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Homero Espinosa: You Should Be Dancing
If you were listening to the new track from Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa and Seven Davis Jr., you would be. 5 Magazine's interview with Homero about their new release on Moulton Music.
Hans Bouffmyhre: Midsummer Beatdown
An (early) midsummer beatdown from Flash Recordings and the indomitable Hans Bouffmyhre.
WORD CUP 2016
Chris Minus: Drained Delays EP
This is just one great Chris Minus EP released in April, but without question the...
Phoenix House Fest Getting Ready for the Heat
Now in its 3rd year, the Phoenix House Fest is looking to be its biggest...
Primary: Chicago’s Little Club That Could
When today’s music insists that bigger is better - whether it be festivals with multiple...
WRC Rally Cup
Twenty Years of Superjane: Inside 5 Magazine
Inside the new issue of 5 Magazine: Colette, Heather, Lady D and Dayhota on Superjane 20 years later, plus electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, Sir LSG, Secret Studio, Intr0beatz and more.
We Lost Another Hero: Scott Hardkiss, 1969-2013
They say that if you live long enough you'll write obituaries for all of your...
Colette: The 5 Magazine Interview
Rees Urban's 2010 cover story with Chicago's pride, DJ Colette.
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This is the Disco Documentary We’ve Been Waiting For
For the public at large, it's all about KC. For people who really love music, it's Gino Soccio, it's T-Connection, it's Boris Midney and...
Wired Fridays: Chicago’s Downtown Dance Party Returns
WIRED FRIDAYS is back for Fall 2015 featuring House Music first and third Fridays, including DJs Cajmere, Derrick Carter, Roy Davis Jr, Mickey Oliver...
Goodbye or Good Riddance? The Weird Saga of Green Dolphin
If you're from Chicago you know; if you're not, you're probably wondering why everyone is repeatedly posting news stories about another shooting at another...
In the beginning there was JACK!
"I didn't think we needed to wait 50 years until everyone who was there at the beginning of the House scene was dead to...
Is This The First House Music Track to Evoke Eric Garner?
Updated 3/9: Out today via beatport.
Dance music often deals with currents affairs and controversies from an oblique and indirect angle. I don't think this...
TENNIS
Paul Johnson Announces Dance Mania x Relief Records Tour
Chicago House Music legend Paul Johnson announces available dates for sets based on his Dance Mania and Relief-era sound.
Damon Wild & Epi Centrum: Produkt
Veteran producer Damon Wild reinvigorates the Synewave imprint on this tight collaboration with Epi Centrum.
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Natasha Kitty Katt – A 5 Mag Disco Mix vol 83
Some are born for music, but Natasha Kitty Katt was born for disco. Listen to her new 5 Mag Mix.
#ListenUp Waajeed and Candi Lindsey Team Up for Powerful HEAVY
Who else is making house music like this right now? Who actually can? Waajeed always comes correct but from the direction you least expect, as on Heavy from his new Ten Toes Down EP featuring Candi Lindsey.
Native Instruments celebrates a decade of Maschine
A limited edition Flame Orange colored Maschine Mk3 is being offered up and it looks pretty fly.
Spotify May Be Preparing to Raise Subscription Rates
Record labels have long wanted it, and Spotify is said to be planning a new test of higher monthly subscription rates in Scandinavia.
Aragon Ballroom sold naming rights to a bank
The Aragon Ballroom will now be known as "Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom" because they paid someone money for you to call it that.
Review: 5 Mag at 51st State Festival 2019
5 Mag went to 51st State Festival in London this year. We'll be going back in 2020 too. Photos and video of Wookie, Kerri Chandler, Soul Clap and more.
#ListenUp Deep, Evocative Tracks from Soela on Lily
However she does it Soela makes some of the best deep house records I've come across. Lily on Kompakt Records is another ethereal master cut.
Farmarama! A Conversation with Sally Rogers of A Man Called Adam
Sally Rogers is best known as one half of Balearic funsters A Man Called Adam which has just released their latest and many say their best album yet, Farmarama. Harold Heath has the story.
That Frankie Knuckles/Lou Rawls Cut: You’ll Never Find This Record Ever Again
Frankie Knuckles' remix of Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" became a thing of fable when he played it in a Boiler Room set and here it is, preserved on wax.
Atomic Age Drum Machines: the Ghost Orchestras of Harry Chamberlin
Musicians' unions once banned these machines for fear they would put their members out of work. The incredible story of the insulation installer who developed the world's first commercial drum machine.
James Duncan Plays a Free Show Thursday at Smartbar
The Playground features the Innermoods boss James Duncan at Smartbar with Roger That, Sean Taylor and Form this Thursday August 15 2019.
Jenifa Mayanja, Norus Headline Phuture Shock’s Excursions V/A
Some familiar faces - Jenifa Mayanja, Norus, Cyclonix, Flabaire - bringing new sounds on Excursions Vol 6, a solid V/A vinyl-only comp from Phuture Shock Muzik.
Beatport Will Start Deleting Unsold Tracks
Even Beatport has its limits, and tracks that have never sold a single copy are it. Starting later this year Beatport will begin deleting them.
Dynamite: Mike Agent X Clark Drops The Heat
Mike Agent X Clark's "The Heat" is gonna be a HUGE record, with remixes on board from Ben Sims, El Provost and Peter Rocket.
Why Julian “Jumpin'” Perez Got Cancelled
Organizers of Chicago's My House Music Festival pulled the Chicago DJ legend Julian Jumpin' Perez in response a joke about Mexicans and ICE.
Behringer is Shipping Its 808 Clone, the RD-8
Behringer's clone of the iconic TR-808 is among the most anticipated new drum machines of the year. They're now shipping to retailers.
Samsung Joins Apple, Google in Dumping the Headphone Jack
I hope you like wireless ear buds, pal, cuz you're gonna need them.
Junior Sanchez: Welcome To The Matrix
5 Mag's Harold Heath talks to underground house music hero Junior Sanchez ahead of a 5 Mag show at Smartbar on August 30.
#ListenUp Pete Moss Remixes Colette on Dreams
Colette teams up with Pete Moss for a new set of remixes of "Dreams," her cover of the Stevie Nicks tune.
Learn How to Write A Hit Song with Grammy-Nominated DJ & Producer Jax Jones
Point Blank sits down with DJ and Producer, Jax Jones, to discuss exactly how he writes and produces hit tracks from start to finish.
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Phil Free Art Has Passed Away
I have the sad duty to inform you that a superstar of the Midwest electronic music scene, Phil Pelipada - better known in music,...
