Review: Magnus Asberg to Release LIFE on Romana Records
Deep and dubby house music from Magnus Asberg (ex C-Soul) gets a remix by Silverlining.
Review: Tycho’s (now Grammy Nominated) Epoch
Tycho's new (and now Grammy-nominated) LP, Epoch is an album exquisitely shaped by and made for live performance.
Ellen Allien’s UFO Inc releases Alien Rain’s Empire of Illusion
Bad ass new tracks on Alien Rain's Empire of Illusion EP, out now via Ellen Allien's UFO Inc.
Dutch Disco-Tech from Fouk on “Paradise”
Quality underground Fouk-house on Paradise, a five-track 4/4 affair from Shall Not Fade.
Kaoru Inoue’s Em Paz Is a Mystical Delight from the Master of Japanese Electronica
Groovement Organic Series hails an ambient masterpiece in Em Paz, a new album from Kaoru Inoue, the master of Japanese electronic music.
Session Victim return to the dancefloor for “Two Crowns”
After releasing a pandemic record before a pandemic, Session Victim return to Jimpster's Delusions of Grandeur for the warm & deep "Two Crowns" EP.
Jackie Queens Soars with Freiboitar on All Life Long
Jackie Queens is maybe the best vocalist in house music right now. Big words; she backs 'em up on "All Life Long," a new cut with Freiboitar on House Trained Records.
Moon Boots featuring Lulu James: Tear My Heart (Marquis Hawkes Remix)
Moon Boots is preparing to release an album and all indications are that it's a f'ing monster.
Apple Jazz ft Slaga & Idelan: Amadlozi
Apple Jazz, Slaga & Idelan's track on Deeper Shades Recordings veers pretty damn close to Afro House perfection.
DJ Duke presents Return to the Pleasure Dome
DJ Duke! Is there a human being older than 35 that doesn't have a copy of his Moonshine mix CD in their closet? It's like the Appetite for Destruction of the House Music scene...
Now and Then: Ten Years of Hudd Traxx
Hudd Traxx turns ten in 2015, and part one of their landmark anniversary compilation packs one hell of a wallop.
It's easy, as we all know, to release records like you're making a festival flyer:...
DJ Dealer: “The Big Sexy”
DJ Dealer recently relocated to our fair city and brought Look At You - undoubtedly one of the greatest underground labels in House Music today - in his carry-on bag. I want to say...
Morales, Milan & Dunn remix Louie Vega & Karen Harding’s “Free To Love”
Nervous drops a ferocious remix pack of "Free To Love" featuring Mike Dunn, David Morales and Josh Milan.
Various: Beatdown Sampler Volume 1
Hardly an issue has gone by in the last six months without a review of something new from Sonny Fodera. It's been from a different label every time (Amenti, Large and Guesthouse are a...
Chicago House Classic BERNARD TRAX Reissued on Cyclo
When you look through classic Chicago House records from the 1990s, it's amazing how many have Bernard Badie's name on them.
Review: Kelton Prima Soars on IN2 Album from Mathematics
Kelton Prima and his IN2 album on Mathematics Recordings takes us away from this mundane world to a sanctuary about 15 parsecs away from Planet Rock.
Uplifting Downtown Jams on Son of Sound’s “Machines On The Dresser”
Most records I get with have a few tracks I like and one I love, but Machines On The Dresser just hits with body blow after body blow
Sushitech/Pariter reissues Norm Talley’s epic Cosmic Waves EP
There has rarely been a series of "anniversary editions" that felt more essential than these back catalog cuts from Mike Huckaby and now Norm Talley from Sushitech.
Kask: Heavy Petting
Release number 8 on Common Labour showcases the talents of up and coming Estonian producer Kask.
Norm Talley: Travlin EP
Out of everyone from the Siamese Twin cities of Chicago and Detroit (one has the heart, one has the brains, and I'll let you decide which is which) that's getting a little shine from...
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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.
