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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ELASTE: This Was The Sound Of The Future

In words, pictures and sound, ELASTE 1980-1986 captures the glamour and grime of the New Wave and Post-Punk moment. The post ELASTE: This Was The Sound Of The Future appeared [...]

New Music: Jump house tracks from Jimmy Allen on “The Get Down”

Bright brass and stomping grooves on a two track EP from Jimmy Allen on Circus Recordings. The post New Music: Jump house tracks from Jimmy Allen on “The Get Down” [...]

New Music: Neo-Noir meets UK Garage on Freudenthaler’s “I Clap on One and Three”

If you set a neo-noir film in Tokyo and wire it up with a UK Garage soundtrack, it might sound like Freudenthaler's new EP from Brombért Records. The post New [...]

New Music: Down in the deepness with Jerome & Sonya Zlo on “The Night We Had”

Saudi label Gabu debuts on vinyl with four tracks of deep house and tech house from Austrian producer Jerome and vocalist Sonya Zlo. The post New Music: Down in the [...]

DJ CT mix / 5 Mag RISE vol 41

Wake up with a sunny new mix from Chicago's DJ CT (REDUX DJs) for 5 Mag's RISE series The post DJ CT mix / 5 Mag RISE vol 41 appeared [...]

NOME Talks “Other Side” at Space Plus Bangkok

NOME Talks “Other Side” at Space Plus Bangkok for the STMPD RCRDS 10-Year Tour During Songkran Speaking with NOME in Bangkok during the STMPD RCRDS 10-Year Anniversary Tour placed the [...]

Merow Talks “Different Dimension” at Space Plus Bangkok

Merow Talks “Different Dimension” at Space Plus Bangkok for the STMPD RCRDS 10-Year Tour During Songkran in Bangkok Merow talks about Different Dimension and her Bangkok show during the STMPD [...]

Julian Jordan Talks “Right Now,” STMPD Tour, Space Plus Bangkok

Julian Jordan Talks “Right Now,” STMPD RCRDS 10-Year Tour, and Space Plus Bangkok During Songkran During the STMPD RCRDS 10-Year Anniversary Tour stop in Bangkok, we spoke with Julian Jordan [...]

Siam Songkran 2026: What We Loved About The Experience

Siam Songkran 2026: What We Loved About The Experience, with highlights across the lineup, stage production, and on-site moments in Bangkok. Siam Songkran Music Festival returned in 2026 to Bangkok’s [...]

S2O Thailand 2026: A Closer Look At This Year’s Festival

S2O Thailand 2026: A Closer Look At This Year’s Festival as Bangkok hosted another three days of water, headline DJs, and packed crowds. Every April, S2O Thailand sits right in [...]

Primavera Bits taps Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, BLOND:ISH, Greta, for Sunday closing party

The daytime event will take place at the festival’s Parc del Fòrum home [...]

Sama’ Abdulhadi joins DJ Mag for How I DJ session at IMS Ibiza

The Palestinian techno artist broke down her creative, technical and musical approach to DJing [...]

Watch Martin Garrix play to 130,000 people at Mexico's Puerto Sonoro Festival 

The set came ahead of his Americas tour, which kicks off next week [...]

Listen to Thomas Bangalter’s new single, ‘Mirage: Part II’, from ballet score album

The album, out in June, is inspired by the work of Greek-French composer Iannis Xenakis [...]

Record Store Day UK sales up 25% in record-breaking year

Over 300 independent record shops took part in this year's event [...]

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