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5 Magazine Hits Issue #112 with Recloose, Psycho-Bitch & Sundae

The November 2014 Issue of 5 Magazine is now available! A deeper look inside this month's features: 5 Mag's Terry Matthew talks to Detroit-born DJ and producer Recloose. After 13 years in New Zealand, Recloose is...

Will Beatport Turn Into The Next SoundCloud?

SFX Entertainment has purchased Listn, a combination streaming/aggregation and social networking app, and will immediately shut the app down by the end of the month, according to a blog post by Listn's founder and...

Preserving The Beats: A Conversation About House Music with Gene Hunt

Chicago DJ Gene Hunt is one hell of a conversationalist, and now you can hear him in the refined setting of a university library on November 5, 2014. The Dance Music Research and Archive Foundation...

Soundcloud Announces Twitter Streaming But Not For You

Users are now able to play tracks from directly within the Twitter timeline on their mobile devices. They just can't play yours. Yet. SoundCloud announced today a partnership with Twitter on new "Audio Cards". "Some...

3 Degrees Will Launch a New Residency at GrandBar Tonight

They're more than a DJ collective but for the sake of clarity let's stick with the basics: Chicago based DJ collective 3 Degrees is back every Wednesday night. Their new residency is launching in...
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DVS1 Named Artist In Residence at SmartBar

Every so often, talent and character come together in the same person. And while nobody will pay a $15 cover to hear a DJ's character, it's nice to know that the people you admire...
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5 Magazine Issue #111 Released

Issue #111 of 5 Magazine is out now, featuring Chicago juke and ghetto house prince Gant-Man aka Gant Garrard. Once heralded as the world's youngest professional DJ, Gant-Man released his first track on Dance...
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Wired Fridays Is Back In Downtown Chicago

This Friday, October 3 marks the launch of the new season for Wired Fridays, the free daytime dance party in downtown Chicago brought to you by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs...

Massive Vinyl Emporium Josey Records to Open in Dallas

They're counting down the days until the opening of a new 15,000 square foot record shop in Dallas, and there's a familiar face in the mix behind it. JT Donaldson joins Luke Sardello and Waric...
5 Magazine Issue 110

5 Magazine Issue #110 Released

5 Magazine hits Issue #110, and this issue's cover story is with Chicago House legend Terry Hunter. Terry is - by pretty much any measure you want to use - one of the most...
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City of Chicago Plays Music Critic, Bans EDM at Congress Theater

It should make your skin crawl to see a genre banned from a venue - even with the owner's somewhat desperate consent. But that's what will happen when and if the 88 year old...
Paul Zyla

Paul Zyla Is In The Hospital and His Family Could Use Some Help

photo via Host of the weekly DJ broadcast Ultrawizardsword Dot Net and Pittsburgh scene fixture, Paul Zyla is currently in the hospital. His family posted that last Monday, Paul suffered an aneurysm and seizure...

Funeral and Memorial Services for Andre Harris

Following up on our report yesterday about the death of Chicago House Music producer & DJ Andre Harris, 5 Magazine has learned that funeral and memorial services will be held this coming Saturday, June...
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Chicago House Producer Andre Harris Passed Away

We've just received the sad and shocking news that Andre Harris - long a mainstay of the Chicago House scene - passed away last week. The announcement was made in a joint statement by Roy...
Frankie Knuckles

Full Coverage of the City of Chicago Frankie Knuckles Tribute Tues June 3 2014

As announced previously, this June 3, 2014, the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events will be holding a dance party in Millennium Park to pay tribute to Frankie Knuckles. The festivities...
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City of Chicago Announces Tribute to Frankie Knuckles

The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has revealed the date and location for a special all-city tribute and dance party in tribute to Frankie Knuckles. The event will be held...
DJ Rashad

Get Behind This: DJ Rashad Tribute in Chicago Thursday May 15

DJ Rashad's friends are coming together on Thursday May 15 at Evil Olive for a tribute to the fallen juke & footwork producer and DJ, presented by Evil Olive with Teklife and Paul Johnson. Scheduled...
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Breaking: Frankie Knuckles Has Passed Away

Update #2 - This Entire Scene Was Frankie's Dance Floor: Frankie Knuckles, 1955-2014 ---- Update - Apologies to everyone. We published the below note at about 9:30pm CDT. By 9:45, the site had crashed from the...

Creative Chicago Expo Starts Tomorrow

It's not too late (and it won't be until it's over) to attend the 11th Annual Creative Chicago Expo, which is being held this Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15, 2014 from 10am-4pm...
Dance Mania

The Day Dance Mania Took Over Boiler Room Chicago (Complete Audio and Video)

(Massive respect here to Davey Dave, Ray Barney and Parris Mitchell and all of those off-camera that done the damn thing.) Preserving this for posterity in one spot: all video and audio mixes of the...

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