After Moog: The most depressing story in the industry gets worse
A storied company continues to gut staff and reportedly shift product manufacturing overseas under new ownership.
VIVA ACID presents DJ Hyperactive / 1995 mixtape (RARE)
VIVA ACID presents this never-before-heard mixtape from Midwest Techno legend DJ Hyperactive, circa 1995. This mix captures a pivotal moment and time period in the evolution of Midwest rave caught on tape. Unearthed directly from the VBNTS archive by VIVA ACID's Luis Baro.
New Mix: Cz’s House Birthday Edition (with a parrot)
After a brief hiatus traveling during the summer, she's back! Shout out to all fellow Libras as 5 Mag's Czboogie celebrates her bday with you all in this special episode. Her yellow naped Amazon parrot Julius is co-host. Enjoy!
Sounds of the Underground – Inside 5 Mag #209
Alinka on the cover, Laseech cover mix, Marco Lenzi on resuscitating Molecular Recordings and finding talent in a noisy world, Being on being there and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Launch 🚀 5 Mag meets Martha Dark
We meet Irish deep house producer Martha Dark, whose debut release "Promise" is out now on theBasement Discos.
Fred Everything – #TheMixdown
Fred Everything takes Will Sumsuch on a studio tour and house music production deep dive.
The AI music company shitting up your streams
A single AI music company claims it has created 14% of the world's recorded music and are flooding streaming platforms. Who, or what, is Boomy?
Coflo – “It was the culture that raised me”
Catching The Ghost: 5 Mag's Czarina Mirani profiles to Bay Area producer, DJ, teacher and dancer Coflo in this wide-ranging 5 Mag cover story.
#RIP Alland Byallo
We are devastated to learn this morning that producer, art director and DJ Alland Byallo has passed away suddenly.
#ListenUp Moodymann remixes Róisín Murphy on “What Not To Do”
The new single drops ahead of Róisín Murphy's album Hit Parade out September 8.
Russian house producer Phil Gerus has died
Phil Gerus (aka Phil Mirzoian), who released music on Tensnake's True Romance, Sonar Kollective, Emotional Especial and others was killed by an allegedly drunk driving police officer in June.
“His name was O’Shae, and you all killed him.”
O'Shae Sibley was stabbed to death in New York this weekend. Friends and witnesses say he murdered for dancing in public while gay and Black.
DJ Lady D makes a festival-worthy Chicago house playlist
Chicago's DJ Lady D selects her top 19 Chicago house festival tracks ahead of ARC Music Festival, coming this Labor Day Weekend (September 1 through September 3 2023) at Union Park.
Some Call It House, We Call It Home: the Story of 3 Degrees
The history of Chicago's 3 Degrees Global collective, representing a missing link in Chicago house music history as told by its members: Jeremiah Seraphine, Forever Monna, Julius The Mad Thinker, Dj-FLX, Priti Gandhi, BIGSEXY and Czboogie.
We Still Call It House: Inside the new 5 Mag
The story of 3°, Chicago's influential house music collective and their member's only parties, Detroit vocalist Diviniti, Gratts cover mix and profile, disco legend John Davis and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag out now.
“Get Up!” A Tribute to DJ Deeon
The man behind the legend was even greater than the legend itself. 5 Mag remembers Chicago house DJ and ghetto house pioneer DJ Deeon, who passed away today.
Alland Byallo – The Mixdown
Will Sumsuch meets Alland Byallo for The Mixdown, 5 Mag's series of producers talking to producers about the craft, kit and skills behind the music, his personal and creative turning points and the importance of unplugging and reconnecting with the pure joy of music for music's sake.
M-Dok Tribe Mix ☀️ RISE vol 13
Continuing to showcase the deep flow of talent emerging from the underground, 5 Mag features Chicago's M-Dok (Tribe, My House Music Festival) for this week's Monday morning RISE mix.
Luminescence: Remembering Conrad Colson
Firefly by Conrad marks an artist at the peak of their creative powers. Unfortunately, it is also a posthumous release: Conrad took his own life before the Firefly EP was released.
Listen to Episode 4 of Cz’s House
5 Mag founder and editor-in-chief Czarina Mirani has launched Cz's House, a new mix show recorded regularly at Cz's actual house. Episode 4 is live now.
MUST READ!
Brutal layoffs at Bandcamp as new owner slashes 50% of staff
A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.
