DJ Hyperactive (Live Vinyl Set at Primary)
Here we are now - Volume 2 of the Slap Jaxx Podcast - the SLAPCAST, if you will - a new Techno mix series curated by Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Volume 2 is...
It’s Robert Hood’s World and We’re Just Living In It
So this is how it went: Robert Hood returned to Movement in May, dropped the remixes of the best track on the debut Floorplan album, Paradise, the week of, and then backslapped the masses...
Spirit of the Black 808: Invasion of the Black Bass
Sometime between Record Store Day and Summer, Spirit of the Black 808 will release at least an album's worth of material on two labels. Combined, the two EPs - Infroduction on Hizou and this...
Afrikan Sciences: Means and Ways EP
Seriously, I almost flipped my wig when I first heard the tunes on this 12" from Oakland's Eric Douglas aka Afrikan Sciences. This is soundscaping at work as unique waveforms are presented with three...
Listen to Mystic Bill’s Ferocious Throwback “U Won’t C Me”
Nothing sensitive or subtle about this one. Mystic Bill - the man who DJ'd for your favorite DJ's DJ - teams up with German label Snuff Trax for the forthcoming EP U Won't C...
Marc King: Ever Forward (FXHE)
At a time when most American labels are having trouble getting records pressed, the greatest problem Omar S and FXHE are having is keeping them in stock. As of May 2015, Detroit's FXHE has...
These are the beats you’re looking for: Yeti Mind Tricks debuts on Motech
"Distance" is an incendiary release from Glasgow native Yeti Mind Tricks from Motech.
Techno Activism: Paula Temple raises money for embattled Ukraine animal shelter
Previously unreleased track "Resist" available to support Gostomel Animal Shelter in Ukraine.
A Stellar Reissue: Dave Angel’s Original Man / Quarter Pounder
Here is a record from back in the day that you really, really can play today. Could. Should.
Premiere: Black Eyes – Scuba Lyfe (Rolando Remix) [Lost Control 2097]
Bangin' remix from the legendary DJ Rolando (Underground Resistance, Los Hermanos) of SCUBA LYFE, the hazy, deliriously hypnotic and appropriately trippy b-side track from Manchester producer Black Eyes
Just Announced: Movement 2024 Set Times – All Stages
Set times have been announced for all stages and all three days of the 2024 installment of Movement, America's most cherished techno festival taking place in Hart Plaza, Detroit on Memorial Day weekend, May 25 through May 27 2024.
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...
Reeko: Constellation Andromeda (Modularz)
If you are ever tasked with writing about Techno tunes, it's really important to remember the context in which so much of it is meant to be heard. Sure, you could sit and listen...
m50: 5 Magazine’s New Mix Monday #169
We published a full interview with m50 (aka Area) last year, when he released his debut album Where I Am Now on Wave Music. So if you want the long story, you can go...
Aura: The Northern Lights EP
UK producer DJ Aura delivers a deep yet techie 3 track EP, and it's definitely club friendly. The original mix of "Excited State" is a deep & dirty, yet funky hypnotic loop, almost Kerri...
Robert Hood: The Faith and the Fury
We almost lost Detroit. It's the title of a song, one of Gil Scott-Heron's best, but that phrase often comes to mind when I read another accidental obituary for the Motor City.
Detroit's decline is...
Token Releases Inigo Kennedy’s Tornado
Powerful, evocative Techno on Inigo Kennedy's Tornado EP from Token Records.
Jeff Mills Returns to the Radio and Explodes the Medium
This Wednesday marks the launch of a new format show, The Outer Limits on NTS Live.
Introducing… The New Dance Sound of Moscow
Some interesting techno emerging from the Russian capital of Moscow on this attractive new compilation.
Eddie Fowlkes – A 5 Mag Mix 64
The latest 5 Mag Mix is a set from legendary Detroit founding father Eddie Fowlkes.
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New Frankie Knuckles & Chicago House Music themed mural unveiled in Uptown
The public artwork by artist Max Sansing pays tribute to Frankie Knuckles, house music in Chicago and cult house music label Gherkin Records.
