5 Magazine DJ Mixes, Podcasts and Free House Music

House music legend Eddie Amador and Di Saronno team up for OUR MISSION, a banging cut of mad horns and peak hour grooves aimed squarely at the dance floor for SoSure Music. Di Saronno @disaronnomusic and Eddie Amador @eddieamador have been collaborating for several years on various productions and remixes. The seeds for this single grew from a white label that Di Saronno found while digging record...

A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous, insanely kinetic set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY. Informed by 40 years of electronic music and her gritty Berlin roots, LOVEFOXY's DJ sets are blistering and unforgettable, showcasing a burning passion for '90s house music. LOVEFOXY @foxy-love-1 recently launched a new label called HOTLORD, with a latest release called CATCALL and featu...

Wake up with a sunny new mix from Chicago's DJ CT (REDUX DJs) for 5 Mag's ☀️ RISE series DJ CT @deejayct-347196521 is a Chicago-based queer nightlife DJ with a specialty in disco, house, & latin house. With roots in theater and music, he started DJing in the scene regularly in 2009. As half of REDUX DJs w/ WYSER since 2010, they've played some of the hottest parties and clubs around the country an...

5 MAG PREMIERE: 15 years after the release of the Lovebirds and Stee Downes classic "Want You In My Soul," LOVEBIRDS returns to Winding Road Records with the velvet deep house of BALI BIRDS, the final track of the three song EP THEY CALL ME, out now. The first @lovebirds release on @winding-road-recs since 2011's "Want You In My Soul," THEY CALL ME is the full 360 Lovebirds experience, from the ti...

This is a 2012 5 Mag mix from the legendary DJ Dan. It's one of a number of mixes that were either struck off SoundCloud during that dark era or which were never uploaded here. This was the first "DJ Masters Series" mix and there would be only one other — I made up the whole series just to get a mix from DJ Dan. His mixtapes had been so influential in my own life that it was something of a sideque...

Our SYNC series of classic mixes that vanished off the internet continues with the third mix in this series from Paul Johnson, this one a 5 Mag original. A reader named Anthony alerted us to this mix's disappearance from the internet last year — an email that pretty much lead to the start of this series. This was originally posted a few days before Christmas in December 2010 as part of 5 Mag's New...

A 120 minute house music work out from Detroit's DJ Cent for this week's ☀️ RISE mix from 5 Mag! Purveyor of house music and happy hearts. With roots entwined in Detroit soul and southern hospitality, @dj-cent catalyzes communities with her upbeat house music and contagious dance vibe. Even in the face of devastating loss within her musical and BIPOC communities, DJ Cent lifts others with her infe...

5 MAG PREMIERE: Richard Earnshaw launches a new label ARTWORX with the sultry voice of Sabrina Chyld — the irresistible soulful house jam "Better For Me" is out now in promo release on Traxsource and available worldwide on 19 December 2025. Introducing the latest imprint from the KMG/Duffnote family... Artworx. Born from a passion for creative freedom, collaboration, and a vision to serve as a pla...

Cueing up a proper Chicago deep house mix from the city's own DJ and producer TWAN for this week's ☀️ RISE mix from 5 Mag. Twan is rapidly emerging as one of the Midwest’s most talked-about house DJs. A 2x nominee for Best House Music DJ by Chicago Reader, he has delivered his signature sound at premier venues including House of Blues, Concord Music Hall, Lincoln Hall, Chop Shop, and Park West, as...

Uplifting hands-in-the-air house set from Australian DJ, vocalist and producer KLP for this week’s ☀️ RISE mix from 5 Mag! A mainstay in Australia’s dance scene and beyond, KLP is an ARIA-nominated, Platinum-certified vocalist & producer whose collaborations span Skrillex, Kettama, Loods, What So Not, and more. Her music regularly features on Radio 1 and Triple J, on massive playlists like Spotify...

Ultra rare sounds in a lost mix from one of the greatest DJs in the world. Paul Johnson mixing electro, synth and '80s classics in a unique throwback mix called RETROJACKTIVE. Where This Mix Came From: For a time, Paul Johnson was posting mixes to SoundCloud almost weekly and would delete them when they reached 100 downloads. I was one of the 100. Sometimes people re-uploaded them on SoundCloud or...

Chicago DJ Quicktastic takes over this week’s ☀️ RISE mix from 5 Mag. Quicktastic, renowned for his electrifying blend of house, disco, and funk, uses his unique creative flair to weave together soulful electric vibes and ingenious remixes, transporting listeners on a musical journey like no other. Hailing from the West Side of Chicago, Quicktastic’s sets are a tribute to the classics, seamlessly...

Spend 60 minutes with Chicago house music pioneer Lori Branch in this week's 5 Mag ☀️ RISE mix. A Chicago native, Lori Branch is considered a pioneer DJ in Chicago's House music scene and one of the first females to grace the decks as a DJ and promoter. As a house music historian, Lori is featured in a number of documentaries, magazine articles and television specials. She currently hosts the Vint...

Chicago house duo DJ Threejay & Patrick Wayne (aka DubStar) drop into 5 Mag's ☀️ RISE series with a set recorded live at Cicero House Festival. With multiple # 1 releases and over a hundred Top 100 chart entries on platforms like *Traxsource*, DJ ThreeJay & Patrick Wayne has carved out a vital space in the global underground scene. Known for their distinct blend of disco grooves, drum machines, fu...

With Love from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release. Mike Dunn, Roy Davis Jr. and Jamie 3:26 & Danou P featured on 5 Mag's WITH LOVE, a vinyl-only EP. In July 2005, 5 Magazine began appearing at festivals, in shops and in clubs all around Chicago with a mission of bringing the unstoppable power of underground house music to...

With Love from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release. Mike Dunn, Roy Davis Jr. and Jamie 3:26 & Danou P featured on 5 Mag's WITH LOVE, a vinyl-only EP. In July 2005, 5 Magazine began appearing at festivals, in shops and in clubs all around Chicago with a mission of bringing the unstoppable power of underground house music to...

With Love from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release. Mike Dunn, Roy Davis Jr. and Jamie 3:26 & Danou P featured on 5 Mag's WITH LOVE, a vinyl-only EP. In July 2005, 5 Magazine began appearing at festivals, in shops and in clubs all around Chicago with a mission of bringing the unstoppable power of underground house music to...

Bangin' Detroit techno set from DJ I.V. for 5 Mag's weekly ☀️ RISE mix. DJ I.V. has honed his skills as a music producer and audio engineer for years in multiple genres, embracing his Detroit roots and committing to playing techno in a Proper manner. The DJ Technician, he puts an emphasis on finesse and firmly crafted techniques, blending multiple tracks gracefully to keep dance floors captivated....

A pillar of the West Coast and American dance music scenes, Galen perfected his skills in the ’90s on long and eclectic DJ sets at renegade & warehouse parties. First among them: his own Sunset Sound System events, a DIY happening in which he played adventurous sets every Sunday in a park framed by the setting sun, the ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge. With some friends in common, we’ve been meani...

Lolo Knows is a pioneering force in the music scene, celebrated as Cleveland and Akron's First Lady of House. With Brooklyn roots, she has been a key figure in the dance music scene for over 22 years. As a resident DJ at Baxter’s Speakeasy and host of the renowned Dirty Disco, her influence extends to Detroit's top venues and the Charivari Detroit Music Festival. In 2024, LOLO won a prestigious DJ...

Wake up it's time for a new deep & heady set from LUKUMIPEOPLE for 5 Mag's RISE series LUKUMIPEOPLE (Aphrosoul Lukumi People) (LUKUMIPEOPLE MUSIC, YORUBA RECORDS, MOJÙGBÁ BKNY, WPFW 89.3FM, EATON RADIO, BLAST RADIO) is a musical, cultural, and spiritual polymath.  In addition to being a captivating DJ, he is a spiritual conduit, plant- based yogi, Usui/Tibetan Reiki master teacher, and founder of...

Chicago DJ and producer Elbert Phillips pays tribute to the late, legendary Frankie Knuckles with this extended and thoroughly dope classic tribute mix. This is also an intensely personal mix — @elbert-struthers-phillips was both a fan and a confidant of Frankie Knuckles, one of a small handful of DJs handpicked by FK to open for him at his own events and selected shows. He also released a sensati...

Dubbed the "ghetto-father of the American dance floor" by Underbeat London and Chicago's ghetto house champion by Leor Galil in the Chicago Reader, DJ Slugo is a dance music pioneer, with three decades under his belt producing, DJing and perfecting the ghetto house sound that he helped create. Never letting up since he emerged on the Southside of the city more than 30 years ago, Slugo most recentl...

Booty breaks from Jaggy for this week's RISE mix from 5 Mag. East coast transplant @seanjaggy 's love for house music started at Smartbar during a memorable night at Queen in 2016. Since then Jaggy's gone on to play various venues and undergrounds in the city as well as jumpstarting Green Machine, a new and exciting party with a DIY ethos. Starting his musical journey in 2018 he started playing re...

Our friend Ka§par has made a four hour mix which we're delighted to share with you on this New Year's Day, 2025. This is part 2, listen to part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/5magazine/kaspar-snorkeling-on-mushrooms-part-1 Ka§par calls it Snorkeling on Mushrooms, blending some of his "most-played tracks of 2024 — both old and new." "The set also reflected real-time interactions with an enlightened...