our New Mix Monday series a couple of weeks ago elicited a deluge of feedback - uniformly positive, but some expressing surprise at the deep direction for a producer widely...
Matthias Heilbronn: The 5 Magazine Interview
It's a cliché to talk about an artist that's been in the thick of the industry for more than two decades as "underrated", but it's staggering to take a step back and draw in...
Franck Roger: Let’s Go Down (Real Tone Records)
Real Tone is one of the single most important labels on the scene today. Consciously bridging Deep House with some of the more eclectic and talented purveyors of Techno, every single release has built...
Doc Link and Eman Get Liberated
As an new writer for 5 Magazine, I'd like to say that all styles of House Music excite me and I'm a bit of a glutton when it comes to the colorful palette that...
Marshall Jefferson: The Return of the House Music Anthem
Fifty years from now, when archeologists are tracing ancient folklore to uncover this thing called House Music, they'll come across one song, one track that stands alone among all of the early Chicago classics....
Who is Sonny Fodera?
Hailing from Australia, Sonny Fodera is one of the rising stars of the Jacking House scene, and is making waves with his groovy, funkalicious, ultra-danceable tracks
Mark Almaria: Going Against the Odds
For those of you who were partying in the '90s, you've undoubtedly heard of Mark Almaria (soundcloud, discogs). He was a celebrated fixture not only in the rave scene but also at Chicago clubs...
Alexander East: Supposed 2 Be (3345 Music)
Superb producer and vocalist Alexander East sent us his latest project on 3345 Music with three remixers for your pleasure. The original cut is a definite floor-warmer, heavy on the synths with a smooth...
Cajmere and Gene Farris: The Chicago Jazz and New Gotham EPs
A central part of Chicago House is the presence of the elements that created it. Keeping true to that essence is the creation of The Chicago Jazz EP, the follow-up to The New Gotham...
Copyright: The 5 Magazine Interview
There is not one Copyright song that I do not like. My music library is filled with tons of Copyright's music, and English-born Sam Holt and Gavin Mills without a doubt deserve the title...
Joshua Iz: The 5 Magazine Interview
Joshua Michaels is better known to most as simply Joshua, Iz or half of the DJ and production duo of Iz & Diz. Iz is a jack of all trades and has dabbled in...
Chicago Underground: Frique Interview and Free Track Download
Chicago House Music hero Frique is starting a new label called Son of Lea - he gives us the scoop and a free track, No Talk, for you to download in this installment of...
Copyright ft. Imaani: Nobody
Copyright has reached a certain level of notoriety that it's hard to explain to people who ain't there yet but would like to be. Together with a few other names - Dennis Ferrer is...
Alexander East: Enter Planet East
Alexander East is that rare renaissance man in this scene - spinning records, singing on them, a master of a half dozen different instruments (and probably more). Born in Brooklyn, he's done an amazing...
Chicago Underground: J-Dub Interview and Free Track Download
Chicago Underground is a new regular feature in 5 Magazine, in which we feature interiews with Chicago producers and give away a free download of one of their tracks so you can check out...
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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.
