Back to Basics: Inside the New 5 Mag

Written by rhythm86 on December 9, 2025

Mark Knight goes deep, Yuu Udagawa does our cover mix, Gene Tellem on making one of the best tracks of 2025 and more inside 5 Magazine Issue 221, out now.

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