Todd Terry: The 5 Magazine Interview
Todd Terry is an icon in House Music. He also has quite a history that many don't know about. He did production on the Jungle Brothers' "I'll House You" - a tune that people...
Chuck Love: The 5 Magazine Interview
Chuck Love is literally a one man band. From playing the flute to the drums and from the bass to vocals, he does it all in his live show while mixing songs. He also...
Mark Farina: The 5 Magazine Interview
If this magazine has made it into your House Music-loving hands, an introduction to Mark Farina is probably unnecessary. From the creation of the Mushroom Jazz series to winding up on Top DJs of...
Anane Vega and Louie Vega: The 5 Magazine Interview
In February 2010, Nervous Records will be releasing Ananesworld, the new album from vocalist Anané (website, facebook, myspace, twitter, podomatic) and produced by her husband, Grammy Award winner Louie Vega. Effortlessly shifting from Deep...
1200 Warriors: The 5 Magazine Interview
Meet DJ Choco (aka G-Dubs) and Junior Rivero (aka DJ Rivero), a highly impressive duo from Washington Heights, New York that call themselves the 1200 Warriors (website, label, facebook, myspace, discogs, youtube). Their music...
Confessions of a Radio Pirate
Electronic music, as we've lamented time and time again in these pages, is nowhere on the radio spectrum in Chicago. Outside of a record here and there, it hasn't been for years. And while...
The Martinez Brothers: The 5 Magazine Interview
Bursting onto the scene almost four years ago at the tender ages of 13 and 16, the Bronx-born Martinez Brothers have infused new blood and hope in what many see as a plateauing scene....
Jamie Lewis: The 5 Magazine Interview
From Switzerland, Jamie Lewis has been rocking the tables and carrying the flag for House Music for more than 20 years.
What Happened to Gemini? A Spencer Kincy Update
(This article about Spencer Kincy was originally published at the now-defunct housemusicdaily site. Since a few other things I've written reference this, I thought it sensible to reproduce it here. I wrote something else...
Kid Sister and Cajmere: The 5 Magazine Interview
Creative people gravitate towards each other naturally, and when it comes to two artists that are known to crossover musical genres it's no surprise that House icon Cajmere and hiphop diva Kid Sister would...
Deetron’s Balanced Attack
Between the time that I write this and the time you read this, more than a hundred mix compilations will be released. I don't know anyone who buys them, and despite being I champion...
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...
DJ Spinna: The Boogie Back
Let's go back now, to the period after Disco was purged from the airwaves but before House Music was born. Musicologists have dubbed this urban musical outpost "Boogie Music", dominated by the Funk and...
Andy Compton: The 5 Magazine Interview
5 Magazine 2009 interview with Soulful House producer and DJ Andy Compton.
Bad Boy Bill: The 5 Magazine Interview
In Chicago, Bad Boy Bill (website, discogs, twitter, myspace, facebook, youtube) is best known for his mix shows on WMBX, WGCI and B96 and he is credited to being the founding father of the...
Marshall Jefferson: The 5 Magazine Interview
Whether you remember him as Virgo, Hercules, On The House, Jungle Wonz, the producer for Ten City or simply Marshall Jefferson (website, discogs, facebook, myspace), he has been in the crates of DJs from...
5 Questions with DJ Lil John…
We were shocked to hear that our friend, former Red Dog resident DJ Lil John Coleman, was no longer on the air at WGCI where he had been a mix show DJ for almost...
K.Joy: It’s Like This…
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, my excitable friend Kevin Starke of the vinyl emporium Kstarke Records told me that he'd recently run into K. Joy - "the singer on that track 'Like This' that Ron...
Mike Dunn Welcomes You to the Business
The reality is that 90% of people who dream of having a career in music, whether it be Producer/Singer/DJ, etc., will never make it to the level they dream of. It takes a lot...
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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.
