“Structural Disruption”: Five tracks of esoteric techno from Ground16
Structural Disruption is an EP of five tracks rooted in the underground and then branching out into the cosmos, crafting deeply physical dance music for esoteric heads.
Demi Riquísimo & The Trip drop kinetic party music “Don’t Go Away”
Heavy action rave anthems from Semi Delicious and Tessellate, who have pushed a huge number of dope tracks down your gullet over the last five or six years and here are four more.
2 Jahre Dazwischen: Nodding melancholica from Lesterr
Ornaments releases some beautiful music, most of it deep, some of it dub, and some of it ambient, or downtempo, or with a generally chill sort of vibe. 2 Jahre Dazwischen by Lesterr contains just about all of above.
Demon Dubs: Mr. G remixes Scuba’s 2011 classic “Loss”
Mr. G takes Scuba's reissued "Loss" to school with a glowering, slightly demonic dub that goes to a few places the original hadn't thought of.
Acid, bass and pianos collide on Kléo’s “Acid Coolada” remix project
Kléo is a French-born artist now living in Amsterdam, and makes acid tracks that slap with the best that ever came from one of the foundational acid cities. The Acid Coolada EP was released on vinyl back in February, appearing now a digital release with a slew of remixes.
Magic Bus: 5 Mag meets Galen
An interview with Galen, founder of Sunset Sound System, Sunset Campout & an icon of the West Coast & American dance music scene.
Melancholonica: A Man Named Phil Western
Afterflash is a remixed tribute album to the innovative Phil Western, who released electronic music on Harthouse and LA label Exist Dance as well as collaborating with cEvin Key, Download, Skinny Puppy and releasing a huge catalog of solo material.
Ron Trent remixes LA upstarts ASHRR on “Please Don’t Stop The Rain”
Signed to Ralph Lawson's 20/20 Vision Recordings, ASHRR is aiming one directly at the house scene with this remix pack featuring Ron Trent.
Pink Velvet: Hazy narco disco from Ed Temple
Smooth soft-focus jazz-tinged disco and a tasty bruk-ish Inkswell remix make up this package from DJ/producer Ed Temple.
Innate Editions debuts with reissue of Connective Zone’s 2001 “Palm Palm”
A new sub-label of Owain K's Innate digs into the ethereal, ambient techno sounds of the early '00s on Palm Palm.
Detour celebrates a decade of Pittsburgh electronics on DTR-007
A ten track V/A from Pittsburgh label Detour featuring techno, acid, deep house, breakbeats and everything in between, from Shawn Rudiman, Paul Fleetwood, Doc Sleep, Naeem, Gusto and more.
“Ghetto Capitalism” is a radical electronic manifesto from Jaymie Silk
Ghetto Capitalism is an eclectic and wonderful EP and there's a vital message behind Jaymie Silk's latest for !K7 but "You Can Do It" is music that sounds like it's having a heart attack and I love it.
Dance music pioneers Utah Saints reissue their debut LP for National Album Day
The first repress of Utah Saints' self-titled first album is packed with additional remixes from David Morales, CJ Bolland and Andrew Weatherall among others.
True, Necessary, Kind: Gems from Lay-Far’s album remix project
Seventeen remixes of five album tracks from Lay-Far's True, Necessary, Kind album, covering various flavours of house, broken beat, bass, techno and drum & bass.
Manifesto is an esoteric downtempo masterpiece from Glo Phase
Glo Phase takes an excursion into left-of-field downtempo and electronica with an oily vaporwave sheen on Manifesto.
As We Are: An unaddressed letter with no words from Tevo Howard
There has been a hole in the Chicago music scene for the last several years in just about the exact shape of Tevo Howard. It's an absence, and it's not one that can be easily filled.
Infinite Health: Tycho releases new album
Two time Grammy nominated producer and musician Scott Hansen aka Tycho has released Infinite Health, the sixth Tycho album and one that hearkens back to his more solo-driven and electronic albums of early 2010s — Dive, Awake and Epoch.
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.
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.
Radiants: Sam Goku makes an exceptional debut on Dekmantel’s label arm
Radiants contains multitudes - four individual tracks that feel like small electronic symphonies full of movement.
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Twan mix / 5 Mag RISE vol 39
Cueing up a proper Chicago deep house mix from the city's own DJ and producer TWAN for this week's 5 Mag RISE set.
![Premiere: Richard Earnshaw & Sabrina Chyld - Better For Me (Original Mix) [Artworx]](https://5mag.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/richard-earnshaw-better-for-me-100x70.jpg "Premiere: Richard Earnshaw launches a new label with the irresistible “Better For Me” ft Sabrina Chyld")
