Pezzner Returns with The Island Fantastic for Visionquest
Just when Pezzner is out of the picture he slides right back into center frame. He's back after a notable absence from the charts with a new EP getting massive support from the world,...
Naeem and Gusto: A 5 Mag Mix Vol ++004
Naeem and Gusto of Detour (Pittsburgh) mix the fourth installment of A 5 Mag Mix, 5 Magazine's DJ Mix and Interview series.
I try to keep in tune with what's happening in the American underground....
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...
Submerge: Slap Jaxx Podcast #9
DJ Submerge mixes Volume #9 of the SLAPCAST, the monthly Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
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The Measure of a Man: Robert Hood’s M-Print
Jeff Mills has had a hand in far more labels than Axis, Purpose Maker and the other imprints he has his name on. His was the invisible hand that guided Tresor and corrected its...
Mike Dehnert: Switch Back To City EP
One of the fundamental issues with modern dancefloor-oriented techno is that, in catering to the needs of DJs, what gets lost is the idea of finding one's own sound and creating something that allows...
Various Artists: Qurated from Face To Face
Of all things retro that are coming back in style, the one I welcome most is DJs being given more time and more room to breathe within their sets. As someone who learned her...
Four Play Sessions vol 21: Chicagodeep & Taelue
Four Play Sessions is a mix series from Chicago's Four Play Music and featuring the talents of Mr. Andrew Emil & Friends, published each month exclusively for 5 Magazine.
This set is from Chicagodeep and...
Beau Wanzer: Untitled & Unknown
"Beau Wanzer's twelve track album of material culled from old tapes vacuums up the atmosphere and wears your teeth down to stubs..."
Half of the fun of listening to an album like the Untitled LP...
Josh Wink’s Talking To You
Born in 1995, "Higher State of Consciousness" isn't legal to buy beer in a South Philly bar yet but it is old enough to sit down in front of a Roland AIRA and have...
Tapirus: Enlightenment EP (Emphasis Recordings)
In macroeconomics they call it the "Brain Drain" or more elegantly "the flight of human capital" – the migration of intelligent people from poor countries to seek out their fortune in wealthier lands.
In...
Raw Ten: Funny Thing (Raw Ten)
I thought I'd done my part when I interviewed Pittsburgh Track Authority and previewed this strange project called Raw Ten (say it out loud), a collaboration between the trio and Nic Offer of !!!...
Slap Jaxx Podcast Vol 8 – Chachi Guerrero
317techno's Chachi Guerrero mixes Volume #8 of the SLAPCAST, the monthly Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
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The Lost Works of MK: Strider (Mojuba Underground)
This is the sound of Marc Kinchen, trapped between Disco and Techno and on the verge of breaking out.
“Strider” is not new – it was produced before at least some of the people who...
In Residence with Housepitality, San Francisco
The poet Allen Ginsberg called them the "classic stations of the earth" - the points on a map where people seemed to gather, quite spontaneously, to celebrate life and create a scene. We're calling...
Pittsburgh Track Authority: The 5 Magazine Interview
Meet Preslav Lefterov, Thomas Cox and Adam Ratana, collectively Pittsburgh Track Authority. And remember their names, because these three guys from Pittsburgh will restore your faith in the American dance music scene.
So how did...
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...
Slap Jaxx Podcast Vol 7 – JAK
JAK mixes Volume #7 of the SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Jack Coleman is JAK, and he's been playing and producing Techno and...
DJ Skull Returns to Sect: The Heavy Thinker EP
A record that starts with the dynamite needs to end with an atomic bomb. DJ Skull understands this: still firing all synapses, his follow up record on Sect after The Dark Knight EP is...
Maria Goetz Live at Tresor Mix
Maria Goetz mixes this week's SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
This set was recorded live at Tresor by Maria, a Midwest DJ influenced...
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