Essential Tracks: Shawn Rudiman & Jordan GCZ on AMS > PIT
Shawn Rudiman and Jordan GCZ of Juju and Jordash collaborate on a new EP that's mostly techno, except nobody really makes techno like this anymore.
Another DJ is Giovanni Damico’s Slinky Sexual Healing
Star Creature sucks Giovanni Damico into their boogie death cult and the man is making some of the most lethal dance floor ordnance on the scene.
Underground Quality Signs Nathalie Capello for Diggin U
Never a disappointment from Jus'Ed's Underground Quality, which continues mining for new sounds on Nathalie Capello's dynamic 5 track EP.
#ListenUp Peggy Gou & Maurice Fulton Drop the Full Earth EP
The full Earth EP from Peggy Gou and Maurice Fulton is flush with hermetic cuts and left-field swerves.
Love Notes Signs Ike Release for The Shape of Orbit
Ike Release shows that he's still one of the most versatile producers around with four ultra deep but eclectic and unique tracks.
Who Are Black Cadmium & How Are They Making Such Dope Records?
Rotterdam duo Black Cadmium are working with second hand Detroit DNA and they're building a monster.
Nachtbraker Releases Fatoe Morgana on Aus Music
Spacey sounds from a frequent flyer space cadet: Nachtbraker's Fatoe Morgana is spacey house with a touch of deepness.
#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.
Deep Core: A Month With Malcolm Moore’s Long-Awaited Album
The best, latest and hopefully not the last of Malcolm Moore is Deep Core, a 12 track LP that finally dropped on wax a few days ago.
The Teardown: Öona Dahl on “Love Is All We Need” with Kirsty Hawkshaw
Recorded near Stonehenge, a "serenade that sings to the planet": Öona Dahl talks to 5 Mag about her new single with vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw, "Love Is All We Need."
#ListenUp Funk Monsters from Samone on dibs vol 1
Two funk and disco edits from the debut release Changes Presents: dibs volume one.
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
Ancestral Groove Ensemble: Coflo Drops “Playground Samba” on Ocha
Rising star Coflo's third release on Ocha makes a big noise - like the best, funkiest Carlos Santana cover band to come out of the Bay Area.
The Teardown: DJ SGZ on “Why Would I” ft Carla Prather
DJ SGZ on the making of the new afro-soulful house track Why Would I — and how a producer in South Africa and a vocalist in Chicago came together.
Retripped: Addis Posse’s Acid Breakbeat Classic Let The Warriors Dance
Acid flashbacks from 1989 on the seminal squelchy breakbeat classic "Let The Warriors Dance."
Detroit Swindle & Demuir & Everyone Else Mixes Everyone Else on Heist’s The Round Up VI
The Round-Up is one of our end-of-year highlights and certainly one of the superior annual label compilations from Heist Recordings.
#ListenUp Charlotte de Witte’s KNTXT Drops Sophisticated Left The Planet from Monoloc
Monoloc's "Sky Is Broken" is the muddy atmospheric acid dream you were put on this earth to experience. It's the outlier from his new EP and the third from Charlotte de Witte's KNTXT label.
Review: Kai Alce Remixes Alexander Robotnick’s “You Have Time”
Kai Alce takes on Robotnick and Robotnick takes on the zeitgeist on this new remix/reissue vinyl from Adeen.
The Antidote: James Duncan & Spirit of the Black 808
James Duncan and Spirit of the Black 808's split record "Morning Mix/Rough Bounce" is bad medicine from Roundabout Sounds' secret lab for analogue hypnotism.
ItaloJohnson Remixes DJ Haus on Modul8
Fiery ItaloJohnson remix of Modul8, the title track for DJ Haus' latest EP on his mothership Unknown To The Unknown label.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
