Phuture Perfect: DJ Pierre on the Return of the Original Acid House Band
For the first time in decades, Acid House creators DJ Pierre and Spank Spank are touring together as Phuture. They want you to know that it all began in Chicago.
Acid House emerged from the...
Trinidadian Deep’s Native Rising EP for Perpetual Rhythms
Few producers working in Deep House can claim a more bold or distinctive sound ID than Trinidadian Deep, who has carved out a role for himself with a foundation of jazz and the music...
The Secret Side of Incognito
The little known history of the undercover brothers and sisters of Incognito, in this month's Foundations by DEL.
FOUNDATIONS has focused a lot on the seminal days of dance music, particularly the period between the...
Recapping The Brighton Music Conference 2015
Now in its second year, the Brighton Music Conference is a gathering on the South coast of England (less than an hour outside London) with a dual focus on education and business for the...
Dayton: The Sound Of Music (Jon Iler & John Simmons Mix)
An edit from Chicago's Jon Iler and John Simmons brings long lost funk band Dayton back into the spotlight.
Dayton - The Sound Of Music (Jon Iler & John Simmons' Sound Of Chicago Mix)
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Phuture Past: DJ Pierre’s First Party Was In a Barn
Seems like every time I sit down with DJ Pierre, we wind up with a lot more material than we can squeeze into print. Last time, we had a lengthy discourse on the meaning...
5 Things Nobody Told Me About Making Music
"Get your mixes heard! Learn to produce your own tracks!! Boost your social media presence!! Start your own label!!!"
Motivational blog posts (often from otherwise respectable sources) giving out tips on how to build your...
Freaks, Ravers and/or Geniuses: Hardkiss’ Delusions of Grandeur at 20
It may surprise you to read this, but "House Music history" has never been that interesting to me. I just like stories - narratives as big and epic and sloppy as Creation itself -...
What It Takes: The Chosen Few Picnic Turns 25
It was 25 years ago this July that someone got the idea of adding turntables to a family reunion and the Chosen Few Picnic was born.
From those humble beginnings in a field behind the...
Derrick Carter and Chez Damier: Live at the Apple Store
We promised a night of education, laughter and inspiration and we hope that's what you got from 5 Magazine's first moderated panel at the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store last Friday, June 12, 2015...
Primary: Chicago’s Little Club That Could
When today’s music insists that bigger is better - whether it be festivals with multiple stages set in massive fields, or mega clubs that brag about their size as if the music scene were...
Justin Martin Is All Over The Place
JUSTIN MARTIN AND HIS ENTIRE DIRTYBIRD CREW are a jolt of adrenaline, with them there's never a dull moment. But behind all the partying and the spontaneity he projects, Justin is actually a very...
MK, Strider and the Most Expensive Dance Music Acetate In The World
"IT'S STRANGE," MARC KINCHEN says. "A lot of people have been asking me about this lately."
Marc Kinchen of course is MK, and what people have been asking him about is a song you were...
Tortured Soul: The Band Will Go On
It's been a tough time for everyone. We've been losing people in our House community at an alarming rate this past year, and each one is completely unexpected. Last month we mourned the sudden...
Meet New York’s Songstress Jasmine Clemente
Jasmine Clemente has been on our radar for a while. This Puerto Rican songstress has been making beautiful noise in the New York nightlife, debuting her first soulful House single, "Free My Spirit" in...
Love, Italian Style: The House of Frankie
While basking in the paradise which was the UK's final Southport Weekender, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet two likeminded individuals: Giordano Fracasso and Alessandro Mele from Italy. They were like me, first...
A Conversation with Eats Everything, Mostly About Food
How much can a DJ who goes by "Eats Everything" talk about food? We tested those limits but managed to get a few words in about other matters with the UK-based DJ and recording...
The Best Track Dusky Never Released
It's one of the hottest tracks of the last two years, and it's never been released. "Sunsets & Dolphins" is the "lost" single from UK duo Dusky (Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell). It had...
Recorded In Heaven: Remembering Michael Kandel of Tranquility Bass
THE LABELS ON HIS RECORDS SAID that these songs had been "Recorded In Heaven," though after listening you never needed to be told.
Tragically, the man that made those celestial tracks - American Trip Hop...
This is the Disco Documentary We’ve Been Waiting For
For the public at large, it's all about KC. For people who really love music, it's Gino Soccio, it's T-Connection, it's Boris Midney and Queen Samantha and more.
Behind these artists was TK Disco, and...
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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.
