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Anané, Beppe Loda, Toribio, Black Eyes, Danny J Lewis and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.
Take A Ride with Anané in one of the best artist profiles we've ever done, plus Italian DJ legend Beppe Loda, Toribio, Danny J Lewis, cover mix and profile of Black Eyes and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
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#CoverMix: Black Eyes: Sanctify vol 8
Contents From Issue #211:
Anané: Take A Ride. Lauren Krieger profiles Anané on the launch of her mini-album Take A Ride produced by Louis Vega & Josh Milan in a wide-ranging interview on her youth, early struggles and philosophy on music, life and art.
Toribio: Public Service. Rodrigo Salazar meets the eclectic Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, instrumentalist and apostle of the dance floor.
Beppe Loda. You can't write a credible history of dance music without speaking to Beppe Loda. Tommaso Conforti interviews the Italian DJ legend.
Black Eyes: The Cover Mix. This issue's featured DJ set from Mancunian DJ and producer Black Eyes, playing "quite deep but with touches of soul and Detroit vibes."
Night Tales 2: Album of the Month. Danny J Lewis walks us through the second concept album from the deep house and garage legend.
Black Eyes: Behind The Beat. This is a broadcast from the future: 5 Mag meets the Mancunian producer whose label Lost Control 2097 is capturing a certain raw, sometimes psychedelic but viscerally rhythmic brand of techno & deep house.
The Best Site You Never Heard Of. Ampled had everything you want from a pro-musician platform. So why did it fail?
Underreported 2023: The Year Discogs Shit The Bed. Jacked fees and chaos brought all of the record platform's faults to the surface.
God Said Give ’Em Apertures. Normski captures in photographs two decades of Black artists, from NWA to Juan Atkins.
Science People Confirm: This World Needs More Disco Balls. A new academic paper illustrates the benefits of brightening the planet with more sparkles.
Make Music 2024: LUNA DAW is Now Free. Universal Audio has made a fully featured version of their proprietary DAW free for all macOS users.
Nanobox Puts a Sampler In Your Pocket. The Nanobox Tangerine is the latest toy-like hardware from 1010Music.
Introducing Galaxias. A new tool for Roland Cloud, Galaxias lets subscribers use and layer any instrument as well as its extensive catalog of sounds.
Music Reviews 211. The home for longform reviews in modern dance music, featuring records from Seven Davis Jr, Rollover DJs, Boink (Curb Side), Man Power & Juan MacLean, Sondrio (Refuge Recordings), June Jazzin (NDATL), Hardway Brothers and Jason Merle (Whiskey Pickle), Kirik & Imbue (Memory Remains), Vasco Ispirian, Lone (Greco-Roman), Lex (Delusions of Grandeur), Rephlex (Closer To Truth), Offshore & Coen (Citizens of Vice), Lolo Knows & Jordan Martinez (Import Tracks), Marli (Unknown To The Unknown), FILM (Remmah), Yacht Soul (Too Slow To Disco) and Decoder (Molecular Recordings).
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