5 Magazine DJ Mixes, Podcasts and Free House Music

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. Ka§par calls it Snorkeling on Mushrooms, blending some of his "most-played tracks of 2024 — both old and new." This is part 1, listen to part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/5magazine/kaspar-snorkeling-on-mushrooms-part-2 "The set also reflected real-time interactions with an enlightened...

Fouk are a Dutch deep house duo with records on Heist, Shall Not Fade, Razor'N'Tape and many more. Their own label, Outplay, is one of the real secret gems in the scene, with a small but tight discography, every release being distinct from the others and absolutely essential. In addition to this issue's cover feature, @justsayfouk also put together this mix for our Sanctify deep house series. "It'...

Tapping into our homegrown, hometown talent for this week's 5 Mag RISE mix with a deep, kinetic set from Chicago DJ and producer Greg Webb. Greg Webb, or G. Webb as his friends call him, is a seasoned DJ, budding producer, and vinyl devotee who’s been igniting dance floors across the Midwest since he came on the scene. Known for his deep, bumping sets, he brings together the rich influences of Chi...

Straight from the Riga underground, Taran & Lomov take this week’s episode of RISE, 5 Mag’s weekly DJ mix series. From Latvia, Taran & Lomov are a dynamic DJ and production duo working together for the last two decades. Their label, Amber Muse, has served as a platform for events, radio broadcasts and an outlet for their own productions, which under this moniker and Queer On Acid have also appeare...

Baltimore house music icon Teddy Douglas drops a 60 minute mix for 5 Mag in celebration of his new album, "I'm Here." @teddy-douglas-official has left a deep and indelible mark on house music in America and worldwide from his records with The Basement Boys and Jasper Street Co. — one of the creators of the Baltimore house sound that changed club music forever. Teddy Douglas's new album, I'm Here,...

A native New Yorker now resident in Barcelona, Spain, Ralph Session has learned over time how to create distinct musical vibes in his productions and DJ sets. Session has been on a tear lately, releasing dope records on Freerange and Local Talk, so we asked him to put together this issue's cover mix — a 2.5 hour set for our Sanctify deep house series. "All the shit I spoke about [in this issue's i...

Rick Wade is one of those electronic music producers who deserves the honorific title of "maestro." Listening to his music unlocks vibes, sensations, triggered by a deep knowledge of music that is impossible to reproduce without doing the work. The same, I think, goes for his DJ sets. This mix series, Sanctify, was created with a sound like Rick Wade's in mind: warm, analog-sounding deep house. "L...

Wake up with a new set from NYC-based DJ James Park for 5 Mag's weekly RISE mix ☀️ @jamesparkjp is a music lover, record collector, and DJ who has been DJing in NYC for 10 years. He was inspired first by DJ Day, Gilles Peterson, and DJ Muro and then by living in cities with world-class music: Chicago and New York. His goal is to always take his listeners on a sound journey from beginning to end, t...

We've been searching for a proper way to post all this stuff from 5 Mag's 18 years of history that slipped through the cracks. This series, SYNC, is our way to revisit that history in a respectful way and not just dump a bunch of content back on the internet without context. We could think of no better way to start than with this lost mix from the great Paul Johnson. There was never a time that we...

Born and raised in Japan, Y.U.K.IKO (aka Legitimategroove) has been digging for all sorts of exotic records for 30 years. She began to DJ in Okinawa in 2010 before moving to Michigan in 2012. In 2017, she reignited her love for DJing and has been playing for the bboy community and at dance battles in Detroit, as well as music festivals, bars, clubs and art foundations. She established her own danc...

5 Mag's RISE series returns this week with a new mix from Brooklyn-based DJ @theelectrocherry. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Electro Cherry draws inspiration from underground DJs and producers in Berlin, Detroit, and Brooklyn Electro Cherry mixes underground minimal tech and deep house that keeps the crowd moving all night. Electro Cherry is dedicated to uplifting women, non-binary, and trans DJs an...

Wake up: Sourires leads you into a summer weekend with new deep set for 5 Mag's RISE series. ☀️ @souriresmusic is making a name for himself in the scene thanks to his latest works characterized by a fresh sound, his tracks are rich in sampled and melodic parts and have a well-defined sound. He's released music on Internasjonal Space Station, Tropical Disco, Saint wax and Samosa Records, where he h...

Nick V @nickv was born in Manchester but for the last three decades has been an integral part of the scene in Paris. His La Mona events, which he talks about elsewhere in this issue, are a dance culture party running since 2008 and "exploring the relationship between dance and electronic music," which "often sees dance enthusiasts sharing the floor with house music heads. La Mona has "long celebra...

Nodding deep house of the finest vintage and highest quality imaginable: Demarkus Lewis, the producer's producer, remixes SAFE PASSAGE by Always Friends (aka Brad Eller of Glass Slipper). Part of the remix EP of Always Friends' SIGNIFICANT OTHER EP, out June 14 2024 from No Way Back: 🔗 Link: https://hypeddit.com/alwaysfriends-eg/significantotherremixes 🎙 Always Friends @alwaysfriendsmusic - A vet...

Like so many artists, we discovered @hennaonna 's music for the first time on David Nichols' @closertotruth label — her gorgeous and sophisticated Midori no Basho EP, released just over a year ago. Based in Yerevan, Armenia, Henna has also released stand-out tracks on labels including Nite Grooves, Kindisch, Lisztomania and more. Though impressed by her productions, we never heard her DJ. And then...

🌅 Rise and shine it's time for more house music ☀️ Our latest mix is a warm & beautiful set from Anna Schreit for 5 Mag's weekly RISE series Anna Schreit @anna-maria-schreit was born and raised in Berlin, into a family of a musician who exposed her to a diverse range of music genres from a very young age. Her father's art rock band was one of her earliest influences, shaping her understanding of...

Jillian X @jillianx is a house DJ and event curator based in Chicago and co-founder of Stylin' Out Network. A dancefloor queen with punchy, bangin’ house beats that don’t stop, her style blends deep house, garage, and Chicago jackin' vibes. An intense love for all styles of house music combined with a never-ending search for that ultimate track is what motivates her sets. Jillian X has DJ’d throug...

Black Sjuan is a DJ and producer with deep, deep roots in the Chicago house music scene. For the last three years we've been reviewing his records under this alias, on his own label Assylum Effort & on Chicago's seminal Fresh Meat Records. In addition to the amazing interview with him (which will be coming later this week), he put together our cover mix for #5mag212. It's all, he says "very Chicag...

Wake up, stay up and don’t stay in: new mix from @WYSER aka Matt Wyser of Custom Vibes, the DJ duo REDUX and part of Shfft Chicago. His latest release is I Need with Petty Davis released in March on Chicago’s Cheap Talk Records. This mix is part of 5 Mag's RISE series, a weekly DJ mix series created because missed the fun of a weekly DJ mix series. 🔴 Follow WYSER https://linktr.ee/mrwyser...

Wahine is a DJ, radio host, blogger and promoter, winner of the Defected Croatia Mix Contest in 2019 and co-host of Spin City on MyHouseRadio. She is a Passion Ibiza Radio resident and host of events in Atlanta including Soul Seek, Joy*Ride and Wahine's Hideaway. ✯ ✯ ✯ FOLLOW WAHINE ✯ ✯ ✯ https://linktr.ee/wahine_dj https://soundcloud.com/wahinedj https://www.instagram.com/wahine_dj/ https://www.f...

Now celebrating his third decade as an artist, engineer, producer, and sound designer, Chicago's @djaaronchase identifies as "a househead with a techno heart who spawned from Chicago's underground rave circuit in the early 1990s." Heavily influenced by the legendary pioneers of house music, and emphatically inspired by the authentic sounds of Detroit, Aaron gravitated towards nightlife subculture...

Home Team @home_team is a House/Garage producer with past releases on Rhythm Vibe, Aathee Records, The Pool House, and Plastik People Recordings. He holds over a decade of experience performing alongside artists such as Paul Johnson, Michael Serafini, Garrett David, Fortune, Justin Long, Flava D, Adam Port, Jevon Jackson, + many more. He's also a cofounder & resident DJ of the Cultivate party seri...

Black Eyes is a DJ and producer who hails from Manchester, UK and is now a resident of Berlin. He is also the head of Lost Control 2097 where he releases his "hydro-trippin house and aquatic techno from Atlantis," heavily influenced by heavyweight producers such as Mike Huckaby, Walt J, Omar S and Norm Talley. In addition to the interview in this issue, Black Eyes put together this issue's cover m...

Incredible dopeness from Belgian producer Gratts, dropping four tracks of banging house music on Klub Romance. Donning a new guise as Trackhead T, Gratts focuses on the spectral and esoteric side of house on this deep club track, "Empyrean Crossing," premiering here for 5 Mag. "Keeping things raw and stripped back, the Belgian challenged himself in the studio to use about 12 channels max per track...

This is a very special one: Atjazz delivers a sterling remix of a collaboration between Irish duo Searchlight and vocalist Tolü Makay on CAN WE GO BACK, released by Goldie's Fallen Tree/1Hundred label. From soaring, soulful vocals to a dramatic uptempo jump at the 3 minute mark, you get the sense from the start that there was more talent in the room making this one record than will pass through mo...