Back to Basics: Inside 5 Mag Issue 221
Mark Knight returns to the deep, soulful sound of his roots on Fool's Paradise, plus Yuu Udagawa takes over our cover mix, Gene Tellem on the making of one of the best records of 2025 and more.
Back to Basics: 5 Mag Issue 221 featuring Mark Knight and the emergence of Fool's Paradise, out now!
Also in this issue: Yuu Udagawa takes over our cover mix feature, Gene Tellem on the making of one of the best records of 2025, looking back on the Tampa rave revolution, how an early streaming media giant of the early internet became a key player in the surveillance state and more.
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#CoverMix: Yuu Udagawa — The 5 Mag Cover Mix
Inside Issue #221:
Yuu Udagawa.
A classy blend of electronic, jazz and leftfield grooves from the Japanese DJ and producer and one of our favorite new artists.
Vinyl Vanities.
Soundcloud's new partnership offers no-cost vinyl pressings to artists, but it looks a lot like a vanity press.
Inside the Tampa Rave Revolution.
TRiP MAGAZEEN 1992-1994 reproduces every issue of the seminal Florida rave zine, spotlighting an overlooked chapter in dance music history.
trackID: Gene Tellem.
The making of Phantom Vibrations for Love Injection.
Buffering: The Second Life of Real Networks.
How an early streaming media giant of the early internet became a key player in the surveillance state.
Mark Knight: Fool's Paradise.
If deep house, soulful house and disco aren't the first things that come to mind when you think about Mark Knight's music, you might not know Mark Knight very well. The founder of Toolroom Records on his latest passion project. Photos: Abeiku Arthur.
V-MODA announces the new M-100 Pro DJ Headphones.
Heavy Machinery: Designed in Milano, engineered in Japan.
Arturia probes a UFO edition MicroBrute.
Heavy Machinery: A special release of the first edition MicroBrute gets a cosmic makeover.
Dense, dreamy sound design with Haze.
Screen Grab: Free plugin from Lunacy pairs full manipulation of sound with stunning visual design.
Random acts of acid with Sting 2.
Screen Grab: Click the eyes for a big surprise! From the maker of the
popular Max for Live device Sting.
Tracks 221.
New music and reissues: your home for longform reviews including music from Ossie (Heist Recordings), DJ Spinn (Teklife), Ron Trent & Chez Damier (Vessel Recordings), Jimpster, Ash Lauryn and Oveous (Freerange), Porfi Jimenez & Retro Roland Riso (Matasuna Records), Shawn Rudiman (Pittsburgh Tracks), Number (Ramrock Red), Abacus & Haf S (Re/Think), Crooked Man (Vicious Charm), Ten City (Nervous Records), Luca Olivotto (Small Great Beats), Jon Dixon (No Speakers), DJ Rae, DJ Spen & Mike Dunn (Let There Be House Records), Ground16 (Sofa Movements Records), Medlar (Delusions of Grandeur), ASHRR (2020 Vision), Echols Brothers, Santonio Echols & Makeda Rose (NCM Label Detroit), Demuir (Purveyor Underground), Payfone (Otis Records), MissFly, David Bailey & Sean McCabe (Good Vibrations Music), The Illustrious Blacks (Soul Clap Records) and more.
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