🔴 There are probably people in this scene with more innate talent than Seven Davis Jr, but we haven’t met them. The brilliant producer, DJ and musician is the subject of our latest cover story in 5 Mag Issue #214, which is out now!
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5 Mag’s Czarina Mirani also talks to Nick V of seminal Paris event La Mona, Chicago’s viral Elevator Music streaming crew, Nick V’s cover mix, a DJ Rush birthday set recovered from oblivion, disco meets Buck Rogers and more. Full contents are below. Our members get first crack at everything we publish; membership starts at just $2/month for a year’s subscription. Other options are listed here. Thank you for your support!
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🔴 CONTENTS — INSIDE 5 MAG #214:
🔴 Seven Davis, Jr: ‘This Is Absolutely Me Now and Me Going Forward.’ Back in January, without any fanfare, Seven Davis, Jr. dropped the album of the year. 5 Mag talks to one of the most talented people we’ve ever met on Stranger Than Fiction and a searing declaration of independence from one of the most fiercely creative artists in the scene.
🔴 Behind The Beat: Nick V and La Mona Paris. There’s something to be said for a party that is still going strong after seventeen years. That party is La Mona, a gathering in Paris paying tribute not only to house music but also its passion for the art of dance. 5 Mag’s Czarina Mirani speaks to founder and resident Nick V. on the art of the party and the secrets to its longevity.
🔴 The Cover Mix: Nick V. The founder of Paris’ La Mona parties with a live set recorded in April 2024.
🔴 Elevator Music. It’s a party that everyone wants to be a part of. 5 Mag’s Czarina Mirani meets the anonymous crew behind Chicago’s “Elevator Music” platform and viral livestreaming DJ sets.
🔴 1980: A Disco Odyssey. Harry Casey and the Sunshine Band: How a cheesy sci-fi TV show and a bandleader for Engelbert Humperdinck created a bizarre disco classic.
🔴 5 Mag Book Club: Join The Future. Harold Heath on Matt Anniss’ newly revised and expanded Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music.
🔴 Carving Icy Soundscapes with Tundra. Ed Martinez on another niche plug-in from SoundGhost that manipulates richly textured and frozen sounds within your DAW.
🔴 SYNC: DJ Rush. A live set recorded at DJ Rush’s birthday bash in January 2010 at Urban’s House in Chicago. Once 404 Not Found, now found.
🔴 New Conference Spotlights Latino Contributions to Chicago House. Latinos In Da House recognizes the DJs, artists, dance crews and personalities that shaped Chicago house from the start.
🔴 Music Reviews 214. The home for longform reviews in modern dance music, featuring records from Pittsburgh Track Authority: Mon Acid (Pittsburgh Tracks), Genius of Time ft Bassie Kay: Rave Breaks (Aniara Recordings), Tuccillo: Frames (Nu Groove), Ebbs’N’Flow: Bunch of Amateurs (Kalahari Oyster Cult), Felipe Gordon: My Legs Are Numb (Shall Not Fade), Sweatson Plank and Session Victim: The Road To Love (Friends of Friends), Monaco (IRE): Techno Romance (Hot Haus Records), Niko Marks: Jazz Nagas (U2X Productions), Desert Island Disco (Shades of Sound Recordings), Jansen: Say Never / Just Move (Cabriolet Recordings), The WildViolets & Dr. Packer (The Disco Express Records), Millsart: X-Ray Zulu (Axis Records), North Satellite (El Triangulo Records) and musclecars (BBE).
🔴 SoundCloud Really Wants To Get Playlists Right. A new heat-seeking playlist feature spotlights emerging and up-and-coming tracks on SoundCloud’s platform. But there are a few problems…
🔴 Moog Announces Spectravox. Demo’d by Jamie Lidell, the $599 spectra processor is the company’s first major release since Moog’s ownership change.
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