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"
Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It
Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
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.
Mikey DJ ☀️ RISE vol 17
Wake up with a new mix of garage vibes from UK's Mikey DJ for 5 Mag's RISE series
DJ wOLFY! Mix ☀️ RISE vol 15
Wake t f up with a new mix from Chicago house DJ wOLFY! from 5 Mag's Monday mix series RISE.
Settling: Disclosure runs in circles on Alchemy
On Disclosure's fourth album, the lads wind up circling around back to where they started.
New Mix: Cz’s House Birthday Edition (with a parrot)
After a brief hiatus traveling during the summer, she's back! Shout out to all fellow Libras as 5 Mag's Czboogie celebrates her bday with you all in this special episode. Her yellow naped Amazon parrot Julius is co-host. Enjoy!
Lavan drops a deep, garagey groove on Can’t Wait
Lavan drops a dime of pure, unadulterated underground happiness on this 12" garage / deep house EP from +98 Records out of Berlin.
Czboogie Live From Chicago To Birmingham
Chicago meets Birmingham! 5 Mag Editor-In-Chief Czarina aka Czboogie visited the Urban Dubz headquarters last week for a 3 hour back-to-back-to-back set with Jeremy Sylvester & DJ Whooshhh.
#ListenUp DJ Deano DNA: C’mon
DJ Deano DNA breaks a piece off his stash on "C'mon," a single from his prolific Bumpin' Underground
Classic: Locked On reissues Steve Gurley’s remix of UKG classic “Hyperfunk”
If there was a Strictly Rhythm of UK Garage (nevermind Strictly's own pre-UKG and UKG-adjacent output), it was probably the UKG clearinghouse known as Locked On. You can play classic sets with nothing but Locked On releases, from Tuff Jam to Dem 2 to Danny J Lewis to Todd Edwards and of course Zed Bias' "Neighbourhood."
Todd Edwards, Matt Jam Lamont, Scott Diaz & Smasher made a record together
Slick beats and bubbly organs and they tickle like champagne and these form the basis for "Waiting," a collaboration between a supergroup of UK Garage producers including Todd Edwards, Matt Jam Lamont, Scott Diaz and MC Smasher.
Idle Hands’ in-house City Road label drops a V/A “for all the record shops”
Garage, grime and UKG-adjacent stuff from Wilfy D, OH91, DJ Polo and Sir Hiss on Idle Hands record shop's private label.
DJ Whooshhh – RISE vol 6
UK Garage mixtape from DJ Whooshhh for this week's 5 Mag RISE mix.
Bandcamp Finds: 0161 Underground – Runnin’
From Manchester and purveyor of deep but energetic dance music, spiked with a bit of garage, drums that will knock some bodies around and vocal clips that will lift them back up.
Lovelydaze: Hold On 2 U
Whether Lovelydaze is a new voice or one that's just new for you, you would do well to check this out. "Hold On 2 U" wraps up some deep meditative bliss in the parameters of a UKG-influenced track.
First London gig – Czboogie at Garage Paradise
Coming up January 21 with Jeremy Sylvester, Ray Hurley, DJ Whooshhh, Lord Byron, DJ MJ, Mikey DJ, CKP, Fevasoul and Onyx Stone.
Garage City holds a reunion to raise funds for Steve from Bobby & Steve
Bringing the tribe back together in Shoreditch London this Saturday Oct 1 with Norman Jay, Grant Nelson, Full Intention and more to raise money for the care of Steve Laviniere, who is in neurological hospital care following complications from COVID.
Premiere: Steve Mill ft. Geraldine: THE MISTAKE (Amalle & Yambow Remix) [True Romance]
Slinky UKG-inspired remix of Steve Mill's fire new record from Tensnake's True Romance Records.
#ListenUp DJ Deano DNA – Paradise
From London-based garage and garage house label Bumpin Underground, DJ Deano DNA finds a sweet vocal and rides on "Paradise."
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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.
