Kevin Saunderson: The Techno Pioneer on Inner City and a Four Deck Tour with Derrick May
Formed in 1987, Inner City is getting another facelift. Featuring the vocals of Chicago native Paris Grey and propelled by Detroit Techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson, Inner City has to date sold more than 6...
Toomy Disco: The 5 Magazine Interview
I have to admit, after I first heard Toomy Disco's new album Bedroom Tricks, the first thing I did was email Jazzy Eyewear of SoSound (the label that released it) and demand to know...
Samantha James: The 5 Magazine Interview
In 2006, Samantha James scored a #1 Billboard hit with her debut single Rise. Four years later, the sensational vocalist has emerged with her follow-up album, Subsconscious - a deeply introspective journey bridging soul...
Reel People: The 5 Magazine Interview
No matter where your tastes in dance music lead you, you have to give it up for a work of painstaking musicianship, exquisite songwriting and genuine soul. Golden Lady is that type of album,...
Byrd Bardot Takes Over at Boom Boom Room
Going on its 20th year in 2011, Boom Boom Room can probably make the boast of being THE longest House music residency in the world. And combining the fact that it resides in the...
Copyright: The 5 Magazine Interview
There is not one Copyright song that I do not like. My music library is filled with tons of Copyright's music, and English-born Sam Holt and Gavin Mills without a doubt deserve the title...
Joshua Iz: The 5 Magazine Interview
Joshua Michaels is better known to most as simply Joshua, Iz or half of the DJ and production duo of Iz & Diz. Iz is a jack of all trades and has dabbled in...
Label Profile: Luke McKeehan and Nordic Trax
5 Mag's Label Profile series is a new feature we're starting up this month, with curiously in-depth overviews of some of our favorite House Music labels. Recognizing that most labels (especially these days) are...
Chicago House Legend Paul Johnson Seriously Injured in Accident
Update (28 Dec 2010 14:26:00) from Agency Sounds: Per Paul Johnson, permission must be obtained from Paul Johnson prior to hosting a benefit in his name or using his image. Please contact camille@agencysounds.com or...
Inland Knights: Classics
Hard to believe that it's been 12 years since Laurence Ritchie and Andy Riley formed Inland Knights (twitter, myspace, discogs) and unleashed their form of House Music mayhem on an unsuspecting world. After meeting...
Alexander East: Enter Planet East
Alexander East is that rare renaissance man in this scene - spinning records, singing on them, a master of a half dozen different instruments (and probably more). Born in Brooklyn, he's done an amazing...
Ian Friday: The 5 Magazine Interview
New York City's Ian Friday is a modern-day troubadour - a poet, DJ, producer and - as rare as it gets in this era of churn-and-burn dance music singles - a songwriter par excellence.
Junior Vasquez: The 5 Magazine Interview
5 Magazine's Czarina Mirani interviews a New York dance music legend.
Colette: The 5 Magazine Interview
Rees Urban's 2010 cover story with Chicago's pride, DJ Colette.
Josh Milan: The 5 Magazine Interview
Josh Milan and his cohorts from Blaze have been the musical masterminds behind many monumental moments on the dance floor. Now striking out on his own in the guise of a classic-style record executive,...
Disco Forever: Dimitri from Paris on the Rise and Fall of Philly Disco
Dimitri from Paris, dance music's foremost musicologist and the master of the compilation, returns with Get Down With the Philly Sound - a stunning collection and remix pack highlighting the sound of Philly International,...
Quentin Harris: “The Young Don’t Want To Learn and the Old Don’t Want to Teach”
The Sacrifice: In the mid-2000s, Quentin Harris was a dance music powerhouse. But despite his outspoken and over the top nature, his musical offerings of late have been relatively sparse.
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.
Greenskeepers’ James Curd: The 5 Magazine Interview
James Curd (website, facebook, discogs, twitter) has made quite a name for himself this past decade. Also known as the mastermind behind the Greenskeepers band, James tells us about his near-death flying experience, why...
Josh Wink Unpeeled
A banana was just a banana when Josh Wink (website, facebook, twitter) came on the scene in the late 1980s: one could drop Acid, Detroit Tracks, German Techno and Chicago House and obsess less...
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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.
