Hidden Spheres – You Are Not Your Body
The Manchester producer creates a very extended EP full of moments of unexpected electronic euphoria.
Techno-ish House & House-ish Techno From Santiago Salazar on “Dedicated”
Bags of potential big tune-ness on this five track EP from Santiago Salazar on Yaxteq.
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.
Innerspace Halflife: Cosmology (Machining Dreams)
Call it logrolling if you will, but sometimes a record commands your attention. Hakim Murphy (a senior editor here if you haven't looked at the masthead lately) didn't send me this release from his...
Slap Jaxx Podcast Vol 7 – JAK
JAK mixes Volume #7 of the SLAPCAST, the Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago's Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine.
Jack Coleman is JAK, and he's been playing and producing Techno and...
Robotnick and Pinsky’s Analog Session, Mark Two
We now join in on another exhilarating adventure with theoretically obsolete technology manipulated by two guys who know their way around a synthesizer and a 4/4 beat.
Ludus Pinsky has soldered his share of...
Chicago Underground: Kevin Starke Interview & Free Track Download
Chicago Underground is a new regular feature in 5 Magazine, in which we'll be featuring Chicago producers and giving away a free download of one of their tracks so you can check out their...
Kate Simko and Jeffrey Weeter’s Live AV Experience
Welcome to the future, or one iteration of it.
Synesthesia is what they call the association between sight and sound and other sensations, and for most of us it's involuntary. But Chicago's Kate Simko and...
MNLTH: Laser 80 (Organic Analogue)
Super eclectic electro from Organic Analogue: MNLTH's Laser 80 is one of the most challenging but most wonderful records I've heard this year.
Secret Studio: A 5 Mag Mix #49
Tyrel Williams and Bai-ee are Secret Studio Records, presenting a sound steeped in acid, jack tracks and the rawest House and Techno imaginable. Here is their new & exclusive 5 Mag Mix.
Worlds Collide: Jeff Mills and Tony Allen Live at Metro
Detroit and Lagos, Afrobeat and Techno meet and make love when Jeff Mills and legendary percussionist Tony Allen play.
Giorgio Luceri & Gregg Fore Feature on “I Am Love” from Mathematics
Like an R&B ballad fractured and pieced back together in a new, dynamic shape, "I Am Love" by Giorgio Luceri and Gregg Fore is a triumph.
Sol Ortega Drops The Blue Club on Rhythm Nation
Massive EP of Detroit-style Techno by way of Argentina as translated through the prism of Chicago, via Rhythm Nation.
Raw a f: Raw Culture’s Savage Beat Dealers Return on Pushers 03
Raw Culture is having a moment, making music that gives the more precious lo-fi house producers a sucker punch and steals their bike.
SELECT: 6 Acid Tracks with Rudosa
Prolific UK DJ and producer Rudosa shares his playlist of his six favorite acid tracks, past and present, new and classic.
Hakim Murphy’s Analog Scriptures
What happened to Hakim Murphy? He's right here. The Chicago producer's latest album Analog Scriptures is under his hm505 alias.
Review: Maelstrom: Expression Directe
On Expression Directe, Cultivated Electronics delivers an EP of electro cool to the touch by Maelstrom.
D3070 debuts on Cyberdome with “Deep Impact”
Apparently named after a flamethrower, D3070 debuts with a sizzling EP of electro sounds with a little bit of dirt rubbed into it.
#ListenUp Fantastic Man drops “Alltogethernow” for Kalahari Oyster Cult
Fantastic Man works a sinister, gnarly bassline on a new four track EP from your favorite Techno Cultists.
Moodymann, Move D, Inland highlight AWAY’s 10 YEARS celebration
Three weekend-long events for the Berlin event will follow a ten track compilation from some of the friends, family & honored guests from the label out June 23.
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Beloved: Inside the new 5 Mag
An oral history of Freerange Records with Jimpster, Tom Roberts, Matt Masters, Pezzner, Manuel Tur and Fred Everything, plus Chicago house with Black Sjuan, DJ Paulette's welcome to the club, Elbert Phillips on Tears, Dark Heaven and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.