Final line-up for Detroit’s Movement 2024 festival released
Richie Hawtin, Solomun, Goldie, Fatboy Slim, Masters at Work, Floorplan and more among 115 acts across 6 stages, 5 showcases and pop-up sets.
Decoder returns to Molecular with the techno tribalism of XX 15
For people who know what the term "Midwest Techno" means and love what it sounds like, Decoder has that whole aesthetic on lock on XX 15 from Molecular Recordings.
Fata Morgana: live, hallucinatory techno from Vasco Ispirian
The sound of Fata Morgana I is stripped down, raw, playing out how you'd hear music in a live PA - which is how Vasco Ispirian perfected this style of producing techno.
The Cover Mix Black Eyes – Sanctify vol 8
5 Mag's latest cover mix from Black Eyes, featuring 18 tracks of "hydro-trippin house and aquatic techno from Atlantis."
John Tejada announces The Monitors rerelease with Silent Servant
The secret project originally dropped on vinyl in 2011 and the rerelease was in the works for a few weeks prior to Silent Servant's death.
God Said Give ‘Em Apertures
Normski: The Man With the Golden Shutter captures two decades of Black artists in photographs, from NWA to Juan Atkins.
An Unspeakable Tragedy: Remembering Silent Servant, Simone Ling and The Soft Moon
Three artists with deep roots and human connections in this scene died last week, in what appears to be an unspeakable tragedy.
Resolution: Inside the new issue of 5 Mag
Welcoming the new year with Anané, Toribio, Italian DJ legend Beppe Loda, Black Eyes, Danny J Lewis and more inside Issue 211 of 5 Mag.
Maxime Dangles: Les Délivrés Remixes
Remixes from Maxime Dangles and others of his album Les Délivrés, the soundtrack from a French documentary about the cheap and often brutal life of gig economy delivery drivers in contemporary France.
Noise Complaints: This Is Nothing Volume II is a lot of something from Kuiper Noise
The Portuguese label launched by Holldën drops a three track V/A of blistering techno from R 417, Yoikol and Empath.
Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It
Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
The Cover Story: Alinka
Kyiv, Chicago, Berlin: three cities that Alinka has called home, in a life that's been marked by an artistic journey and a physical one. With the rebirth of Twirl we talk to DJ and producer Alinka - one of the people we love, on the people and things that she loves.
The Bullfrog: a new synth designed by Richie Hawtin & Erica
The Bullfrog is an educational but fully functional hardware synthesizer retailing for €500.
House Music is a Spiritual Thing: Inside 5 Mag #210
Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.
Momentum Shift: Noncompliant launches Giant Arm with a raucous 4 track EP
Giant Arm debuts with Momentum Shift, a four track techno EP that's as raw and uncompromising as it is clever and inventive.
Shaw Cuts drops a moving tribute to Jasen Loveland of Serenace
Jasen Loveland from Serenace and Infinite Refractions passed away in May of 2021; this rabid record that dismantles genres phrase by phrase represents a tribute and memorial of sorts by Serenace partner C. Cumby and the label Shaw Cuts.
Marco Lenzi: Molecular Studies
Molecular Recordings has always had an uncanny ability to identify and amplify up-and-coming techno artists very early in their career. After a decade on hiatus, label head Marco Lenzi returned without skipping a beat.
Big room beats & choice remixes on Lefrenk’s Plastic EP
A seven track techno EP from Lefrenk that is made to be played loud, with remixes from Francois DIllinger, Pablo Funk, Kim Cosmik and Adrien d'Elzius.
VIVA ACID presents DJ Westbam 96 Inferno @ Dolton Expo (RARE)
Previously unheard live set from Westbam, recorded live at Chicago rave INFERNO on January 20 1996, from the VBNTS archive by VIVA ACID's Luis Baro.
MAL.E emerges with a new techno identity on Something Manufactured
Fixed Rhythms drops this crash between high tech and low tech soul from MAL.E, the new alias of Mali Mase.
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Longevity: DJ Slugo + the New Issue of 5 Mag
DJ Slugo: a 5 Mag cover story, plus Michael Gray cover mix & interview, the anti-AI backlash and music platforms' reaction and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
