The Final Cuts: Eric Kupper on Frankie Knuckles
From The Whistle Song to Director's Cut, Eric Kupper probably made more records with Frankie Knuckles than any other man or woman alive.
He's produced more than 2000 records in his own right (including work...
Mood II Swing: Back In The Groove
Mood II Swing's Lem Springsteen and John Ciafone left an indelible imprint in House music's global psyche since their debut in the early '90s. With Lem on keyboards and John doing the beats, their...
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...
Meet Rubb Sound System
IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, Rubb Sound System had almost 30 releases and have already remixed some of the biggest names in the industry: Frankie Knuckles, Steve Silk Hurley, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Armando Gallop,...
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...
Extraordinary Magnitude: ExMag Comes To Chicago
There’s something deliciously sexy when you hear the future funk downtempo sounds of Extraordinary Magnitude. ExMag is a collaboration of producers with big names in their own right: Eric Mendelson, Mike Lannatto and Tyler...
FOUNDATIONS: The Essential WAR Playlist
Straight out of South Central Los Angeles, WAR fused genres and delivered pointed messages about race, poverty and conflict over an uplifting groove.
DEL selects 14 essentially tracks from WAR's storied career for the Essential...
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...
Rich Medina: What The Future Looks Like
IN FIVE TO TEN YEARS, DJs who cannot function without digital music will hit a wall and be forced to turn back to the analog basics in some way, shape or form, as...
Tommie Sunshine: What The Future Looks Like
I BELIEVE people will get interested in what House Music was all about in the beginning: the feeling. I predict there will a gravitational pull towards the real and towards anything that evokes an...
Steve “Silk” Hurley: What The Future Looks Like
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW I have a feeling that House Music will have made a complete comeback to where it was in the early '90s, but with even more commercial success. I believe it...
Rees Urban: What The Future Looks Like
AT THIS POINT I'M absolutely lost with the direction of dance music. It's at an all time high as far as the fanbase is under the umbrella of EDM, but at an all time...
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...
Roy Davis, Jr.: What The Future Looks Like
I THINK THAT THE SALES of actual vinyl will start to increase and the digital record stores will become weaker, as the streaming avenues like YouTube, etc. thanks to advertising companies, will become a...
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...
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Dedication: To Juan Atkins
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
