#ListenUp Danced Til Midnight Drops a Funk Bomb with Real Love
Danced Til Midnight drops another explosive funk bomb on an unsuspecting world with "Real Love" featuring ferocious remixes from Karizma and Byron The Aquarius.
We all blessed here: Junior Sanchez & Ant LaRock collab on Rejected
Rejected is a label that rarely misses and they pound the target with a solid shot on "We All Blessed" from Junior Sanchez and Ant LaRock's Inspire EP.
Jeremy Sylvester is Repressing Speed Garage Anthems from MF Project
MF Project's 9-5/Got 2 Have House dropped in 1997 and has become a highly sought-after UKG classic.
#ListenUp Lay-Far’s New Album Dropping August 24
Lay-Far's 3rd LP WAR IS OVER features collabs with Stee Downes, Recloose, Phil Gerus, Andy Compton and Pete Simpson.
#ListenUp Absent Channels Ancient Chicago Acid Jack on Armani’s Ghost
Absent makes his debut on Mark Broom's Beard Man label with devastating techno artillery on the Animate EP.
Carlo celebrates summer’s last days on the sun-worshipping “Tides”
Tides is a vibe - sparkling, hazy, incandescent eclectic tracks from Carlo on his Aterral label.
DJ Sneak Releasing New EP on Kerri Chandler’s Kaoz Theory
Kerri Chandler and Kaoz Theory announce the release of a new EP from Chicago legend DJ Sneak, "Movin' Parts," which features a moving tribute to the late, great Judy Russell.
#ListenUp Anthony Nicholson bangs it on DirtyDiscoJazzFunk
The 12" for The Jazz Diaries features some of Chicago deep house producer extraordinaire Anthony Nicholson's best work in the last few years.
#ListenUp Waajeed and Candi Lindsey Team Up for Powerful HEAVY
Who else is making house music like this right now? Who actually can? Waajeed always comes correct but from the direction you least expect, as on Heavy from his new Ten Toes Down EP featuring Candi Lindsey.
#ListenUp Brassy Grooves from Aathee and TomCat Trumpet on Besos
Kisses showcases the Chicago label and production team Aathee with some live vibes from TomCat Trumpet.
#ListenUp Dubby Vintage Deep House from ChicOlindo’s Carpet Burn EP
Crazy remixes from Spence Chicago and Leandro Di make this Smashing Trax EP irresistible.
#ListenUp Niko Marks drops the Reach Out EP
Detroit producer Niko Marks shows his soulful side on a new four track EP, Reach Out, on vinyl from Yore Records.
The hidden gems of Heist Recordings
Heist Recordings' V/A of previously released material is, no shit, the best album I heard this month, with tracks from Fouk, Felipe Gordon, Dam Swindle, Demuir, Crackazat, Nachtbraker and more.
Levon Vincent remixes Skudge’s 2010 jam “Convolution”
Levon Vincent has a clear affinity here for the record, which presaged a darker, more physical turn for analog-driven techno and deep house. Vincent is a fellow traveler and his work on these remixes is nothing short of stunning.
#ListenUp Disco Fire from ESCORT for New Album City Life
New video, new single, new album, new tour - "City Life" from Escort, America's favorite live disco band.
#ListenUp Deep, Evocative Tracks from Soela on Lily
However she does it Soela makes some of the best deep house records I've come across. Lily on Kompakt Records is another ethereal master cut.
#ListenUp Stompin’ House Tracks from Russian Producer Baltimore Chop
Baltimore Chop is not from Baltimore and has probably never played baseball, but the Russian producer has a preternatural understanding of house on this weird acid, NYC vocal and Chicago house stomper.
#ListenUp Andy Compton & Peng Return to Vinyl with California Dreaming
Listen to the dazzling new album California Dreaming from Andy Compton presents Blue Dream.
Legendary Detroit Techno producer Suburban Knight releasing new 7″ single
James Pennington aka Suburban Knight is dropping "Listening Systems" on limited 7" vinyl from Detroit Techno Records.
#ListenUp Deep Dive with JT Donaldson on FACES
One of the best to ever do it does it again for Mark Farina's Great Lakes Audio. JT Donaldson's FACES EP takes its place in the producer's unrivaled discography of deep house tracks.
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Beloved: Inside the new 5 Mag
An oral history of Freerange Records with Jimpster, Tom Roberts, Matt Masters, Pezzner, Manuel Tur and Fred Everything, plus Chicago house with Black Sjuan, DJ Paulette's welcome to the club, Elbert Phillips on Tears, Dark Heaven and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
