5 Magazine DJ Mixes, Podcasts and Free House Music

Incredible dopeness from Belgian producer Gratts, dropping four tracks of banging house music on Klub Romance. Donning a new guise as Trackhead T, Gratts focuses on the spectral and esoteric side of house on this deep club track, "Empyrean Crossing," premiering here for 5 Mag.

"Keeping things raw and stripped back, the Belgian challenged himself in the studio to use about 12 channels max per track. The result is Klub Romance, a little nod to his old stomping ground Berlin: 4 flavours of deep club trax with influences ranging from early Felix Da Housecat to Boo Williams or even Schatrax."

🔗 Link: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/gratts-presents-trackhead-t-klub-romance-vinyl/971622-01/

Listen to "Mantra" from the same release via @junodailyonline - https://soundcloud.com/junodailyonline/premiere-gratts-mantra-be-strong-be-free

🎙 Gratts aka Trackhead T - Belgian by birth, a resident of Berlin for 8 years and now living in South Australia, @gratts has been making music under the guise of “various projects and alter egos” for years. I don’t know what the others are, but at least under this name, and over the last few years, his productions have truly shined. “Brighter Future” featuring the vocals of Robert Owens & released on our friend Jorge Caiado‘s Inner Balance label, sets the tone. It’s sunny and consciously optimistic music, crafted by an artist with serious songwriting and arrangement skills. “Sun Circles,” released earlier this year, is a composition so bright you can feel the radiant chords as well as you can hear them...

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📆 Out on December 11 2024, vinyl only.

This is a very special one: Atjazz delivers a sterling remix of a collaboration between Irish duo Searchlight and vocalist Tolü Makay on CAN WE GO BACK, released by Goldie's Fallen Tree/1Hundred label.

From soaring, soulful vocals to a dramatic uptempo jump at the 3 minute mark, you get the sense from the start that there was more talent in the room making this one record than will pass through most labels all year long. Soulful, dynamic and utterly spellbinding. Part of the Searchlight mixes, released on Fallen Tree/1Hundred this Friday Nov 17. Listen to the full record (and you will want to listen to the full record!) on our SoundCloud now.

🔗 Link: https://bfan.link/searchlight-remixes

🎙 Searchlight - Searchlight is the Jazz/Neo-soul/ Broken Beat creation of Irish drum and bass producers Cian McCann (ZeroT) and Dom Purcell (Beta2). Their debut, self-titled album was released in September 2022 and their remix of "Sensual" was recently showcased on Goldie's Timeless (The Remixes) album.

🎙 Tolü Makay - Tolü Makay is an Afro-Irish singer, born in Nigeria and raised in the midlands of Ireland. Inspired by soulful artists across the globe such as Erykah Badu, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse, Asa and Labyrinth, Tolu strives to create songs that will forever inspire, heal and touch generations to come

🎹 Atjazz - https://soundcloud.com/atjazz UK house music legend Martin Iveson, music producer, composer, mix & mastering engineer, artist and owner of the eponymous Atjazz Record Company, purveyors of the best records you've heard in your life.

🏷 Fallen Tree/1Hundred - https://soundcloud.com/fallentree1hundred a new record label curated by electronic music pioneer Goldie.

📆 Out on Friday November 17 2023 from Fallen Tree/1Hundred. Pre-order and pre-save: https://bfan.link/searchlight-remixes

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 days were shaped by the vinyl culture that dominated the scene. With unwavering dedication, he honed his skills on Soundlab Belt drive Turntables before making the momentous switch to the legendary Technics 1210s. His vinyl collection, amassed over decades, serves as a treasure trove of US House & Garage, UK jungle, and Drum & Bass, reflecting the rich tapestry of electronic music.

Mikey DJ's musical selection is a fusion of Deep Underground House and UK US Garage, distinguished by its deep and bumpy groove, complemented by soulful vocal elements. Each of his sets is a transcendent journey, designed to awaken the senses and ignite a fiery passion for the beat in his audience.

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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 San Francisco in 1998, and more recently to the country of their birth, Spain. We're delighted to spotlight this multifaceted and fascinating artist for this issue's cover mix.

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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 you think of Chicago tracks.

🔗 Link: https://shop.carpetandsnares.com/release/28240285/Ed-Nine-The-Journey-Pt.3-EP

🎙 Ed Nine - @djednine is a Chicago house DJ and producer, this is his third EP on Inner Balance and all three will blow up your fucking stereo.

🏷 Inner Balance - @innerbalancerecordings is a vinyl only sub imprint of Chez Damier's Balance Recordings, managed by @jorgecaiado in Lisbon.

📆 Out now on vinyl from Inner Balance, buy at Carpet & Snares: https://shop.carpetandsnares.com/release/28240285/Ed-Nine-The-Journey-Pt.3-EP

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 5 Mag.

This 5 Mag cover mix, released as the latest in our deep house mix series Sanctify, is "a warm up mix of songs I dig lately. A mix of everything, from deep disco Chicago inspired edits, to contemporary deep house and broken beat, it features three of my recent productions, two songs from the Hey Love EP and a song called 'Forbidden Estuary.' Really hope you like it."

photo by Petra Tadic

TRACKLIST:

1 — DJ Darryn Jones - Mouth Passion

2 — Soul of the Makossa Man - Simoncino Ritual Dub

3 — Patrice Scott - Moments & Concepts

4 — Laseech feat. Desney Bailey - You See

5 — Leron Carson - 88th & Luella (Original Mix)

6 — Color Code feat. Tanya Denise - We've Got All Nite (Club Mix)

7 — Darshan Jesrani - Gotta Do

8 — Laseech - Forbidden Estuary

9 — Kevin Yost - One Starry Night

10 — Ayzmuth - E Mulher (Ashley Beedle 'Afrikan On Marz' Remix)

11 — Laseech feat. Desney Bailey - Hey Love (Dego Remix)

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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.

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Born and raised in Chicago, Mikey (aka DJ wOLFY!) is a producer and DJ focusing on Jackin' House, Tech House, Deep House and Garage.

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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 also found time to get into the studio, putting out two original productions, “Rock the Vote,” self released in the fall of 2020 and “Falling Up” a collab with her SHFFT colleague Shmoo, released on Chicago legend Ron Carroll’s digital imprint Electric Disco in summer of 2022.

Earlier this year Ilana launched Cheap Talk, a new Chicago-based independent label headed by Ilana Ariella with A&R by Shmoo.

This set is an "all-vinyl mix recorded at home on two Technics 1200s and a Pioneer DJM 900nxs2." ✌️

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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 conversations dedicated to the movement.

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