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.
“Love, Care, Kindness & Hope” is the best of Everything
A refined collection from Fred Everything, Love, Care, Kindness & Hope sounds like the best of Lazy Days Recordings distilled down to a single album.
Seven Davis, Jr: “This is absolutely me now & me going forward”
Seven Unfiltered: 5 Mag's cover story with one of the most talented people we've ever met: Seven Davis Jr.
Live Alive: Seven Davis Jr. in the new 5 Mag
There are probably people in this scene with more innate talent than Seven Davis Jr, but we haven't met them. The brilliant producer, DJ and musician is subject of the latest 5 Mag cover story, plus Nick V and the 17 year strong La Mona Paris, Chicago's viral Elevator Music, disco archeology and more inside 5 Mag 214, out now.
Rooted: Laurent Garnier in the new issue of 5 Mag
Electronic music pioneer Laurent Garnier, Monty Luke, Petals In Sound, Henna Onna, Paul Johnson and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, released May 2024.
Triton: Five point five minutes of neon garage from Lone
Out of the blue, Lone dropped a track just as the year was winding down and "Triton" may make all of the bullshit of 2023 worth it.
Change My Mind: Space Disco & Italo-Balearica from Rollover DJs
Narcotic glitterball dancefloor fodder and a bonus alt-garage-core Bawrut remix from Milan's Rollover DJs on Change My Mind.
Toribio: Public Service
Rodrigo Salazar meets the eclectic Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, instrumentalist and apostle of the dance floor.
An Unspeakable Tragedy: Remembering Silent Servant, Simone Ling and The Soft Moon
Three artists with deep roots and human connections in this scene died last week, in what appears to be an unspeakable tragedy.
Resolution: Inside the new issue of 5 Mag
Welcoming the new year with Anané, Toribio, Italian DJ legend Beppe Loda, Black Eyes, Danny J Lewis and more inside Issue 211 of 5 Mag.
