Behind The Beat

Profiles of the amazing DJs behind 5 Mag’s cover mixes.

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Black Eyes: This Is A Broadcast From The Future

5 Mag meets Black Eyes, the Mancunian producer whose label Lost Control 2097 is capturing a certain raw, sometimes psychedelic but viscerally rhythmic brand of techno and deep house.
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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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Gratts – Behind The Beat

5 Mag meets Gratts, DJ behind Issue 208's cover mix. Belgian by birth, a resident of Berlin for 8 years and now living in South Australia, his productions over the last few years have truly shined, with a bright and eclectic approach to house music.
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Damian Rausch: The Heat

5 Mag meets the rising German DJ and producer making luscious, beautiful tracks with an ear tuned to the dancefloor.
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Esoterica: Sumsuch meets Black Loops

Black Loops, the Italian deep house producer and ex-drummer, on Freerange, moving to Berlin and the proper incantations of studio magic.
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The Wisdom: A life in music with Eternal Student

Marvin Prather is Eternal Student, a fixture from the early days of the Detroit electronic music scene who debuted as a producer three decades later with the gorgeous "Hear Me Though." This is his story.
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Lea Lisa – Keys of Life

5 Mag meets French deep house DJ, producer and creator of our latest cover mix, Lea Lisa, on DJing, crate digging and why taste beats tech every time.

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