Tag: new york
Remembering House Dance Pioneer Marjory Smarth
We are saddened to find out that we lost a very important and pivotal figure in the House Dance community, when Marjory Smarth recently...
Adam Rios: Book One (Vega Records)
Some artists are very well known. Some are known well by those that KNOW music! This is the case with this tight EP on...
In the Studio with Victor Simonelli
Every month 5 Magazine's Man+Machine features talks about musical machines and the men & women who love them.
This month, ahead of his date headlining...
Interview: Brian Coxx
Ahead of our 8 year anniversary party this Friday, August 23 2013, we get to know Brian Coxx of New York City, talking punk...
Rissa Garcia: How Many Times (Cosmic Disco)
Thousands of people woke up this morning, opened a SoundCloud account and decided to call themselves producers. Rissa Garcia is not one of them:...
NY’s Finest: I Can’t Wait Till Tonight (Traxx Underground)
Yikes, I had no idea this was Victor Simonelli when I first heard it - actually, not an inkling until getting ready to write...
Jenifa Mayanja and Dakini9: Heading Into Tomorrow/Polarity Shift (Sound Warrior)
Hakim Murphy turned me on to a ton of great records in the year he was writing for 5 Magazine. His review of Jenifa...
Tony Touch: How to Throw a Successful Party
Tony Touch: the original mixtape king with hundreds of mixes to date of Hip-Hop, Reggaeton and House. From his Rock Steady Crew affiliation to...
Eat It, Celebrity DJs: Giorgio Moroder to Perform First Ever Live DJ Set
It was one of the strange paradoxes of the disco era that two of the giants - two of the people whose innovations were...
For Your Consideration: House For Hope, Hurricane Sandy Relief in NYC This Saturday
They say you can tell a lot about a person based upon what he does in a time of crisis. If that's also true...
Jellybean Benitez on the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Disco
August 2012 marks one year since the notorious Studio 54 re-opened its doors, this time as 24/7 Disco station on Sirius-XM satellite radio. To...
Timmy Regisford: Up Close and Personal
Few people in our world can be unilaterally identified by one name. Few people are known simply by a moniker... especially when that moniker...
Todd Terry: The 5 Magazine Interview
Todd Terry is an icon in House Music. He also has quite a history that many don't know about. He did production on the...
Did You Miss Me: On the Road with Tortured Soul
Hailing from Brooklyn, the multitalented three-piece band Tortured Soul is made up of bassist Jason Kriveloff (aka JKriv), keyboardist Ethan White and drummer/lead vocalist...
Kerri Chandler Interview (2007)
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE that anyone could pass over Kerri Chandler, but that's exactly what we've seen happening. When the sun rises every morning...
Tortured Soul: Ethan White, JKriv and John-Christian Urich
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT the experience of hearing a live House band. The warmth, the impromptu acts of virtuosity and the electricity of the crowd...
Louie Vega Interview
HE HAS BEEN CALLED "the Miles Davis of dance music". An undisputed legend, his nearly 20 year career has brought us unforgettable hits such...
Barbara Tucker Interview
HER POWERHOUSE VOICE AND presence has established her as the diva of house music. Think of the classic songs: "Deep Inside", "Beautiful People", "I...
MUST READ!
A People’s History of Chicago House Music
In the poetic and robust Chicago House Music: Culture and Community, Marguerite L. Harrold captures the history of house music with the eye of a scholar and the passion of a true believer.
