Mike Dunn: Chicago Honors a Native Son
"It’s a beautiful thing to come from nothing and be something" - Chicago house music pioneer Mike Dunn on being honored by the City of Chicago.
Put That Record Back On: Remembering DJ Dan
An icon of North American DJ culture and catalyst of the '90s rave explosion in the Bay Area and the United States, DJ Dan has passed away.
World War Stream: The YouTube vs Billboard fight is really the Google vs Spotify fight
What is a "play"? The answer may surprise you.
trackID: Dropping acid with PBR Streetgang
Darker Shades is a bangin' 4 track of acid-heavy grooves. Tom and Bonar of PBR Streetgang tell us how they made it.
Ardalan: 2010 — Today / 5 Mag Cover Story
Producer & DJ Ardalan burst onto the scene like a holy comet in 2010 with the release of Mr. Spock. 16 years later, we talk about production techniques, his upbringing in Iran and dealing with that kind of meteoric success at age 19 in our latest 5 Mag cover story.
ARTWORX: Richard Earnshaw on the making of his new label
Richard Earnshaw gives 5 Mag the lowdown on ARTWORX, a new record label launched with an irresistible soulful house jam "Better For Me," and what he's learned over 20 years since he launched his first label.
Album of the Month: Oliver Dollar on “Contemporary”
Rekids' generational run of great house music albums continues with Contemporary, the new collection of dancefloor-friendly deep house tracks from Oliver Dollar.
LAUNCH: 5 Mag Meets Antonne
Continuing to shine a light on new and upcoming artists and DJs on the horizon, 5 Mag meets Manila promoter, DJ and first time producer Antonne for our LAUNCH series.
Inside the Tampa Rave Revolution
A new book reproduces every issue of the seminal Florida rave zine TRiP MAGAZEEN, spotlighting an overlooked chapter in dance music history.
trackID: Gene Tellem on the making of “Phantom Vibrations”
Gene Tellem takes us into the studio for the making of Phantom Vibrations, her new track with Love Injection and one of the best tracks of the year.
Collective Rhythm Network
James Duncan meets Geoff Adamson & Marc-Andrew Bird, the duo behind Collective Rhythm: a label and a radio show broadcasting from Canada since 1998 and still going strong.
This Is How We Remember Ron Carroll
Chicago house music DJ, vocalist, producer and impresario Ron Carroll has passed away. This is how we remember him.
Album of the Month: Alexander Flood on “Artifactual Rhythm”
"That's what I'm trying to do with a lot of my music - find a middle ground between human and drum machine." Alexander Flood on the sparkling new LP Artifactual Rhythm, out now from Atjazz Record Company.
True Balearic: Will Sumsuch remembers Alex Kentucky
One of the unsung heroes of underground music on the island of Ibiza and far beyond, DJ, producer and label owner Alex Kentucky tragically left us on August 18th 2025. Will Sumsuch remembers the Balearic DJ, producer, artist and friend to many.
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.
Liara: The Last Angel
A year after her death, a new album shines a light on the music of Liara Tsai: a portrait of an artist on the verge of a breakthrough.
Feels So Surreal
Covering the years before his breakthrough into the mainstream, Moby's witty, funny and provocative Porcelain is one of music's best memoirs.
Relive the Golden Age of the San Francisco Rave Scene in Between The Beats
Fifteen years in the making, the documentary by Jeno and Martin O'Brien is available via VOD and for streaming for free on Tubi.
Funding Yourself To Death: The Strange Story of Aodyo
After several successful crowdsourcing campaigns, French synth maker Aodyo crashed into bankruptcy. What went wrong?
The History of Ghetto House, by DJ Funk
We just unearthed this video from 5 Mag's five year anniversary project archives in which the legendary DJ Funk talks about the history of ghetto house music, where it came from and what it's about.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
