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Toribio, photo by Guario Rodriguez Jr

Toribio: Public Service

Rodrigo Salazar meets the eclectic Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, instrumentalist and apostle of the dance floor.
Czbooge Live @ Podlasie Club mix

Czboogie – Live @ Podlasie Club

First mix of the year from 5 Mag's Czboogie recorded live at Chicago's Podlasie nightclub on January 6 2024.
Beppe Loda Typhoon Club

Musical Paradise: Beppe Loda in Chicago

You can't write a credible history of dance music without speaking to Beppe Loda. Tommaso Conforti interviews the Italian DJ legend.
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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.
Creation of the Hubbard Street Frankie Knuckles Mural

For Frankie: Celebrating the life of Frankie Knuckles

There is one official Frankie Knuckles birthday party and it is held in Chicago. And this year it's at Metro & Smartbar.
Gehno Aviance aka One A photo

Gehno Aviance aka One A: Behind The Beat

Producer and DJ One A takes us from the rave to the runway in a career spanning three decades.
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Cz’s House New Year’s Eve 2024 episode w/ House, Disco & Garage

New mix recorded live from the crib with 5 Mag's Czboogie playing house, disco and garage to ring in the new year.
Congress Theater

Underreported 2023: Will the Congress Theater rise again?

2023 in review: the venerable Congress Theater may finally reopen after city approves an $88 million rehab plan for the nearly century old live music venue.
Happy Holidays 2023 - Santa as DJ

Happy Holidays from 5 Mag!

As we move into the end of the year, we want to wish a safe and lovely holiday to you and everyone you love and a bright and blessed 2024!
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The Beat. The Scene. The Sound.

Harold Heath on DJ Disciple's inside look at "the rise, the fall and rebirth of house music in New York City"
Ramova Theatre reopens

Legendary Chicago theater owned by Quincy Jones, Jennifer Hudson & Chance The Rapper will reopen for...

Bridgeport's Ramova Theatre is reborn as a live music venue with queer collective Slo'Mo's Pleasure Palace NYE marking the first show at the 1920s movie palace in nearly 40 years.

Amp Fiddler, a giant among giants, has died

By every measure one of the greatest of the many great artists birthed by Detroit, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Amp Fiddler has passed away.
This is a dollar.

One Dollar.

Charging money for music submissions is a new growth industry. They're just not charging very much.
Gratts DJ photo

Premiere: Gratts presents Trackhead T – Empyrean Crossing

New black wax from our friend Gratts showcases a new alias and a raw, spectral and esoteric side of house on "Empyrean Crossing" from the Klub Romance EP.
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New episode of Cz’s House – vol 6

This episode is on the chill garage tip...so sit back, have a drink, have a smoke, clean your apartment, or slow dance with your cat.
Alinka 5 Mag cover story

The Cover Story: Alinka

Kyiv, Chicago, Berlin: three cities that Alinka has called home, in a life that's been marked by an artistic journey and a physical one. With the rebirth of Twirl we talk to DJ and producer Alinka - one of the people we love, on the people and things that she loves.
Searchlight Music Can We Go Back Atjazz remix photo

Premiere: Atjazz remixes “Can We Go Back” from Searchlight & Tolü Makay

Exclusive: Dropping in a remix pack on Goldie's Fallen Tree 1 Hundred label on November 17, listen to the soulful, dynamic, spellbinding Atjazz remix here.
One A aka Gehno Aviance 5 Mag Cover Mix 210

The Cover Mix ⚡️ One A aka Gehno Aviance

5 Mag welcomes One A aka Gehno Aviance, a DJ and producer with deep roots in this scene, for our latest issue cover mix.

House Music is a Spiritual Thing: Inside 5 Mag #210

Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.
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Premiere: Ed Nine – Not On The Radio [Inner Balance]

Stomping Chicago tracks from Ed Nine's new EP The Journey Part 3, on vinyl from Inner Balance.

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Chicago’s Secret Spot: One Year of Miyagi Records

From a pop up in a storage space to a brick-and-mortar record store, Hyde Park's Miyagi Records talks to 5 Mag on one year of building community and creating your very own secret spot on the Southside of Chicago.