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A brief history of the once-unloved Syncussion, a drum synth designed for actual drummers that became a mainstay of modern electronic music production.

By every measure one of the greatest of the many great artists birthed by Detroit, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Amp Fiddler has passed away.

Prince was still alive when Green Velvet released Bigger Than Prince, and that's just a little of what's changed in the last 10 years

Tickets go on sale this Thursday March 31 for the interactive trip through the music and life of Prince opening in June 2022, which allows visitors to walk inside the album cover for Purple Rain, mixdown "Let's Go Crazy" and more.

Controversy, Dirty Mind, 1999, Lovesexy are among the reissued on vinyl from Sony Legacy and the Prince Estate.

Streaming be damned: we just had the third-largest sales week for vinyl albums since Neilsen's SoundScan launched in 1991.

The anniversary of Prince's death passed with news of another "unfinished" product from the Prince Estate.

These unofficial edits of "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" are without peer.

A fresh perspective on Roger Linn's masterpiece of engineering and the most important new music machine since the invention of the drum machine: the MPC.

Dane Conover was San Diego's answer to Prince. Working nearly alone and playing everything himself his album Sleep Convention as "Trees" is a synthpop masterpiece.

Timmy Regisford and Joe Claussell's "very special unofficial edits, overdubs & unreleased remixed promo 12 inch" of Prince.

We're talking about Jimpster, Lester Fitzpatrick, Pool Boy and Chip E. - inside a HUGE new issue of 5 Mag, out now!

The soulful House Music boss from Purple Music is nominated in an unusual category.

I'm sure that you've now had your fill of rare concert footage, interviews, tributes and articles telling you which Prince tracks you should listen...

"Music Is The Key" was a bully of a track, demanding so much attention that it starved others of oxygen and became one of...

I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which is a pretty young age for a thief or for a Prince fan. I don't know what prompted...

You try to be tactful, you don't want to hurt anybody but in the moments after a tremendous tragedy or world-changing event, you sort...

Special Double Issue of 5 Magazine! Issue #131 of 5 Magazine is now available. 5 Magazine is published twice per month in our member's...

House Music's souled-up Woodstock just got a little more intense. The Chosen Few Picnic has announced their official line-up and performers for this year's...

It's happening around the country and now "purple fever" is coming to Chicago too. The famed Brew and View at The Vic Theatre (3145...