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On the cover: Andy Compton on 50 albums and 25 years of Peng, plus Ralph Session cover mix, Dan Sicko’s love letter to techno and the city of Detroit, and Chicago’s Noble Square Records’ deep house love affair.
Also in this issue: Subvert rises from the ashes with a mission of creating a grassroots, community-owned version of Bandcamp. And as if the ticketing industry isn’t screwed up enough, we outline a new scheme aiming to trick and confuse consumers into paying more than 70% more for concert tickets by routing sales through sketchy affiliate sites.
We also published what must be our longest review section ever, because you people cannot stop making dope tracks.
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🔴 CONTENTS — INSIDE 5 MAG #216:
❇️ Andy Compton: For the Love.
Over 50 albums, Andy Compton has etched out a unique legacy in music, and deep house music in particular. A retrospective on The Rurals, 25 years of Peng and how a teenage metalhead wandered into the wrong tent at a festival and never looked back.
❇️ Ralph Session: Behind The Beat.
After more than a decade of grinding, 2024 saw several milestone releases for the native NYC deep house producer and DJ, showcasing his music on some of the best underground deep house labels in the world.
✳️ Select: Ricardo Miranda and Noble Square Records.
Noble Square is one of Chicago’s best and most consistently dope deep house labels, dropping delectable new tracks & reissues from local artists and international figures, from giants of the genre & emerging artists for parts of the last two decades.
⚙️ Screen Grab: Synth Drum Lovers’ Delight.
A brief history of the once unloved Syncussion and Aly James Lab’s new emulation project.
📚 5 Mag Book Club: The Renegades of Electronic Funk.
The late Dan Sicko’s Techno Rebels still shines 25 years after its debut, with a clear passion for the music and the city of Detroit where it was born.
🎧 The Cover Mix: Ralph Session — Sanctify vol 11.
The native New Yorker now resident in Berlin takes you on a 2.5 hour dope house music ride.
📰 Subvert Wants to Create a Grassroots Alternative to Bandcamp.
Now in the planning stages, a new platform is an independent, artist-owned co-operative created out of the ashes of Ampled.
📰 Gouged: Brokers, Bots & the Cost of Nightlife.
In a new bot-driven scheme, customers are being tricked into paying upwards of 70% premiums for concert tickets routed through sketchy affiliate sites.
🎧 SYNC: Dubbyman.
Once lost mix that preceded the Spanish deep house explorer’s first US appearance in 2011.
⚙️ Heavy Machinery: Endless Reverb.
Erica introduces Nightverb, a unique hardware reverb effects unit.
✳️ Music Reviews #216.
Your home for longform reviews of electronic music, featuring new releases and reissues from Azaad (SLABS), Weval (Technicolour Records), Floating Points (Ninja Tune), Oh Annie Oh (Future Bounce), Spincycle (Coin-Op Records), Jaymie Silk (!K7), Lovebirds (Teardrop Music), Abacus (Guidance), Shawn Rudiman, Gladstone Deluxe, Doc Sleep, Paul Fleetwood, Torvvo, Nick Breinich, Naeem & Gusto (Detour), Tiga & Hudson Mohawke (Turbo Recordings), Pittsburgh Track Authority (Pittsburgh Tracks), Soela (Scissor & Thread), SFRA (Deeppa), Soul Clap & Khyenci (Soul Clap Records), Masters At Work (MAW Records), Fouk featuring Debórah Bond (Reel People Music), The Emperor Machine (Leng Records), Siamak Amidi vs hm505 (Synapsis Records), Franck Roger (Real Tone), Tim Xavier (Sonic Mind Records), Dela, Dorian James, Aaron Chase, Microdot (IHeartTechno Records) and Nozu: Free (What To Do).
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