Chicago House Music Festival & Conference announces lineup and set-times for 2025
This year's free public festival stretches across four days staring August 21 2025 with a renewed emphasis on house dance.
Mississippi Soul: Annie & The Caldwells drop a bomb with remixers Nicky Siano, musclecars & more
Luaka Bop enlists Nicky Siano along with musclecars, Justin Strauss and Kornel Kovacs to remix two songs from family soul and gospel band Annie and The Caldwells.
Soulful house festival Liquid Spirit returns to Malta in September 2025
Liquid Spirit festival on Gozo Island in the Mediterranean features a long weekend of music, pop-ups and several boat parties.
Lolo Knows mix: RISE vol 33
Wake up, it's time for a new deep and soulful house music set from Cleveland's LOLO KNOWS for 5 Mag's RISE series.
Chicago’s We Love Soul celebrates 15 years this weekend
The Chicago community of soul lovers marks their 15th anniversary this Sunday April 6 2025 at The Promontory with Sean Alvarez, Duane Powell, Joe Kollege and Jay Illa.
Saturated in soul: Abacus adds to a legendary discography on Analog Stories Vol 3
The world has gone wrong in every way we can measure but Austin Bascom is back and dropping tracks again and they're as good as they were back in the day.
LUKUMIPEOPLE mix: RISE vol 32
Wake up, it's time for a new deep & heady set from LUKUMIPEOPLE for 5 Mag's RISE series
Elbert Phillips releases a 3 hour Frankie Knuckles classics tribute mix
Chicago DJ and producer Elbert Phillips pays tribute to the late, legendary Frankie Knuckles with this extended and thoroughly dope classic tribute mix.
Groovehaüs is a new soulful house dayparty at Masada
Chicago's House of Haus Productions presents GROOVEHAÜS: A Day of Soulful House Music on Saturday, January 18 2025 from 3pm to 8pm with Passport Paul, Rika B, Evan G and Arvi Mala.
Quest One: Sterling V/A from London imprint Soul Quest
Young London imprint Soul Quest Records, launched just last year by producer Max Sinal alongside friends Michael Mead and Leon Sweeney, has been making some impressive moves in a very short space of time. Quest One is a 5 track EP showcasing a talented crew of friends and music-makers on the rise, doing things the right way.
Surrender: Tony Humphries remixes Tranquil Elephantizer for Wicked
Soulful house, acid house and Jersey garage meet up for tea and microdosing on the "Surrender" remixes for legendary Bay Area crew Wicked.
House of Fouk: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag
Dutch deep house duo Fouk's first 5 Mag cover story and an exclusive mix, plus London soul with Paris Cesvette, Azzad, Thando, Moby, Aslice, another lost Paul Johnson mix and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Teddy Douglas mix – RISE vol 28
Baltimore house music icon Teddy Douglas drops a 60 minute mix for 5 Mag in celebration of his new album, "I'm Here," out now on Nervous Records.
New Mix: Live from Cz’s House
I'm back, with a shiny new Czboogie sign as a birthday gift. I've missed you all, please feel free to share this video and of course I always love to hear your comments. Much love!
Love Is The Message: Inside 5 Mag #216
Andy Compton on 50 albums and 25 years of Peng, Ralph Session cover mix, Dan Sicko's love letter to the city of Detroit, Chicago's Noble Square Records' deep house love affair and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.
Crazy P singer Danielle Moore has died
Vocalist Danielle Moore of Crazy P has died, according to a post by the UK house music group. She was 52 years old.
Stir: Japan’s BRISA with Turbojazz, Jon Dixon & Byron The Aquarius
Japanese producer BRISA drops a varied five-tracker of tunes featuring remixes from Jon Dixon and Byron The Aquarius on Cosmocities.
Only Fans: X-Press 2 continue their 2024 remix hot streak
X-Press 2 are having a stellar year for remixes, which have without exception been top-notch no-prisoners serious dance floor gear. Their new remixes of Joseph Malik and Digital Liquid's "Only Fans" on F*CLR is just the same.
SYNC: Paul Johnson mix – Jive Turkey (2012)
Lost mix from the Chicago house icon Paul Johnson originally posted around Thanksgiving 2012.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
