Chicago House Music Festival 2026

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New House Music and Classic House Music reviews, free tracks and charts from 5 Magazine’s team of editors, writers, reviewers and DJs.

Neo-Noir meets UK Garage on Freudenthaler's I Clap on One and Three

New Music: Neo-Noir meets UK Garage on Freudenthaler’s “I Clap on One and Three”

If you set a neo-noir film in Tokyo and wire it up with a UK Garage soundtrack, it might sound like Freudenthaler's new EP from Brombért Records.
Jerome featuring Sonya Zlo: The Night We Had EP

New Music: Down in the deepness with Jerome & Sonya Zlo on “The Night We Had”

Saudi label Gabu debuts on vinyl with four tracks of deep house and tech house from Austrian producer Jerome and vocalist Sonya Zlo.
Premiere: Lovebirds returns to Winding Road with the gorgeous deep house track "Bali Birds"

Premiere: Lovebirds returns to Winding Road with the gorgeous deep house gem “Bali Birds”

15 years after the release of the Lovebirds and Stee Downes classic "Want You In My Soul," LOVEBIRDS returns to Winding Road Records with the velvet deep house of BALI BIRDS, the final track of the three song EP THEY CALL ME.
Infinite Salutations: Sophisti-core jazz house jams from Coflo & Emmaculate

Infinite Salutations: Sophisti-core jazz house jams from Coflo & Emmaculate

DJs, if you're looking for a pair of high-end, jazz flavored, late night, soulful 4/4 tracks that s-t-r-e-t-c-h out in long, looping grooves, then this two track EP from Coflo and Emmaculate could be for you.
Om celebrates 30 years with Colette, Richard Earnshaw & Kenny Summit's The Sunshine

Om celebrates 30 years with Colette, Richard Earnshaw & Kenny Summit’s “The Sunshine”

From Om Records' forthcoming 30th anniversary compilation, "The Sunshine" finds DJ Colette in top form.
All Caps: Deep & dusty deep house vibes from Joe Babylon and Roundabout Sounds

All Caps: Deep & dusty deep house vibes from Joe Babylon and Roundabout Sounds

Unsung heroes apparently seem to be a dime a dozen these days, but West Coast dance music veteran Joe Babylon truly fits the bill.
Unfold: Shur-I-Kan & Juliet Mendoza speaking truth on Lazy Days

Unfold: Shur-I-Kan & Juliet Mendoza speaking truth on Lazy Days

Four highly polished tracks on this latest Lazy Days EP Unfold, a Shur-I-Kan original featuring spoken word vocals from Juliet Mendoza, an instrumental version, and a remix and dub from label boss Fred Everything
Pat Lok delivers a stomping remix of Lowly Light & Liset Alea's "Find A Way"

Pat Lok delivers a stomping remix of Lowly Light & Liset Alea’s “Find A Way”

Pat Lok does something deviant to a pop song dosed with positive vibes and peptides on his remix of Lowly Light and Liset Alea's "Find A Way."
Placid Angles - Detroit Summer John Beltran Kalahari Oyster Cult

A Detroit Summer: Dazzling electronocturnes from John Beltran’s Placid Angles project

John Beltran has brought his ambient and breakbeat-driven techno alter ego to Kalahari Oyster Cult, the Dutch home of dreamy and esoteric electronic music.
DJ Kicks - Eris Drew

On Repeat: Eris Drew — DJ-Kicks

Harold Heath selects 2025's best electronic music albums, including Eris Drew's mix for !K7's DJ-Kicks series.
Paul Johnson Club Land EP Undaground Therapy Records

Roy Davis Jr’s label reissues classic Paul Johnson EP

Paul Johnson's Club Land from Undaground Therapy Music is being released digitally for the very first time.
On Repeat: Joe Morris and Some Kind of Paradise

On Repeat: Joe Morris and Some Kind of Paradise

Harold Heath selects 2025's best electronic music albums, including Joe Morris and Shades of Sound's Some Kind of Paradise.
On Repeat: 15 years of A Love From Outer Space

On Repeat: 15 years of A Love From Outer Space

A Love From Outer Space celebrates 15 years of Sean Johnston and Andrew Weatherall’s legendary/infamous A Love From Outer Space club night.
Chuck Daniels, Mike Agent X Clark and Claude Young drop a bomb on Threewaves

Chuck Daniels, Mike Agent X Clark & Claude Young drop a bomb on “Threewaves”

A secret weapon featuring three amazing Detroit producers from Chuck Daniels' Beatstrong Music.
On Repeat: Black Artists Database's V/A Synergy Vol 3 compilation

On Repeat: Black Artists Database’s V/A Synergy Vol 3 compilation

Harold Heath looks back at some of 2025's best electronic music albums, including Synergy Vol 3, an 11 track V/A from Black Artists Database.
Gerd dishes up hypnotising Dutch disco on Gentle Intensity

Gerd dishes up hypnotising Dutch disco on Gentle Intensity

Deep house excellence from Gerd (Dutch producer Gert van Bijl) on Gentle Intensity, a six tracker on Andarta.
Jennifer Loveless FEVER EP on Aus Music

Fever: Jennifer Loveless on Aus Music

Clear, clean, sharp house music with a techy edge: Harold Heath on the Jennifer Loveless' FEVER EP on Aus Music.
Damian Rausch drops another bomb on What's Your Name?

Damian Rausch drops another bomb on “What’s Your Name?”

Music to stomp your feet and blow up your heart. Deep house like you love it from Damian Rausch on What's Your Name? from his own Rausch Recordings.
On Repeat: Unspecified Enemies and Romance In The Age of Adaptive Feedback

On Repeat: Unspecified Enemies and Romance In The Age of Adaptive Feedback

Harold Heath looks back at some of 2025's best electronic music albums, including an album of reconstructed Welsh techno from Louis Digital and Numbers.
Almost Music: Sublime deep house & much, much more from Land of Echo

Almost Music: Sublime deep house & much, much more from Land Of Echo

Nine expertly crafted tracks of alt-disco, deep-house, leftfield 4/4, digital boogie, future soul, R'n'Chug and forward-thinking sonic hybridizing on the very good Almost Music album from UK producer, DJ and musician Rob Mac and violinist/synth player Lucy Wilkins' new Land Of Echo project.

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Premiere: Lovebirds ft. Stee Downes: Want You In My Soul (Schmoov! Extended Remix) [Winding Road Records]

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the stellar and absolutely classic "Want You In My Soul" from Lovebirds and Stee Downes, Winding Road Records releases a new package of remixes by Knee Deep, Atjazz, Schmoov! and Lovebirds.