Jimpster: “The Music is Always Bigger Than All of Us”
Harold Heath explores the music, the labels and the secrets of the sound of Jamie Odell, aka Jimpster in a superb and essential 5 Magazine Interview.
Up All Night with Tony Humphries
After 35 years DJing, Tony Humphries has done it all. Twice. From holding down the legendary Zanzibar, from which much of the scene to come would find their inspiration, to KISS FM and some...
DJ Lady D: The 5 Magazine Interview
TIME TO ADMIT THE obvious: Lady D has become a full-fledged industry force in the worldwide House scene. In the twelve years that she's been practicing her craft, she's torn up more dancefloors than...
When Mark Farina Was Kicked Out of the DJ Booth in Vegas
Exclusive interview with Mark Farina on the incident at the Marquee Club in Las Vegas.
Georgie Porgie Interview
He is a singer, a songwriter, a recording artist, record producer, an independent dance music mogul and one of the hottest dance music remixers to emanate out of Chicago. Georgie Porgie, greatly influenced during...
It’s Time: The Soulful House Sound of Sean McCabe
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATING to me to find young artists in dance music that gravitate towards soulful music. Since releasing his first tracks in 2003 at 17 years old, Sean McCabe has quietly and...
Chicago House Legend Paul Johnson Seriously Injured in Accident
Update (28 Dec 2010 14:26:00) from Agency Sounds: Per Paul Johnson, permission must be obtained from Paul Johnson prior to hosting a benefit in his name or using his image. Please contact camille@agencysounds.com or...
Jimpster: The Franc Spangler Chronicles
How a harmless alter ego can take on a life of its own: Jimpster talks to 5 Mag's Lauren Krieger on his once-mysterious "Franc Spangler" records.
Disco Refugees: Dan Hartman, Loleatta Holloway and the Day After Disco Died
It was supposed to be the deal of the century, and in retrospect - if you count art rather than commerce - it was. It was a project bringing together the most talented songwriter...
Finding God on the Dancefloor: The Christian Rave Scene with God’s DJs
While road tripping to Iowa with Detroit phenom Terrence Parker, we were regaling each other with stories of recent parties we'd attended. When he told me he had spun at a Christian rave during...
Andre Hatchett Interview
ANDRE HATCHETT IS my new party buddy. The first time I met him, he spun at my dance show at the HotHouse and blew everyone away. Fast forward three years later, I make it...
“Lady Kier. Lady Miss Kier. That bitch from Deee-Lite. That’s fine too.”
Our amazing interview with the legendary vocalist Lady Miss Kier. Worth quoting.
Danny J Lewis: The 5 Mag Profile
A Producer, A Remixer, An Educator: a profile of the extraordinary Deep House and UK Garage artist Danny J Lewis from 5 Mag's Issue 165 cover story.
Dan Only: Track Teardown
Dan Only blew us away with his new EP The Wurly Chronicles. The producer takes us into his studio for the making of the track "Be Major... Believe," out now from Dirt Crew.
5 House Music Classics Made by The Chosen Few
They're best known as DJs, but the members of the Chosen Few DJs - some of the first and finest house music DJs in the world - have made some classic house music tracks. Here are 5 to bang right now.
Gerald VDH Dines out on “Snacks”
Snacks, the phenomenal new album Gerald VDH of Vienna's MEAT MARKET is "full of gay pride" that you can feel on every track.
Rob Paine is Back in Business
Back in August, my esteemed colleague DEL informed you of another comeback of sorts from Philadelphia's Rob Paine. With his Blazin' EP (a collaboration with "Someone Else" whose identity DEL leaked, but I'll leave...
Eddie Niguel: Three Decades of Sacred Visions
Will Sumsuch talks to local hero Eddie Niguel on his odyssey behind the decks and the evolution of the electronic music scene in Singapore.
Jerome Baker: A Chicago Story
Once DJ Boris, sometimes Lord Damien, but he's best as just Jerome Baker. This is a Chicago Story of one of the city's best.
The Wax Trax Documentary is Going On a Multicity Tour
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records is coming to a House of Vans near you. Oh, and a soundtrack for Record Store Day too.
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Sounds of the Underground – Inside 5 Mag #209
Alinka on the cover, Laseech cover mix, Marco Lenzi on resuscitating Molecular Recordings and finding talent in a noisy world, Being on being there and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
