Deep House

Deep House is a subgenre of House Music. Originating in the 1980s – particularly with the music of Larry Heard, Fingers Inc, and others – it fuses elements of Chicago House with a more melodic, sometimes soulful feeling.

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Seven Davis, Jr: “This is absolutely me now & me going forward”

Seven Unfiltered: 5 Mag's cover story with one of the most talented people we've ever met: Seven Davis Jr.

Live Alive: Seven Davis Jr. in the new 5 Mag

There are probably people in this scene with more innate talent than Seven Davis Jr, but we haven't met them. The brilliant producer, DJ and musician is subject of the latest 5 Mag cover story, plus Nick V and the 17 year strong La Mona Paris, Chicago's viral Elevator Music, disco archeology and more inside 5 Mag 214, out now.
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Rooted: Laurent Garnier in the new issue of 5 Mag

Electronic music pioneer Laurent Garnier, Monty Luke, Petals In Sound, Henna Onna, Paul Johnson and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, released May 2024.
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Just Announced: Movement 2024 Set Times – All Stages

Set times have been announced for all stages and all three days of the 2024 installment of Movement, America's most cherished techno festival taking place in Hart Plaza, Detroit on Memorial Day weekend, May 25 through May 27 2024.
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Elbert Phillips: Tears

Elbert Phillips & Andre Espeut deliver a sensational cover of the Frankie Knuckles, Satoshi Tomiie and Robert Owens classic
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The Cover Mix ⚡️ Black Sjuan

Chicago's underground house music hero BLACK SJUAN takes over the latest 5 Mag cover mix.
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WYSER mix ☀️ RISE vol 21

Wake up, stay up and don't stay in: new mix from WYSER, aka Matt Wyser of Custom Vibes, the DJ duo REDUX and part of Shfft Chicago.
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Live from Cz’s House: Big Love

New mix recorded live from Cz's House with 5 Mag's Czboogie playing soulful, deep house and '90s 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.
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Wahine mix ☀️ RISE vol 20

Oh look at the time - it's time2jack with Wahine in an elevated disco + house mix for 5 Mag's weekly RISE series.
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Black Eyes: This Is A Broadcast From The Future

5 Mag meets Black Eyes, the Mancunian producer whose label Lost Control 2097 is capturing a certain raw, sometimes psychedelic but viscerally rhythmic brand of techno and deep house.
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The Wonderful Karl The Voice Has Passed Away

French West Indies vocalist Karl The Voice remembered as a kindly figure whose voice animated tracks by Fred Everything, Franck Roger, Marc Cotterell, Playin 4 The City, Bob Sinclar and more.
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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."
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Toribio: Public Service

Rodrigo Salazar meets the eclectic Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, instrumentalist and apostle of the dance floor.
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Czboogie – Live @ Podlasie Club

First mix of the year from 5 Mag's Czboogie recorded live at Chicago's Podlasie nightclub on January 6 2024.
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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.
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Cz’s House New Year’s Eve 2024 episode w/ House, Disco & Garage

New mix recorded live from the crib with 5 Mag's Czboogie playing house, disco and garage to ring in the new year.
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The Beat. The Scene. The Sound.

Harold Heath on DJ Disciple's inside look at "the rise, the fall and rebirth of house music in New York City"

Amp Fiddler, a giant among giants, has died

By every measure one of the greatest of the many great artists birthed by Detroit, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Amp Fiddler has passed away.
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New episode of Cz’s House – vol 6

This episode is on the chill garage tip...so sit back, have a drink, have a smoke, clean your apartment, or slow dance with your cat.

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