#StayHomeDisco – DJs Under Lockdown
5 Mag is launching a new project to help hold our community together and feed our souls with good music. DJ sets every day, several times per day.
Essential Tracks: Shawn Rudiman & Jordan GCZ on AMS > PIT
Shawn Rudiman and Jordan GCZ of Juju and Jordash collaborate on a new EP that's mostly techno, except nobody really makes techno like this anymore.
Microdot – A 5 Mag Mix 92
IHeartTechno - Chicago DJ Microdot takes over for our latest 5 Mag Mix.
SELECT: 6 Acid Tracks with Rudosa
Prolific UK DJ and producer Rudosa shares his playlist of his six favorite acid tracks, past and present, new and classic.
Love Notes Signs Ike Release for The Shape of Orbit
Ike Release shows that he's still one of the most versatile producers around with four ultra deep but eclectic and unique tracks.
Compost 25 – Michael Reinboth on a Quarter Century of Compost Records
Will Sumsuch talks with Michael Reinboth, founder of Compost Records — the most important electronic music label of the last 25 years.
Who Are Black Cadmium & How Are They Making Such Dope Records?
Rotterdam duo Black Cadmium are working with second hand Detroit DNA and they're building a monster.
Deep Core: A Month With Malcolm Moore’s Long-Awaited Album
The best, latest and hopefully not the last of Malcolm Moore is Deep Core, a 12 track LP that finally dropped on wax a few days ago.
Marco Faraone: Uncaged
Techno producer Marco Faraone has been DJing since he was 14 years old and released his first record a decade ago. 2019 turned out to be his biggest year yet.
#ListenUp Charlotte de Witte’s KNTXT Drops Sophisticated Left The Planet from Monoloc
Monoloc's "Sky Is Broken" is the muddy atmospheric acid dream you were put on this earth to experience. It's the outlier from his new EP and the third from Charlotte de Witte's KNTXT label.
ItaloJohnson Remixes DJ Haus on Modul8
Fiery ItaloJohnson remix of Modul8, the title track for DJ Haus' latest EP on his mothership Unknown To The Unknown label.
Madman of Music Ludus Pinsky Returns on Lettrobox 1
Producer, musician and synth sculptor Ludus Pinsky drops an EP of bubbling techno and ragged grooves on Alexander Robotnick's label Hot Elephant.
Surfing with the Aliens on Ellen Allien’s UFO Inc.
UFOx01 and UFOx02 dropped simultaneously as "very limited" white labels at ADE 2019 and more recently in digital format, and the combined 8 tracks makes for one of the strongest V/A compilations of the past year.
At Ground Zero with Lydia Eisenblätter
Three minutes into "Walk" and you've got one of the most vicious grooving deep house tracks you'll find in the racks this month.
Liquid Earth Tours 20 Years of Rave Americana on Microsmosis
Urulu dons his Liquid Earth guise and soaks in the psychedelic SciFi aesthetic of TerraFirm on the new release Microsmosis.
The Culture with Marshall Applewhite
Only in the Midwest - and really, only in a city like Detroit - could you find a producer and DJ like Marshall Applewhite.
The Week Ghostly International Takes Over Chicago
Pop up shops, interviews and talks and two distinct but related shows at Metro and Smartbar to celebrate 20 years of Ghostly International.
Marshall Applewhite – A 5 Mag Mix 86
"If EDM is drug music, Marshall Applewhite is the anti-drug." This is the latest 5 Mag Mix.
Jeff Derringer on Ten Years of OKTAVE
"At this point, the underground needs an underground." 5 Mag talks to Jeff Derringer on ten years of his OKTAVE residency and the state of techno in Chicago and worldwide.
#ListenUp Ninna V Going Over The Edge
Portuguese techno provocateur Ninna V dropped this two track EP last month and if techno is a thing you like then "Over The Edge" is something you need to get.
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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.
