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...
Watch the Trailer: Jeff Mills in Man From Tomorrow
Axis Records has posted the trailer for Man From Tomorrow, the 45 minute experimental documentary about Detroit Techno pioneer Jeff Mills.
Director Jacqueline Caux is known for her artistic take on the documentary genre, which...
DVS1 Interview
Zak, aka DVS1 (Hush Sound | SoundCloud | Facebook) broke through on an international scale following the release of his 2009 debut on Klockworks. It was one of those "overnight" waves of success that...
DJ Shiva: And Thanks For All The Fish
If we're gonna keep going apeshit for the '90s Deep House and Garage sound, can we bring back real fucking techno too, please? I think I've had about all I can take of minimal...
Will Azada: Proper Traxx EP
Will Azada has a touch, a style distinctive enough that you can differentiate his tracks from the stack by ear alone.
The first clue: they're really, really good.
The Proper Traxx EP is something of an...
DJ Qbot – Slap Jaxx Podcast Vol 1
We're very pleased to announce the launch of the Slap Jaxx Podcast, a new Techno mix series curated by Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Slap Jaxx is the name of one of the prolific...
Listening Room: Dakini9 on Trail Markers
There's a story behind every track, or at least the good ones.
Welcome to our new music discovery feature, Listening Room, in which we share a stream of a new track and ask its creator...
Movement 2014 Phase 1 Announced and It’s All You Can Hope For
Paxahau, promoters of this May's Movement festival in Detroit have announced Phase 1 of their 2014 event line-up and it's everything you'd hope it would be.
Among the Detroit mainstays, it's great to see Anthony...
Hakim Murphy: Murph Tone Jack Session II (Synapsis Records)
Well okay, Hakim: the Chicago producer (and former contributor to this space) Hakim Murphy has been travelling the world this year, both solo and with Ike Release as part of Innerspace Halflife. Following his...
Pay Close Attention: DEMF, Not Movement, Is July 4 Weekend and FEMT is Something New
This is what editors used to call "burying the lede", back when there were still gainfully employed editors who could tell you what a "lede" was.
Four paragraphs into this story published today about...
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
