Chicago House Music Festival 2026

Features

Feature stories, profiles and interviews with leading House Music DJs, producers and vocalists from more than 20 years of 5 Magazine.

Luke McKeehan on 20 Years of Nordic Trax

From the furthest reaches of the North American continent, Nordic Trax has established itself as an indispensable voice in the house music scene. Owner Luke McKeehan on 20 years of keeping it alive.

Play It Like Papa: 15 Years of Soul

Reel People and Papa Records founder Oli Lazarus on the 15th anniversary of his label - and an exclusive mix from DJ Spinna.
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Andre Crom: Off the Safe Path & Into the World

Change and reinvention through the eyes (and ears) of DJ and producer Andre Crom.

Inside the Social Media Bubble

Inside our heads where it's 72 degrees and sunny and it always plays music we already like.
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Crackazat: The 5 Magazine Profile

The life & times of a jazz musician working in the dance music industry.
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Anja Schneider: Breaking Free

Few labels were more strongly identified with an artist than Mobilee and Anja Schneider. Anja talks to 5 Mag about turning the page with her new album, SoMe.

MANIK Confessions: the 5 Magazine Profile

The 5 Magazine profile of MANIK, the American DJ/producer whose Undergroundknowledge may be the best album released in 2017.
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Radar: Mad Villains

9 questions with Mad Villains in our new profile series by Dustin Kinney
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The Record: Preslav on “Watch Your Step”

Preslav on the story behind his new track featuring Natalie Rogers & Kenny Peagler, out now on Love What You Feel.

Radar: Intr0beatz

9 questions with House Music DJ and producer Intr0beatz in 5 Magazine's profile series RADAR.
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Jean-Michel Jarre: The 5 Magazine Profile

5 Magazine's Czarina Mirani interviews electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.

The Future is Noncompliant

The Midwest is our home, Techno is our sound and it might save our souls: 5 Magazine's profile of DJ Shiva, aka Noncompliant.
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Quentin Harris and Ultra Nate are Black Stereo Faith

Ultra Nate and Quentin Harris talk to Bruce Tantum about their new eclectic project.
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Superjane at 20

5 Magazine talks to Colette, DJ Heather, Lady D and Dayhota on the pioneering Chicago DJ collective's 20th anniversary.
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Making Traxsource

Brian Tappert & Marc Pomeroy talk to 5 Magazine about the rebirth of Soulfuric, Jazz-N-Groove and the making of a "side project" called Traxsource.
DJ Three

DJ Three: The 5 Magazine Profile

Kev Obrien on DJ Three, a DJ's DJ; the launch of Hallucienda and tales from the old Florida underground.
pomo

Pomo: The 5 Magazine Profile

The 5 Magazine profile with the eclectic, genre-defying Canadian producer Pomo, by 5 Magazine Editor-in-Chief Czarina Mirani.
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Discograph: DeepWit Recordings

DeepWit Recordings profiled in the inaugural edition of Discograph, exploring the back catalog of some of the world's House Music record labels.
paul oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold’s 9 Notable Moments from 30 Years in Dance Music

From Ibiza to Mount Everest and the Great Wall of China.
joey negro

Produced With Love: The Joey Negro Interview

The legendary producer on his first album in 20 years - and why sampling is becoming a dead end.

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