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Deep House

Deep House is a subgenre of House Music. Originating in the 1980s – particularly with the music of Larry Heard, Fingers Inc, and others – it fuses elements of Chicago House with a more melodic, sometimes soulful feeling.

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Stir: Japan’s BRISA with Turbojazz, Jon Dixon & Byron The Aquarius

Japanese producer BRISA drops a varied five-tracker of tunes featuring remixes from Jon Dixon and Byron The Aquarius on Cosmocities.
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Jordan Gardner & Martyn Bootyspoon shine on the dark house nodder “Doubletap”

In the grand tradition of beat tracks that beat it so hard they can only be called beatdown tracks, Jordan Gardner and Martyn Bootyspoon take a five word sample and loop it into oblivion.
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Daily Lineups & Set Times for ARC Music Festival 2024

It's finally here: Daily line-ups and set times for ARC Music Festival 2024 this Labor Day Weekend in Chicago.
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Dennis Quin drops four modern house classics on “Treat You Right”

Four ground-shaking bombs made for basement clubs and rooms with a tight fit on Treat You Right from Dennis Quin and PIV.
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James Park mix – RISE vol 27

Wake up with a new set from NYC-based DJ James Park for 5 Mag's weekly RISE mix
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Session Victim return with pure roller “Screen Off”

Session Victim's "Screen Off" is one of those tunes with a one-bar loop at its heart so strong that it just effortlessly carries the whole thing.
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Only Fans: X-Press 2 continue their 2024 remix hot streak

X-Press 2 are having a stellar year for remixes, which have without exception been top-notch no-prisoners serious dance floor gear. Their new remixes of Joseph Malik and Digital Liquid's "Only Fans" on F*CLR is just the same.
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Interview: Monty Luke on Nightdubbing

Monty Luke has made a specialty of blowing up our stereo and he did it again with the full length Nightdubbing album, out now from Radio Slave's Rekids imprint
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Review: Brian Kage remixes “Strings 4 Life” for Oliver Dollar’s “Contemporary” series

Oliver Dollar's "Strings 4 Life" gets a really good remix here from Michigander label boss Brian Kage, who gives the beats some extra slap, chops the main string riff around a little and gives the whole production a little French-touch pump.
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Tanzanite: Wallace drops an eclectic three track EP for On Loop

Wallace is rushing to get somewhere, we don't know where and neither does he but he's in a hurry.
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SYNC: Paul Johnson mix – Jive Turkey (2012)

Lost mix from the Chicago house icon Paul Johnson originally posted around Thanksgiving 2012.
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Genius Of Time drop deep house vocal “Rave Breaks”

With vocals that work beautifully with the chords, a stripped-back post-UKG rhythm track and a tight, dance floor-focused arrangement, "Rave Breaks" from Genius Of Time has anthem potential on the right dance floors.
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“My Legs Are Numb” is carefully crafted house from Felipe Gordon

Two nicely put-together deep house tracks here, taken from Felipe Gordon's four-track My Legs Are Numb EP on Bristol's Shall Not Fade label.
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Mon Acid: Pittsburgh Track Authority drops acid on a gorgeous three track EP

Dancefloor-ready acid tracks from Pittsburgh Track Authority and one of the best underground labels in America.
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Highly Swung: Nu Groove deliver more deep house goodness with Tuccillo’s “Frames”

More good stuff from the newly returned Nu Groove, this time from Italian long-time house player Tuccillo and his four-track Frames EP.
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New Futurism: Inside the new issue of 5 Mag

Rick Wade on AI, art and the future of making music, plus Tilman, James Chance, a Chicago House history primer and more.
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Session Victim on the remix for Sweatson Plank’s “The Road to Love”

Jazz-ish house done right: Session Victim remix Sweatson Plank's "The Road to Love" for Friends of Friends.
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Tiny house vibes from Jansen on “Say Never / Just Move”

The finest deep house oriented basement tracks from Berlin-based producer Jansen on Cabriolet Recordings.
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Real, raw Detroit house from the prolific Niko Marks

Harold Heath on Jazz Nagas, eight tracks of high-end underground Detroit deep house from Niko Marks.
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Electro Cherry – RISE mix vol 25

Wake up with a new set from Brooklyn-based DJ Electro Cherry for 5 Mag's weekly RISE series.

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