17 Essential Walter Gibbons Mixes
DEL combs though his collection to pick 14 essential tracks remixed by Walter Gibbons.
Read more about Walter Gibbons in Mixed With Love: A Story About Walter Gibbons.
Ten Percent (Double Exposure)
('77; #11 Disco-Dance/#56 R&B charts)...
Pittsburgh Track Authority: The 5 Magazine Interview
Meet Preslav Lefterov, Thomas Cox and Adam Ratana, collectively Pittsburgh Track Authority. And remember their names, because these three guys from Pittsburgh will restore your faith in the American dance music scene.
So how did...
Why I’m Not Going to WMC: The Love Is Gone
I checked Hotels.com, Cheapohotels.com, CheapestHotelsInThePlanet.com - you name it. The best I could get for a TWO star hotel room and up ranged from between $331 to $850 a night. And every review of...
Frique Asks: Are You Here For the Music?
"If I had to nominate just one DJ to represent everything Chicago stands for as a city," we once wrote, "that DJ would be Frique."
As of late, Chicago's Frique has been flexing his...
The Culture with MELODYMANN
DJs on DJing - and an exclusive 5 Mag Mix from Belgian DJ, producer and Melodymathics label owner Melodymann.
Todd Edwards: The 5 Magazine Interview
You know a Todd Edwards song when you hear it. And his contributions to the UK Garage scene from the early '90s onwards continues to impress.
Destination Detroit with Rebecca Goldberg
From the airport to Belle Isle Beach, Rebecca Goldberg records the (literal) sounds of Detroit and Michigan for the BBC Radiophonic Travel Agency project.
Mark Farina: How I Play
5 Magazine welcomes Mark Farina back to Chicago this December 27 at SmartBar (Facebook page/tix here).
To warm up the room, Mark agreed to sit for our How I Play series, in which we talk...
Joe Shanahan: What The Future Looks Like
I DO NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, it is more like a mirror ball. I feel it will be as it always has been for decades: about community and the support that community gives...
Sorry SoundCloud: It’s Not Us. It’s You.
Updated January 19, 2017: We've written several in-depth studies of the various Soundcloud alternatives and are updating this piece with links to the new stories on a wide array of alternatives to SoundCloud as...
Derrick Carter and Chez Damier: Live at the Apple Store
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 North Michigan Avenue Apple Store last Friday, June 12, 2015...
The Legend of Jay B. Ross
Jay B. Ross moved mountains for tons of Chicago house artists from the early days to the present. The legendary "Rappin Lawyer" died on March 1.
Moon Boots: The 5 Magazine Interview
Moon Boots - the mystery man and French Express artist who in the last few years has produced some of the smoothest, sexiest soulful R&B/Disco-infused House - speaks to 5 Magazine about his music.
So...
After 29 years behind the mic, Joi Cardwell is still about the love
"My goal was to have a discography as long as Ella's." Joi Cardwell reflects on nearly three decades as dance music's go-to vocalist and answering an ad in the Village Voice to singing on "Club Lonely" from Lil Louis.
Session Victim: Listen To Your Heart
5 Magazine's Dustin Kinney talks to Session Victim ahead of the release of their new LP Listen To Your Heart.
Unplugged: The Magical Sounds of Pato Y Pato
Detroit duo Mark Maynard and John Duffy are capturing the aesthetic of 1970s proto-electronic on the psychedelic analog dream music of Pato Y Pato.
Discograph: DeepWit Recordings
DeepWit Recordings profiled in the inaugural edition of Discograph, exploring the back catalog of some of the world's House Music record labels.
I-Robots Is Your Future
In a time of universal mediocrity, an obsession with quality is a revolutionary act. A man of the same sentiment, Chez Damier, lit the fire in me with an introduction to the music of...
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