Features

Feature stories, profiles and interviews with leading House Music DJs, producers and vocalists from more than 14 years of 5 Magazine.

Review: 5 Mag at 51st State Festival 2019

5 Mag went to 51st State Festival in London this year. We'll be going back in 2020 too. Photos and video of Wookie, Kerri Chandler, Soul Clap and more.
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Something Special: An Interview with Milly James

#TheMic: Studio sessions, live music in a pandemic and making something special with Mike Schommer: a profile of UK vocalist Milly James.
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Electribal Soul: Billie Ray Martin on the fabled lost album from Electribe 101

Originally recorded in 1991, pioneering electronic music band Electribe 101's lost second album, Electribal Soul, is finally released.
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The Sound of Tomorrow: Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon Recordings

Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur add a new sibling to the label family. Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon Recordings.
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The Essential Vincent Montana, Jr. Playlist

DEL's Foundations counts down the required songs from Vincent Montana Jr.'s extensive discography. Related: Foundations: Remember Vincent Montana, Jr.   It Looks Like Love ('78) - Goody Goody - "#1 Dee Jay", "Super Jock", and "Bio-Rhythms" (which I...
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Ludus Pinsky: Musician, Producer, Maker of Synthesizers

For 5 Magazine's new column focusing on machines and the men and women who love them, we talk to The Analog Session's Ludus Pinsky - "musician, producer, maker of synthesizers". The synth-driven, largely improvisational...

Skip & Silk’s Chicago House Music Documentary

ANY TRUE HOUSE FAN knows that there have been a few DVDs floating around as of late that chronicle the early days of House music in Chicago. Well, get ready for one more. About...
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Essential Angel Moraes: Life In Stereo

The journey is the reward: Angel Moraes leaves behind a staggering legacy in the house music scene. Here are 16 tracks we love best.
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Larry Heard & Robert Owens are Suing Trax Records

Chicago House Music pioneers Larry Heard and Robert Owens have filed a multi-million dollar copyright infringement suit against Trax Records and defendant Rachael Cain.

Wired Fridays – Chicago’s Friday Lunchtime Series

This past summer has been a fantastic one for Chicago's fans of House music. Between all the festivals (Wavefront, Spring Awakening, House of Sol, Chosen Few, Silver Room Block Party, WestFest), Smirnoff's Lunch Break...
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A Tom Moulton Interview

There isn't much I can tell you about Tom Moulton that you don't know already. Tom made modern DJing possible, though he's never been one. He was probably the most indispensable person in terms...

Recloose is Back in the USA

(Photo © 2014 Mike Weston - www.thearea.co.nz) After thirteen years abroad, Matthew "Recloose" Chicoine is coming home. Since 2001, Recloose has been living in New Zealand, limiting international gigs to brief tours a couple of times...

Retrospect: Andy Compton from The Rurals

After 20 years of putting out music, Andy Compton from The Rurals has the hard-earned reputation for being a connoisseur of all things soulful, jazzy, with a groovy downtempo vibe. He's about to release...

Dennis Ferrer: Embracing The Future

Ever since his debut album The World as I See It came out in 2006, Dennis Ferrer's name has been synonymous with sounds that are innovative, fresh and borderline risky, reaching success via a...

Kid Enigma: He’s Different

When people say Chicago has the history but not the future, they're probably not tuned in to the fierce undercurrent of hardworking artists that have been diligently plowing away at their craft. Keith Rafael...

Terry Hunter: What The Future Looks Like

I THINK IN THREE YEARS we will have a drastic shift in music as we know it... We all know everything comes in cycles so I predict more well written and produced projects with...

Sunshine Jones: The 5 Magazine Interview

Every artist, if they really care about what they do, goes through some pretty dark times. But you never expect that from the likes of Sunshine Jones. Co-founder of Dubtribe with his wife Moonbeam,...
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Area: Where I Am Now

Where I Am Now is the debut LP from Chicago-based producer Area (aka m50) released on Francois K's Wave Music imprint. Featuring 12 tracks of pulsing, adventurous electronic music, of moody lows and exhilarating...
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Sir Rick: The Neverending Reflections of Rick Wade

Detroit producer Rick Wade has been a fixture of the Deep House scene since the early 1990s. Long considered an underground hero - one of those guys we call a "producer's producer" or a...
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Black Coffee on the Brink

An interview with South Africa DJ and producer Black Coffee at the head of his US tour back in 2010.

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Chicago’s Secret Spot: One Year of Miyagi Records

From a pop up in a storage space to a brick-and-mortar record store, Hyde Park's Miyagi Records talks to 5 Mag on one year of building community and creating your very own secret spot on the Southside of Chicago.