Louis and Bebe Barron: Forbidden Planet at the Dawn of Electronic Music
Editor's Note: This was originally published in May 2012. In honor of Women's History Month, 5 Mag has decided to republish a substantially revised version of this piece to highlight the (far too often...
Moog launches Animoog Z free for iOS and macOS
Animoog Z, the new iteration of Moog's first professional synth launched today and is a free download for iOS and macOS.
Moog Brings Back to Life the Pioneering Synthesizer IIIc
Moog, the company, is steeped in music history - largely because they invented much of it. And keep bringing it back to life, like the Synthesizer IIIc.
Com Truise: Memory
A tantalizing taste of Iteration, Com Truise's forthcoming LP, Memory nears perfection.
Carpenter Brut is Swinging Through the US
French electro-synth suspect Carpenter Brut embarks on the US leg of his tour in April featuring dates in LA, Coachella, Chicago and wrapping up in New York in May.
For the Love of UKG
5 Magazine is publishing 3 straight issues dedicated solely to the music, artists and influence of the genre we love more than most, UK Garage. It starts now.
IndiGhost: Dreamwalker Part II
IndiGhost's entire discography is immersive as all hell and a joy to splash around in.
Carpenter Brut: Night Stalker
Released in support of the upcoming synthwave documentary The Rise of the Synths.
Fibre: 810 EP
810 is an EP of short and sickeningly catchy synth- and sample-based pop from supervaporwavepowerhouse Business Casual.
BarbWalters Invites us to a Wonderful Spread of Future Funk
Reconnect by BarbWalters is out now from the always provocative Business Casual.
Review: Tycho’s (now Grammy Nominated) Epoch
Tycho's new (and now Grammy-nominated) LP, Epoch is an album exquisitely shaped by and made for live performance.
Tycho featuring Beacon: See
The new version of "See," after debuting at Coachella, should be regarded as the definitive version of this beautiful track.
Eternity: 거룩한징조 (Sunset Recordings)
Sunset Recordings drops a new release every Friday at 5pm, and as far as I know all or nearly all of them have a free/pay-what-you-can price point.
Listen to Rare Soviet Underground New Wave from the ’80s
Zero: Two demos from cult '80s Soviet Union New Wave band Kofe released by Other Voices.
Italo Classics by KASSO Get Re-Edited by Jellybean Benitez
An Italo classic, New York and Chicago House staple from Best Record worked over by Jellybean Benitez with a magic that never loses its touch.
Lost Inside of Mitch Murder’s Fever Dreams: The Real Deal
Listen to the album so '80s that even the '80s had nothing like it.
The impossible meeting of Ellen Allien & Ash Code
"Dance and Kill" is a "bridge from cold wave to techno" but the energies flow both ways in this impossible collaboration between German techno producer Ellen Allien and Italian Darkwave artists Ash Code.
Satin Jackets: Panorama Pacifico
A year ago I walked into a club. A year ago less five hours I walked out of that club enamored with what I'd heard. A Satin Jackets performance is one of the best...
Light Speed: Pictures of Voyager 12
Voyager 12 has released tracks going back at least six years, but none so lovely as the electronic sonnets and synthesized lullabies of Pictures.
Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth Disco
Cultures of Soul shines a spotlight on the long-neglected Synth Disco scene of the early 1980s.
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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.
