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This Is Brian Jackson
Best known for his revolutionary collaboration with Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson is one of the most influential musicians in the history of pop. This is how he found new inspiration.
Discograph: Lumberjacks In Hell
Lumberjacks In Hell is, without exception, one of my top 5 labels. A profile of their history and aesthetic with founder Marcel Vogel.
Mr. Bird ft. Greg Blackman: Where Did The Party Go?
Ashley Beedle's sublime powers of studio hoodoo at work on Mr Bird & Greg Blackman's soul classic on Ramrock Blue.
KON! The 5 Magazine Interview
The King of Nothing: Will Sumsuch profiles Kon for a 5 Magazine cover story.
Al Kent: Disco Love
Scotland might not be the first place that springs to mind when you think of Disco music. But just as surely as it spawned...
Jeremy Newall: A 5 Mag Mix vol 19
When you've spent some time immersed in underground music, it can start to feel like the real tastemakers almost never get their props. In...
Beyond Real: DJ Spinna, circa 2015
Will Sumsuch talks to DJ Spinna about Jigmastas, Hip Hop, House, Stevie and "the strategic removal of consciousness and spirituality from the music by...
Johnny D: A 5 Mag Mix Vol ++008
Johnny D, a giant in the music industry in general and founder of the legendary Henry Street Music takes us on a journey through...
The House That Johnny D Built: Henry Street Music Turns 20
"I had the feeling that if I could take a groove that is 20 years old and if I could flip it, I could...
DJ Oil’s Phantom LP
Since DJ Shadow dropped Endtroducing on an unsuspecting World back in 1996, the bar for creative and original sample-based music was raised permanently. It...
Songs You Want To Tell People About: Joy from Mega Jawns
Today, there are more people paid to write more words for less money about more music than at any point in human history, and...
Disco Forever: Dimitri from Paris on the Rise and Fall of Philly Disco
Dimitri from Paris, dance music's foremost musicologist and the master of the compilation, returns with Get Down With the Philly Sound - a stunning...
DJ Spinna: The Boogie Back
Funk? Soul? Disco? Some crazy vocal lines? Yeah, this has it - all. If you're a a fan of groovy Disco House - mostly...
Dimitri from Paris: The 5 Magazine Interview
ABOUT THE TIME you read this, Night Dubbin, the latest compilation from the world-renowned Dimitri from Paris, will be in stores and available worldwide....
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Elbert Phillips releases a 3 hour Frankie Knuckles classics tribute mix
Chicago DJ and producer Elbert Phillips pays tribute to the late, legendary Frankie Knuckles with this extended and thoroughly dope classic tribute mix.