Todd Sines: Envelop
"Everything that needs to be said has already been said," André Gide once said. "But since no one was listening, everything must be said again."
Maybe this time they'll get it right. This weekend, while...
Secret Studio: Thought Subtraction EP
Every record from these guys feels like a real "secret" - a present shared from two neighbors that moved away to California to become hippies and the fam they left back home. It's not...
Ali Berger’s Phone Calls EP
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Years ago, one of those crazy wizards that study Brian Eno with a focus that could cut diamonds gave me a simple chart to navigate Eno's vast and...
Myles Sergé: A 5 Mag Mix vol 22
Will Sumsuch talks to Myles Sergé for A 5 Mag Mix, volume 22 in our series.
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Myles Sergé: The 5 Mag Interview
A reclusive perfectionist, Techno...
Floorplan: Music/Tell You No Lie
I really can't figure you people out. Here is a man of worldwide renown, and he's turning out the best records of an illustrious career and clearly some of the best tracks being made...
Chicago Skyway: The 5 Magazine Interview
"Chicago is still the best city in the world when it comes to dance music." This is not a controversial statement from Chicago Skyway, but it's one he is uniquely qualified to make.
Sean Hernandez...
Somewhere on the HIGHway to Chapora
This was either the last nice find of the previous year or the first of the new one - I can’t remember which, but it’s been out long enough that I feel some shame...
Lester Fitzpatrick: Sick
Nothing subtle here: a nine track album released without much fanfare from a guy that makes techno you wish the mainstage gang with corny DJ names still did. DJ Temporal Lobe and DJ Paralegal...
Hakim Murphy: The Chocolate Dice EP
D3 Elements has built a hell of a roster in the last three years: Hakim Murphy's The Chocolate Dice rubs shoulders with tracks from Mike Clark, Terrence Parker, Dan Curtin, D-Knox and two records...
Hiroshi Watanabe: Multiverse
There's always been a distinct spiritual side to Hiroshi Watanabe's records. Some of them - I'm thinking distinctively of "Soul Traveler" and the rest of "Sync Positive" here - sound less like records made...
Myles Serge: Syntax Error
The Transitional Man, Myles Sergé unveils an eclectic three track, 28 minute EP for Dan Curtin's highly buyonsightworthy label, Metamorphic Recordings. Genre namechecks are a source of frustration for people these days, and I'm...
Preview: An Event with DVS1 is Always a Special Event
There's never a time when DVS1 playing in your town isn’t a “special” event. The Minneapolis-based DJ and producer sat with us for a 5 Magazine profile a couple of years ago and I'm...
Galaxies Merging: Dan Curtin Takes His Talents to EPM
Sweet mother of mercy does Dan Curtin make some ferocious shit. There are very few people these days who I can call on when a certain mood strikes - who can hit just the...
DJ Psycho: “Staying Still is Death”
Greatly loved, highly outspoken, Dezi Magby aka DJ Psycho from Detroit is a madman behind the tables, his wildly kinetic sets leaving an unforgettable imprint in our psyche.
The Flint native recently came to...
Kate Simko: Today and Other Days
Used to be that when people asked me about the proverbial "next big producer out of Chicago," the first name that came to mind was Kate Simko.
I'm an unabashed fan - I bought Lights...
Chicago’s Tied Collective Launches New Label with Memo Boys EP
Made in Chicago like God intended and on vinyl for the pleasure of man, Tied001 is, as you might reckon, the debut release from the Chicago artist collective and party people Tied, who in...
Farewell, Little White Earbuds
Chicago-based website Little White Earbuds is shutting down, according to site founder Steve Mizek.
The site has published nearly 300 podcasts and some of the most thought-provoking, no-bullshit think pieces in the electronic music scene,...
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...
Oktave Turns 6 Years Old This Weekend At SmartBar
One of the most reliable dates on the calendar over the last six years, Oktave remains one of Chicago's most underrated residencies. The SmartBar night presided over by resident DJ Jeff Derringer turns six...
Preview: Dave Angel at Primary – September 18 2015
Chicago is in store for a rare pleasure this Friday when the UK producer, pirate radio legend and duty-bound 909 hardhat worker Dave Angel visits Primary.
One of the godfathers of the British techno...
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