Dennis Ferrer Reinvents Himself, Again & Again
Never one to be shy about his views on the current musical climate, Dennis Ferrer's interviews always draw lots of attention.
Getting ready to play here in Chicago this Friday, this time he tackles festival...
Where’s The House? The 8 Best House Music Events at SXSW
Austin’s SXSW is an annual bastion of live music, celebrity sightings, technology, free booze, free food and it takes endurance to make it through it all! The music portion of the festival kicks off...
Ashley Beedle: The 5 Magazine Interview
IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HOUSE MUSIC in the UK, the traffic was largely one-way, coming to these islands from across the pond. Tales of the niche underground sub-genre called "Acid House" infecting the mainstream...
Richard Earnshaw: The 5 Magazine Interview
IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS since 5 Magazine last caught up with Soulful House maestro, Duffnote boss and one half of Spiritchaser, Richard Earnshaw. Since that last conversation he's released his debut solo album, In...
Boogie Wonderland: The Genius of Earth, Wind and Fire
Editor's Note: Originally published in October 2012, we pulled this out of the archives in honor of the late Maurice White. RIP.
They produced the first album I ever bought (Cameo's "Rigor Mortis" was my...
DJ Psycho: “Staying Still is Death”
Greatly loved, highly outspoken, Dezi Magby aka DJ Psycho from Detroit is a madman behind the tables, his wildly kinetic sets leaving an unforgettable imprint in our psyche.
The Flint native recently came to...
Kim Ann Foxman: The Firehouse Rules
The alumni of Hercules and Love Affair are legion, and none has stepped out quite so far and quite so fast as Kim Ann Foxman. After collaborations with Maya Jane Coles and Nick Anthony...
Can House Music Stop the Violence in Chicago?
CHICAGO HAS FOREVER had a troubled history with violence in its inner city neighborhoods, with a total of over 2000 people shot and wounded this year alone. When Angie Tribett received a call from...
Mark de Clive-Lowe: What The Future Looks Like
TEN YEARS AGO this industry was totally different - digital was an unknown and divisive newcomer and the old guard still dictated the way most of the industry worked. Now we're in a time...
Mark Farina: What The Future Looks Like
TEN YEARS FROM NOW... good music will still be good music and bad will still be bad. All the sub-genres established by the early sounds of House and Techno will change names/titles and be...
Joey Negro: What The Future Looks Like
EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME that guessing the future of anything is pretty much impossible; at best you might get it half right. If you'd asked me in 2005 where dance music would be in...
Straight Outta South Central LA: It’s a WAR
Conflict is loved by few, disliked by most, and needed at times. Musically, conflict can be defined as a fusion of genres, a cacophony of sounds, key or tempo changes, and even actual conflict...
Gemini Inc: The Second Act of Spencer Kincy
The hottest producer in the underground hasn't made a record in more than ten years. There's an old line that comes up in Hollywood that the most in-demand screenwriter of the moment is William...
What Happened to Gemini? A Spencer Kincy Update
(This article about Spencer Kincy was originally published at the now-defunct housemusicdaily site. Since a few other things I've written reference this, I thought it sensible to reproduce it here. I wrote something else...
Sign of the Gemini: The Strange and Beautiful Music of Spencer Kincy
FOR FOUR YEARS I've been chasing a ghost, and his name is Spencer Kincy.
I've been told by some people to leave the ghost alone, while others have all but berated me for not pursuing...
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Funding Yourself To Death: The Strange Story of Aodyo
After several successful crowdsourcing campaigns, French synth maker Aodyo crashed into bankruptcy. What went wrong?
