5 Magazine DJ Mixes, Podcasts and Free House Music

Mikey DJ, formerly known as Mike D'vinyl, embarked on his remarkable musical journey in 1989, marking the beginning of a lifelong passion for the art of DJing. His story is a testament to the evolution of music technology, the relentless pursuit of musical excellence, and the enduring love for house and garage music. Born and raised in the vibrant musical landscape of East London, Mikey DJ's early...

One A aka Gehno Aviance is a DJ and producer with deep, deep roots in America's electronic music scene. Born in Spain, Gehno began DJing in 1992, earning recognition at raves and events including Ultraworld (Baltimore), Buzz (Washington DC) and played an instrumental role in the Snowball Collective, "orchestrating some of the most prominent underground events" in the DC area. Gehno transitioned to...

One of the best deep house artists to emerge from Chicago over the last decade, Ed Nine returns to Chez Damier's Inner Balance label with the third installment of The Journey series. 5 Mag is thrilled to share "Not On The Radio" from The Journey Part 3 EP, with a stomping groove and freakishly addictive bump in the back, this is a forward-thinking homage to the best things that come to mind when y...

Laseech is a producer & DJ with a preternatural ear for the more adventurous and eclectic side of deep house, a sound never lacking in soul or vitality. After cuts on labels including BBE and Lumberjacks in Hell, the Croatian artist dropped "Hey Love" on vinyl featuring vocals by Desney Bailey and remixes by Dego and Patrice Scott this spring, which you can read about later in the latest issue of...

A fan of nightlife, iamBrandon took his deep love for house music and electronic music and began his journey into DJing. As a queer Black man in Chicago, Brandon often pays homage to the LGBTQ+ artists and DJs who came before him to continue to showcase Black queer house music on the main stage. ✯ ✯ ✯ FOLLOW IAMBRANDON ✯ ✯ ✯ https://iambrandon.bio.link https://www.instagram.com/iambrandontv https:...

Born and raised in Chicago, Mikey (aka DJ wOLFY!) is a producer and DJ focusing on Jackin' House, Tech House, Deep House and Garage. ✯ ✯ ✯ FOLLOW DJ wOLFY! ✯ ✯ ✯ https://linktr.ee/wolfy9 https://doghousechi.wixsite.com/djwolfy https://www.instagram.com/djwolfy9 https://soundcloud.com/user-849860771 ✯ ✯ ✯ FOLLOW 5 MAG ✯ ✯ ✯ Everything: https://5mag.net https://instagram.com/5.magazine https://faceb...

An all-vinyl mix from Chicago DJ and producer Ilana Ariella served up for this week's Monday morning RISE mix. Once accused of being an "undercover DJ," @ilana_ariella 's natural talent and ear for tunes has helped propel her career from bedroom aficionado to fully fledged artist. Pushing through a global pandemic, she stayed relevant by regularly streaming with her Chicago residency SHFFT. She al...

VIVA ACID presents this previously unheard from WESTBAM, recorded during his headlining set at INFERNO on January 20 1996 at Dolton Expo in Chicago. Another mix unearthed directly from the VBNTS archive by VIVA ACID's Luis Baro. VIVA ACID is a celebration of acid music in all of its manifestations. VIVA ACID Season 3 kicks off on October 5 2023 in Chicago with a series of events, workshops and con...

VIVA ACID presents this previously unheard 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. VIVA ACID is a celebration of acid music in all of its manifestations. VIVA ACID Season 3 kicks off on October 5 2023 in Chica...

5 Mag Premiere - Beloved techno producer and DJ @noncompliant1 has announced the release of Momentum Shift, the debut EP from her new label Giant Arm, out September 7 2023. Giant Arm is designed to be a showcase for Noncompliant's "signature style of raw, uncompromising techno." Momentum Shift features four tracks that tick every box on that checklist — the rhythmic, radical and raw sound of Midwe...

5 Mag Premiere - Bangin' subterranean vibes on this remix from the legendary DJ Rolando (Underground Resistance, Los Hermanos) of SCUBA LYFE, the hazy, deliriously hypnotic and appropriately trippy b-side track from Manchester producer Black Eyes' EP HYDRO-TRIP VOL 1 out August 18 on vinyl + digital from his Lost Control 2097 label. Absolutely brilliant EP from start to finish — shades of Drexciya...

"The reason I make the records I make is mostly to play them in my DJ sets," Belgian-born DJ Gratts tells 5 Mag in this issue's interview. "That doesn't mean they need to be dancefloor tracks. I play a lot of slower, mellower, weirder, deeper stuff out." "I am obsessed with tracks that work in different environments. That is true class to me: music that works in a club but that also has enough dep...

Continuing to showcase the deep flow of talent emerging from the underground, 5 Mag features Chicago's M-Dok (Tribe, My House Music Festival) for this week's Monday morning RISE mix. M-Dok, born Marcus Elston, is a DJ and producer hailing from Chicago, Illinois. M-Dok's journey in music began in the summer of 2008 when he and his peers started hosting underground warehouse parties and weekly house...

🎧 Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Evan G is defined by the raw, soulful, and jazzy sounds that underscore the city's eclectic and passionate house music community. With a deep understanding of rhythm and an ear for the perfect mix, Evan has become known for his ability to create a sonic landscape that is both lush and layered, drawing on a wide range of influences that combine the best of soulful,...

5 Mag is thrilled to share "Go On Do It" by Ilana Ariella & Shmoo, the debut release from Cheap Talk. 🍎🐍 🔗 Link: https://www.beatport.com/release/go-on-do-it/4118890 📆 Out: Friday May 19 2023. 🎧 Ilana Ariella @ilana_ariella Once accused of being an ‘undercover DJ,’ ilana ariella’s natural talent and ear for tunes has helped propel her career from bedroom aficionado to fully fledged artist. Pu...

New Monday mix from Ardio Zemog for 5 Mag's RISE ☀️ series 🎧 Ardio Zemog began playing and producing music in high school while playing for Salsa and Latin Jazz bands. He  started to DJ and produce electronic when he moved to New York in 2011. Since then he has been making a name for himself in the underground electronic music scene. In 2018, he officially started releasing music as himself and o...

5 Mag's RISE series features a new mix from Soul Foundation's Brian Gardner. Brian Gardner has done just about everything in the Chicago scene you could possible imagine. He worked as a buyer at vinyl emporia Hot Jams, Hip House and WaxADDICT, threw parties, put on young and aspiring DJs, brought in tastemakers for their first gigs abroad, made tracks and played even more tracks at venues from Boo...

5 Mag's RISE series features a new mix from Littlelake, co-founder of Leipzig, Germany-based label Brombért Records. Brombért is a "platform for electronic dance music styles of all kinds and is characterized by a special music selection and idiosyncratic appearance. Brombért releases analog and digital. Each release should ideally be different and surprising from the previous one. Because it is t...

Tommaso is a DJ born and raised in Florence, Italy and now settled in Chicago. His parent's collection of vintage Italian 45s has grown into a wide collection of timeless global rarities. Preferring not to put a name to his style, the most he’ll say is that the music he plays can be from any country in this world. He had the pleasure of playing with DJs like Ross From Friends, DJ Boring, Black Loo...

Three out of our first seven RISE mixes have been from Irish DJs, which definitely says something about the quality of DJs emerging from Ireland. The latest comes from @trone1234 . Another member of the Apartment Records roster, Tr One aka Eddie Reynolds has been releasing music for more than a decade, on labels including Apartment, Lunar Disko, 393 and most recently his album (split across two EP...

5 Mag met Mira Ló in one night in Chicago in December 2022. It's been said that anyone vacationing in Chicago in the middle of winter must be really dedicated to this house thing. She is. @mira-lo has released a series of records on @pontneuf (Look What You've Done, 2022) and Happiness Therapy (I'll Miss You, Tell Me, 2021). We were smitten by her productions, and her DJing style — eclectic but en...

@rhythmrobot is the alias of Chicago producer Ryan Gilhooley, specializing in the styles of Acid, Techno and Deep House. Making tracks since the early 2000s under the name "Hardware," Ryan took a break between 2009-2015 to focus on his marketing career. For therapeutic reasons, he started producing tracks again in 2015 as rhythmrobot. In 2016, Ante Recordings put out his first label release, "Drum...

"Stay With Us" is the second single from Yuu Udagawa's "Forever" EP and the debut of the highly anticipated new label from the brains behind Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur. Cyphon Recordings launches in February 2023 with a sound taking cues from electro, abstract electronica, IDM and Detroit-inspired futurism. The first release from Japan's Yuu Udagawa ticks all of those boxes and more. The...

In a little more than two years, Aterral Records has released a crate's worth of outstanding material amplifying a certain strain of deep house — those warm, richly textured deep grooves that leave behind a trace of spiritual resonance in the air. They call it "deep, life-affirming house, two-step and minimal," and that's what it is. Carlo is the head of @aterralrecords and one of the prominent ar...

This week's RISE mix comes via @djdeeka head honcho at strictlyundergroundmusic.com and A&R at @strictlyum — "my very first label and love." He also co-hosted The Housing Project Radio Show on New Zealand's legendary underground radio station RadioActive.fm from 2012 to 2016. "If you asked me where House music comes from, I'd say Masters at Work, Strictly Rhythm, Frankie Knuckles, Tony Humphries,...