Breathe More: Music For Freaks showcases Alex Arnout’s Black Logic project
Black Logic is producer Alex Arnout's live deep house band, with Arnout's beats and electronics backed with live instrumentation (bass, guitar, sax) and a selection of vocalists, and Breathe More is his first release on Music For Freaks.
Ron Carroll classic “The Sermon” refreshed by Chicago’s Twan & Billy O’Malley
Simply divine disco mix of the Ron Carroll classic "The Sermon" from Chicago duo Twan and Billy O'Malley.
Demon Dubs: Mr. G remixes Scuba’s 2011 classic “Loss”
Mr. G takes Scuba's reissued "Loss" to school with a glowering, slightly demonic dub that goes to a few places the original hadn't thought of.
J. Peacock thumbs through 50 years of dance music history on “I’m Doing Just Fine”
J. Peacock drops four tracks of lovely, blurry deep house, with samples filtered, cut rough and polished up until the edges are gleaming and smooth to the touch.
Coco Cole launches Pisces Season with the big sky summer anthem “Flamingo”
"Flamingo" is electronic music for the great outdoors says Will Sumsuch on this "absolute belter" from Coco Cole.
“We Got To Hit It Off”: Millie Jackson gets the Dimitri From Paris & Opolopo remix...
If you're a soul purist and you want to walk away now I'd understand; but I'm every bit as much of a soul music snob as you and I've got to say, these remakes do a pretty good job of updating things.
Mississippi Soul: Annie & The Caldwells drop a bomb with remixers Nicky Siano, musclecars & more
Luaka Bop enlists Nicky Siano along with musclecars, Justin Strauss and Kornel Kovacs to remix two songs from family soul and gospel band Annie and The Caldwells.
Acid, bass and pianos collide on Kléo’s “Acid Coolada” remix project
Kléo is a French-born artist now living in Amsterdam, and makes acid tracks that slap with the best that ever came from one of the foundational acid cities. The Acid Coolada EP was released on vinyl back in February, appearing now a digital release with a slew of remixes.
Kirk Degiorgio’s “Seven Minutes Of Funk” is the white-hot Detroit techno machine funk gem you’ve been...
The lead track from Kirk Degiorgio's Elate EP on Cyphon is a proper dancefloor record, with the low-end funk for your body and that cerebral dreaminess to transport your mind.
WITH LOVE: Announcing 5 Mag’s 20th Anniversary Vinyl Release
WITH LOVE from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release, featuring tracks from foundational Chicago artists Mike Dunn, Roy Davis, Jr. and Jamie 3:26.
Sophisticated vocal house action from Spencer Parker on “Better Days”
Spencer Parker makes a quality return to Rekids on Better Days featuring Tee Amara and an utterly danceable Radio Slave remix.
Hands Up! Cinthie returns to 803 Crystal Grooves with four tracks of gorgeous deep house
Rarely do you get a 12" with tracks you all play in one set without sounding samey or repetitive as you do on Cinthie's Look Mom! No Piano.
Melancholonica: A Man Named Phil Western
Afterflash is a remixed tribute album to the innovative Phil Western, who released electronic music on Harthouse and LA label Exist Dance as well as collaborating with cEvin Key, Download, Skinny Puppy and releasing a huge catalog of solo material.
Unity: Lavan drops a scintillating UKG-inflected house EP for +98
The Unity EP is a big bag of underground goodies, an EP characterized by jacking percussion ramping up to blissful peaks and valleys.
Jimpster remixes Franck Roger & Arnold Jarvis’ “Living My Life” in a kick drum heavy vocal...
I'm a big fan of Franck Rogers' crispy, club-friendly house grooves and he's done a good job here with this collaboration with NYC house vocalist Arnold Jarvis, the pads and drums of which have a distinctly '90s house old-school flavour.
Cosmic disco is alive & well on Manuel Costela’s remix of “Amalfi Drive”
A quality mid-tempo room-lifter on Rare Wiri finds Manolo's sophisto-cosmic-disco workout "Amalfi Drive" remixed by Manuel Costela.
Lose My Mind: Retro house vibes from Valerio Vaudano
Valerio Vaudano loves this retro house sound so much he reverse engineered it like a shaggy computer scientist hacking a ROM BIOS chip in 1982. The four tracks on Lose My Mind were apparently created "using a '90s sampler without using a computer." Can you tell?
Music For Dreams from downtempo power couple Kelvin Andrews & Balearic Mike
The third installment of "Down To The Sea and Back" collects a set of obscure tunes that are united only by their rarity and by whatever indescribable, indefinable quality qualifies them as "Balearic."
Bushwacka bringing some beautiful bassline business on “What You Want”
There's a comedy show in the UK called Peep Show, and at some point in season one, a character in an electronic music duo writes a bassline so good that he apparently couldn't turn it off. This is one of those.
Because: A universe of undiscovered vibes from Damian Rausch
Damian Rausch does 4am really well - that last pump of energy, that last song or the first last song before you give up whatever plans you had for a responsible life and an early morning because you're going to remember what happens here with much more tenderness than you remember waking up on time and having a sensible breakfast.
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Lori Branch mix – 5 Mag RISE vol 36
Spend 60 minutes with Chicago house music pioneer Lori Branch in this week's 5 Mag RISE mix.
