Tag: derrick carter

It starts tonight: six parties and the picnic itself, pre-parties and after-parties from SmartBar to Da House Spot and Evil Olive and all points...

It was 25 years ago this July that someone got the idea of adding turntables to a family reunion and the Chosen Few Picnic...

We promised a night of education, laughter and inspiration and we hope that's what you got from 5 Magazine's first moderated panel at the...

In the 1990s, Derrick Carter and Chez Damier formed two of the most influential labels in music history, right here in Chicago. Twenty years...

Can't stop the House? Not sure I'd want to try. We were contacted late last week by some fellows who have put together still...

The Chicago summers keep getting better and better for House Music. With the wild success of their Wired Fridays lunchtime dance party series every...

Meet the man behind probably the greatest underground House Music label going in 2015. My Love Is Underground boasts a roster of like-minded producers...

5 Magazine is pleased to announce a new mix series more than a year in the making. The 312 is our Chicago House Music Mix...

Updated: RSVP for the March 31st Frankie Knuckles Tribute is now open. Enter the date Euro-style (DD/MM/YY). You're not ready and we're not worthy. None...

Three days, three announcements representing the entire breadth of underground electronic music in the Midwest, from Chicago's Chosen Few Picnic to Movement in Detroit...

The Chosen Few DJs have announced the line-up for the 2015 Chosen Few Picnic. Louie Vega and Kenny Dope (Masters at Work, NYC) are among...

ALL I KNEW FOR SURE was that he was a hell of a singer - one of the best, certainly in House Music, likely...

Years before I knew him, I heard about him - this guy from France who made these incredibly sensual and deep records that each...

In anticipation of warmer days to come, the good folks at React have announced the acts to their 4th annual Spring Awakening Music Festival,...

"All I knew for sure is that he was a hell of a singer - one of the best, certainly in House Music, likely...

For the first time in recent memory, SmartBar will be going dark this weekend. The iconic Chicago nightclub will remain closed from January 7th through...

Welcome to 2015 and Issue #114 of 5 Magazine. This month, we remember Frankie Knuckles on what would have been his 60th birthday with David...

Four Play Sessions is a mix series from Chicago's Four Play Music and featuring the talents of Mr. Andrew Emil & Friends, published each...

The poet Allen Ginsberg called them the "classic stations of the earth" - the points on a map where people seemed to gather, quite...

Whatever part of this industry you're in, if you take this shit with the slightest degree of seriousness, you're a masochist. We fight and...