Audio Soul Project ft. Ron Carroll: Call of Grace
Tracks from Audio Soul Project are like a fine wine: I bring them out when I know they'll be appreciated and the mood is right. This three track release Call of Grace is smooth,...
Aaron-Carl, Detroit Producer, Label Owner, and DJ, Passes Away
Aaron's music is universal, and in a sense belongs to the world now, but will always, always, always be rooted in Detroit
Spencer Kincy aka Gemini: Imagine-A-Nation (Relief)
Spencer Kincy was at the top of his game in 1997 when he reached a peak of astonishing creativity, the likes of which had never and probably will never be seen again. In that...
Dennis Ferrer: Hey Hey (The Remixes)
Before listening to this, I wasn't sure if a package of remixes was warranted. "Hey Hey" is probably the biggest track to blow through House Music since the mid-1990s, with a staying power that's...
Curtis McClain: The House Music Anthem (Remixes Part 1)
Take the most famous opening notes and the most seminal chorus in House Music history and add Frankie Knuckles, Eric Kupper, Todd Terry and Terry Hunter as remixers... For maybe the first time in...
Demarkus Lewis: Tribal Sun EP
Some years ago, Demarkus Lewis made a shift from a deeper sound to a more tech-oriented blend of electronic boogie. Here he is turning again - not a U turn and certainly not backwards,...
New Mix Monday: Ultra Nate
Newsflash! Ultra Naté isn't just the singer that has shaped House Music's sound with classic tracks like Free and the album Blue Notes in the Basement. She's also a promoter, impresario and one hell...
Quentin Harris: “The Young Don’t Want To Learn and the Old Don’t Want to Teach”
The Sacrifice: In the mid-2000s, Quentin Harris was a dance music powerhouse. But despite his outspoken and over the top nature, his musical offerings of late have been relatively sparse.
Spencer Kincy Mixes: Live in Bonn 1995
This is a soulful and jazzy mix (beginning with the epic Chuck Roberts vocal "In the beginning there was Jack and Jack had a groove, and from this groove came the groove of all...
Phil Weeks and Joss Moog: Not Over EP
It's a very fine line between "tribute" and "rip-off". The second song on this four track EP, "Stuff Like That", is a case in point. It's almost note-for-note, 100% derivative of Spencer Kincy's "Don't...
Todd Terry: The 5 Magazine Interview
Todd Terry is an icon in House Music. He also has quite a history that many don't know about. He did production on the Jungle Brothers' "I'll House You" - a tune that people...
Brett Jackson and Orion ft. Jade: Change
This set of remixes of an '06 track now come with some deep South African remix influence. The vocals slowly draw you in with the concept (along the lines of "sorry, bud, it was...
1200 Warriors: The 5 Magazine Interview
Meet DJ Choco (aka G-Dubs) and Junior Rivero (aka DJ Rivero), a highly impressive duo from Washington Heights, New York that call themselves the 1200 Warriors (website, label, facebook, myspace, discogs, youtube). Their music...
Broadway & Wilson: Good Old Daze LP
Lydia's take: "Don't Fight Love" is this LP's hidden gem, complete with horns, a gaggle of what I can only imagine are lovely ladies backin' up with some "yeaaaahhhhh, yeaaaaah"s, and a bouncy, poppy...
What Happened to Gemini? A Spencer Kincy Update
(This article about Spencer Kincy was originally published at the now-defunct housemusicdaily site. Since a few other things I've written reference this, I thought it sensible to reproduce it here. I wrote something else...
Kid Sister and Cajmere: The 5 Magazine Interview
Creative people gravitate towards each other naturally, and when it comes to two artists that are known to crossover musical genres it's no surprise that House icon Cajmere and hiphop diva Kid Sister would...
Spencer Kincy Mixes: Experiments (Complete Mix)
This is a mix from Spencer Kincy aka Gemini from the late 1990s called "Experiments." It is split into Side A and Side B as the original mix was distributed on cassette tape and...
Deetron’s Balanced Attack
Between the time that I write this and the time you read this, more than a hundred mix compilations will be released. I don't know anyone who buys them, and despite being I champion...
The Chosen Few DJs: “The Theme” (Terry Hunter Original Mix)
Fat fucking beats pounding, a serpentine groove and everything but the afros for the first release by Chicago crew The Chosen Few. To complicate matters for future discologists, the sample chorus on this one...
Bryan Jones: Face It EP
A sneaky, sinister bassline punctuates the original mix of the title track of Bryan Jones' new Face It EP on his own Control Recordings. The live vocal sample works perfectly - it's just a...
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Dedication: To Juan Atkins
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
