Music Festivals

5 Mag’s Czboogie opening set for the Horse Meat Disco Party at Metro/Smartbar on 7/3/2025. 1st and 2nd parts of a tag set. Source

Star Chronicle takes place over four nights starting September 10 at Spot Lite and features films, special guests Terrence Dixon, Developer and Optic Nerve and art and artifacts from Jeff Mills’ collection. Source

“Flamingo” is electronic music for the great outdoors says Will Sumsuch on this “absolute belter” from Coco Cole. Source

David Solomon used his connections to push a career moonlighting as a DJ and record producer. Source

Dancing and the best music you’ve heard in your life on October 4 2025 at Smartbar in Chicago. Source

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. Source

The motorized DJ controller is packed with options for adventurous DJs. Source

J. Peacock drops four tracks of lovely, blurry deep house, with samples filtered, cut rough and polished up until the edges are gleaming and smooth to the touch. Source

Unique FM broadcast music to Miami’s Haitian community for several years prior to the police raid. Source

Mr. G takes Scuba’s reissued “Loss” to school with a glowering, slightly demonic dub that goes to a few places the original hadn’t thought of. Source