Members are eligible to receive quarterly ownership shares depending on how active they are. Subvert, a new marketplace for music and merchandise that aims to be fully community-owned, wants to offer a new alternative to platforms like Bandcamp. The venture, announced earlier this month, will enable artists to sell directly to their audience. [...]
The legendary house music vocalist said that the cost of treatments are mounting. Peven Everett is raising money to cover the cost of his lung cancer treatment. The Chicago house music legend launched a GoFundMe with the help of friend George Shaban on July 29th, aiming to raise $100,000. "The cost of treatments [...]
Produced by AlphaTheta, the film tells the story of the White Isle through the decades A new hour-long documentary highlighting the history of Ibiza throughout the decades has been released. The Evolution of Ibiza: Can the White Isle retain its legendary magic? was released at the end of July, produced by AlphaTheta, Pioneer DJ’s parent [...]
Lost mix from the Chicago house icon Paul Johnson originally posted around Thanksgiving 2012. We’ve been searching for a proper way to post all this stuff from 5 Mag’s 18 19 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 [...]
NYC’s Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks join forces for a celestial house heater on SoSure Music Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks are releasing a new collaborative single, ‘Let The Music Set You Free’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below. With the grooves still reverberating from his March single, ‘Piece of Me’, featuring Inaya Day, NYC luminary [...]
Robert and Lyric Hood make house that’s clear in its sanctified intentions — but whatever your beliefs, the music that the father-and-daughter duo create as Floorplan is some of the most joyous club material you’re likely to hear. Their new album, ‘The Master’s Plan’, came out on Classic Music Company last month, and Bruce [...]
World-class house label Defected Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Carl Loben corners CEO Wez Saunders for some insights about its inner workings, and asks a selection of associated artists what the secret is to the brand’s lasting success Almost a quarter of a century ago, DJ Mag popped over to Defected [...]
Latinos In Da House recognizes the DJs, artists, dance crews and personalities that shaped Chicago house from the start. Add another landmark event to Chicago’s long summer celebrating the city’s house music legacy. Latinos In Da House presents its inaugural conference on Saturday, September 28 2024. The conference focuses specifically on the vital contributions played by [...]
**This interview originally appeared on the Red Bull Music Academy website March 9, 2018. From the DJ History archives: The super-producer and DJ looks back on a star-studded career, from Diana Ross to Depeche Mode François Kevorkian’s is a truly New York story. Moving to the city from France in 1975, with a plan [...]
Brown was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer late last year Glitterbox is releasing an album to raise funds for Kathy Brown's chosen cancer charity, Macmillan Cancer Support. The legendary house vocalist was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which has since spread to her brain, late last year. A GoFundMe has since been set up by Brown's daughter [...]
