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...
Innerspace Halflife: Inspired By The Stars, Made In Chicago
Space, in the words of minimalist composer Terry Riley, is "surely the realm of dreams and imagination," the "feeding ground for poets and musicians". Ike Release and Hakim Murphy have created a record inspired...
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...
This Is Franktronic – Slap Jaxx Podcast Volume 5
Franktronic mixes this week's SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Franktronic says he's a "Chicago lifer with an unoriginal story":
He spent the '90s like...
Pittsburgh Track Authority’s Enter The Machine Age
It was somewhere between the second and third track on Pittsburgh Track Authority's debut LP that I realized something extraordinary was happening. In less than 15 minutes, Enter The Machine Age had shifted adeptly...
Rob Threezy and DJ Rampage (Live at Primary)
Rob Threezy and DJ Rampage mix 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 the Techno For A...
DJ Skull: Don’t Look Back
One of the most versatile producers to come out of Chicago in the 1990s, DJ Skull is back on the scene and working at a more prolific pace than ever.
Consider it making up for...
ATTA – Slap Jaxx Podcast Volume 3
Japanese DJ ATTA takes over this week's SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Born in 1987 and based on Awaji Island, Japan, ATTA is...
How I Play: Steven Tang on the Culture and Craft of DJing
DJs today are confronted with an astonishing number of choices, from vinyl to digital media, controllers, mixers, and the unending stream of more music being released for consumption than at any time in history.
It's...
Eddie Flashin Fowlkes: Special EP (Detroit Wax)
Everything written about Eddie Fowlkes these days has the feeling of a pamphlet or a petition seeking redress for some awful historical travesty. I assume this is by design, but it doesn't jibe with...
DJ Skull: The Dark Knight EP (Sect)
You could hear this one coming all summer long - like a lumbering giant stalking the nation, I think everyone heard the footfalls. And DJ Skull came through with one of the most unexpected...
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...
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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.
