The Dark Knight: John Julius Knight, the 5 Mag Interview
5 Magazine meets John Julius Knight, House Music DJ and producer extraordinaire.
Anthony Nicholson: The 5 Magazine Interview
SINCE THE EARLY 1990s, DJ, producer, and collaborator Anthony Nicholson has been blowing up the underground airwaves with his dance music while doing what he does best - producing and spinning. With hit tracks...
Dennis Ferrer: The 5 Magazine Interview
THE FUNKY, IRRESISTIBLE DRUMBEAT that kicks off "Touch the Sky" has graced practically every DJs' mix CD recently. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a selector without at least one Dennis Ferrer...
5 Magazine DJ Series presents DJ Lil’John
Note: The 5 Magazine DJ Series was a monthly CD series released in a limited edition from March 2007 to November 2008. We featured mixes from legends such as Frankie Knuckles, Gene Hunt and...
Dennis Ferrer: The World As I See It LP
A solid debut long-player from New York's Dennis Ferrer. If you look through DJ charts with any regularity, you'll see Dennis' name all over them from his remixes, the most notable of which was...
Craig Alexander: The 5 Magazine Interview
5 Magazine 2007 profile of Chicago House Music DJ and producer Craig Alexander.
5 Magazine DJ Series presents Elbert Phillips
Note: The 5 Magazine DJ Series was a monthly CD series released in a limited edition from March 2007 to November 2008. We featured mixes from legends such as Frankie Knuckles, Gene Hunt and...
Kerri Chandler Interview (2007)
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE that anyone could pass over Kerri Chandler, but that's exactly what we've seen happening. When the sun rises every morning and sets in the west, you can take it for...
DJ Lady D: The 5 Magazine Interview
TIME TO ADMIT THE obvious: Lady D has become a full-fledged industry force in the worldwide House scene. In the twelve years that she's been practicing her craft, she's torn up more dancefloors than...
Andre Harris: Dance With Me
The latest from Andre Harris on his Innate Soul digital label hearkens back a bit with a spoken word vocal reminiscent of Phuture. The vocal could go over well among a gay crowd or...
Ron Trent: The 5 Magazine Interview
What happens when you raise a boy with Afrocentrism, polyrhythms, and mathematical precision? What if you throw in some music history, an extensive discography, love for movement, education, wisdom and a vision?
The boy grows...
Stacy Kidd Interview
Interview by Boogie McClarin
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW his name, but you've definitely danced to his songs. Now, after a decade of production and a list of tracks long as my arm, there is a...
Andre Hatchett Interview
ANDRE HATCHETT IS my new party buddy. The first time I met him, he spun at my dance show at the HotHouse and blew everyone away. Fast forward three years later, I make it...
Louie Vega Interview
HE HAS BEEN CALLED "the Miles Davis of dance music". An undisputed legend, his nearly 20 year career has brought us unforgettable hits such as "The Nervous Track", "It's Alright, I Feel It", "Beautiful...
Marques Wyatt: The 5 Magazine Interview
IT MAY BE THE center of the entertainment industry, but Los Angeles seems like the edge of the world when it comes to House music. Or so it would seem to those of us...
DJ Lego Interview
DJING SINCE HE WAS 11 years old, Chicago's own Rafael "Légo" Rodriguez is now one of the most sought after djs and producers in the world. His Monday night Boom Boom Room, going on...
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