Listening Room: RaShaan Houston on Be With You (2014)
There's a story behind every track. Or at least the good ones. Listening Room is our (somewhat neglected of late) music feature devoted to discovering new music and learning the story behind the tracks...
Listening Room: Marcel Vogel on Doin It (Intimate Friends)
There's a story behind every track. Or at least the good ones. Listening Room is our (somewhat neglected of late) music feature devoted to discovering new music and learning the story behind the tracks...
In Residence with Housepitality, San Francisco
The poet Allen Ginsberg called them the "classic stations of the earth" - the points on a map where people seemed to gather, quite spontaneously, to celebrate life and create a scene. We're calling...
Pittsburgh Track Authority: The 5 Magazine Interview
Meet Preslav Lefterov, Thomas Cox and Adam Ratana, collectively Pittsburgh Track Authority. And remember their names, because these three guys from Pittsburgh will restore your faith in the American dance music scene.
So how did...
One of Us: Terry Hunter and the Making of a Chicago Legend
"I want people to feel like they saw something special when I'm gone." Chicago House Music producer Terry Hunter is one of the most prolific musical figures this city has ever seen. This is...
Treasure Fingers: The 5 Magazine Interview
It would be fair to say Treasure Fingers has been at the forefront of the Nu Disco scene since its infancy. What you may not know is that he's also one-third of Evol Intent...
The Essential George Duke Playlist
Crazy P, Daft Punk, Cajmere, Stanley Clarke and Michael Jackson make an appearance in DEL's Essential George Duke Playlist, compiled for his column Foundations.
Related: Foundations: George Duke: Master of the Game
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George Duke: Master of the Game
George Duke was the Master of the Game - a creative force that applied an academic and theoretical knowledge of music composition to pop music and a wide array of dance music's foundations.
DEL's Foundations...
Flava In Ya Ear: 5 Mag Interviews DJ Lil’ Tal (Exclusive Mix Added)
Photo: 'Tal-Paul: Paul Johnson (left) and DJ Lil'Tal (right) are the Doobie Brothas, from the artwork for the Doobie Bruthas EP on Dance Mania.
This summer marked the release of The Doobie Bruthas project (DM-301),...
5 Mag Interviews Todd Edwards – On Disclosure, Daft Punk and His New Album
Two years ago I watched Todd Edwards (twitter | soundcloud) charm the pants off his Chicago audience. Armed with the biggest smile and glow cross necklaces to give away, he danced through his entire...
JT Donaldson’s 7 Inch Adventures
The restless adventurer has found a new calling. One-time Chicago resident JT Donaldson played twice in as many months in the city this summer, with something new in his bag.
Or sort of new. They're...
Best House Music Clubs in Chicago: A Guide to Chicago’s House Music Underground
Chicago is known around the world as the birthplace of House and where House Music began, and there are a great number of House Music clubs in Chicago where one can hear Classic House...
Everyone Is A DJ. And It’s Only Going To Get Worse.
Blame it on Afrojack, dance music's answer to Nickelback. He made it all so easy, and so lucrative for how easy it is - to mask a fundamental lack of skill, knowledge and creativity...
Mike Grant: Moods, Grooves and Cool People
In 1985 - just as the profile of the Detroit scene exploded overseas - Mike Grant enlisted in the military. Thus began his second career - a career aside from running what has to...
The Essential TK Disco Playlist
Peter Brown, Kat Mandu, Gino Soccio and Ralph McDonald join Anita Ward and KC and the Sunshine Band in DEL's essential TK Disco Playlist, compiled by DEL for Foundations.
Related: Foundations: TK Disco: Ray Caviano...
TK Disco – Ray Caviano and the Lost Art of Record Promotion
The signature bamboo, blue skies and palm trees meant this was a record worthy of the name TK DISCO. Ray Caviano made sure DJs played it.
DEL's Foundations series searches through the roots of modern...
Rewind 4Ever: The History of UK Garage Documentary
You may have seen the extremely enticing trailer of the UK Garage documentary Rewind 4Ever floating around on people's social media walls at some point last year. Clips of producers, DJs and MCs such...
Moon Boots: The 5 Magazine Interview
Moon Boots - the mystery man and French Express artist who in the last few years has produced some of the smoothest, sexiest soulful R&B/Disco-infused House - speaks to 5 Magazine about his music.
So...
House of Music: Stefano Zito and the Sudden Life and Death of the World’s Greatest Italo...
There are no good guidebooks to Italo Disco, no beginner's manual, no elegant list of essential tracks that can get a young record nerd started on his or her way into one of the...
The Devil’s Music: Who Is William Onyeabor?
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Luaka Bop
In the six months since Luaka Bop's reissue album Who Is William Onyeabor? was released, the obscure, reclusive Nigerian funk and disco musician has been acclaimed...
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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.
