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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.

Ron Trent’s Dance Floor Boogie Delites

"If you close your eyes you can almost hear Stevie": Ron Trent's Boogie Down/In The Light on Music and Power.

Trevor Something: Soulless Computer Boy and The Eternal Render

Trevor Something chews, claws and tears apart the firm categories that synthwave albums are usually boxed in.
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Phil Gerus: Make Time EP

A lethal EP of Phil Gerus' little masterpieces of lo-fi funk and piecemeal production virtuosity from True Romance.

Joey Negro’s Produced With Love Is His First Album in 20+ Years

Featuring collaborations with Linda Clifford, Angela Johnson, the late Diane Charlemagne and Melba Moore, plus Horse Meat Disco.
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Kim Kemi: Dark Moon EP

Darek is one of these outlier labels that gets me really excited, and Kim Kemi's entire Dark Moon EP is worth getting excited about.
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Phil Kieran’s Blinded By The Sun LP Gets Another Remix Pack

Mano Le Tough, David Holmes and especially Matthew Herbert remix tracks from Phil Kieran's Blinded By the Sun album.
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Underdog Edits are Back!

Leonard Part Sixx releases Underdog Edits 16 with a pair of polished disco gems.
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Review: Balinese Saints by Balaphonic

A lesser-known alias of Danny Ward (the better known alias is Moodymanc) soars on this crossover record.
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Pezzner & James Curd Release Flesh & Blood

Two phenomenal tracks by House Music veteran producers James Curd and Pezzner pack a lethal groove.
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Metropolitan Soul Museum: The Real Fake Moon Landing EP

Metropolitan Soul Museum drops four tracks of edgy acid on Trunkfunk Records, Berlin.

Christopher Rau & Hakim Murphy: Geopolitical Problems Yet To Be Solved

Christopher Rau and Hakim Murphy collaborate on the luscious Geopolitical Problems Yet To Be Solved.

Grid Based Beats Celebrates the Chicago-Milwaukee Connection

Grid Based Beats celebrates the Chicago-Milwaukee Techno Connection on Hiawatha Service, featuring tracks from Lester Fitzpatrick, Frankie Vega, Tim Vitek and more.

Ralf Gum ft Joseph Junior and Ayanda Jiya: Back To Love

How has South Africa changed Ralf Gum's music? Good question.

Christopher Coe’s Let It Go Gets Remixed by Saytek & Steve Mulder

The remix pack featuring Saytek and Steve Mulder of Christopher Coe's album MNTNS of SLNC is the latest single from Coe and Carl Cox's joint label Awesome Soundwave.

Big sexy music of the ’70s from Enrique Lynch

Amazing reissue of Afro/Disco/Soul rarity African Bump by Enrique Lynch y Su Conjunto on Matasuna.
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Ron Trent Plunges Through Four Decades of Music History on WARM

The new sampler from Ron Trent's forthcoming album hints at Balearic and '70s soft rock, wrapped in a warm, soulful embrace.

Vincent G’s Lost In Mind is Deep House Perfection

We don't know who he is, but Vincent G is a man inspired. His Lost In Mind is deep house perfection from France's exceptional Rutilance imprint.
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Late Summer Jams with Admin’s Adjust Your Love

Music so smooth and so soulful that if you stare in the black mirror of the vinyl you'll see Barry White nodding back at you.
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Detroit’s MotorCity Wine Has a Label And It’s Great

Detroit's favorite venue, MotorCity Wine, released two records on wax in 2019 featuring Mark de Clive-Lowe, Jon Dixon, Loftsoul and more.
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Tides is a Masterpiece of Dark Ambient from Joachim Spieth

Joachim Spieth's second album Tides is a masterpiece of dark ambient music, immersive on a level that operates closer to metaphysics than acoustics.

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Beyond Heaven: Discovering the hidden history of Chicago house music

In Beyond Heaven, Mario Luna and publisher Brandon Johnson collect artwork from more than a decade of Chicago house music history, from the early days of legendary pioneers to lost icons of dance music.

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