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Kastle Interview

Is Music for Airports good music for airports? We ask KASTLE ahead of his gig next Wednesday at Lincoln Hall - read more »

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Norm Talley's Analog XTC

Extremely limited release on blue vinyl, featuring Norm Talley's best productions yet - read more »

 
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First Listen: Floorplan's Paradise LP

Our track-by-track, first take on the debut Floorplan album from Robert Hood, out July 1 2013 on M-Plant - read more »

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Quincy Jones: Foundations

Let's talk about Quincy Jones: 5 Mag's DEL digs deep into the roots of modern dance music with his profile & essential discography for The Living Legend, a man called Q. - read more »

 
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Cosmic Kids & Fingerpaint: Reality on the Horizon

Review by Kadabra: 100 BPM never got him so damn hyped as it did on "Whisper Softly" from Brooklyn's Let's Play House. - read more »

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Just Released: 5 Magazine's May 2013 Issue

Issue 94 of 5 Magazine has been unleashed on an unsuspecting world. This month: Czarina interviews Soul Clap - Stacey Pullen talks Movement, civic politics & his new release on Blackflag - Anthony "Shake" Shakir in our Man+Machine feature - DEL compiles a memorial to the late Vince Montana Jr & more. see more »

 
 
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Wavefront Festival Announces Second Wave

Adds Frankie Knuckles, Farina, Derrick Carter Along with DJs with an international profile, the three day festival at Montrose Beach also announced an incredible line-up of both prominent and up-and-coming Chicago DJs - among them, Frankie Knuckles, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, Ralphi Rosario, Jamie Principle, Gene Farris, H-Foundation and more. Full line-up here - more »

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DJ Pierre: The 5 Magazine Interview

"We were struggling so hard to make something we thought sounded good" - and then they found this thing called a TB-303. - more »

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New Mix Monday: Sean Haley

New Mix: Chicago native and one half of Windimoto Sean Haley mixes Volume 172 of New Mix Monday, 5 Magazine's weekly House Music mix guest series. ... more »

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Cosmic Kids & Fingerpaint: Reality on the Horizon

Review by Kadabra: 100 BPM never got him so damn hyped as it did on "Whisper Softly" from Brooklyn's Let's Play House. - more »

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Romanthony: Let Me Show You Love (2013 Remixes)

Review by Terry Matthew: It's been 12 years (and Jesus Christ I'm getting old) since Daft Punk's Discovery introduced Romanthony, Todd Edwards and the sound of Jersey Garage to a wider world. Romanthony has always had a formidable reputation overseas more »

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Cajmere Leaks Details of New Album

"Too Underground For The Main Stage" features collaborations with Maceo Plex, Oliver Dollar, Dajae, Jamie Jones, Dyed Soundorom, Sonny Fodera, Free Magic & more - more »

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