House of Fouk: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

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On the cover: Daniel Leseman & Junktion are Fouk, two childhood friends who have become one of the best deep house duos in the world. This is the story of two of our favorite artists to emerge on the scene over the last few years. In addition to our cover story, Fouk also took over this issue’s cover mix with an exclusive set for 5 Mag.

Also in this issue: London soul with Paris Cesvette, building The Beat with Azaad, Thando, Moby, Aslice, another lost Paul Johnson mix and more.

This one taps out at 145 pageswith an expanded gear section, a slew of reviews and the intro of a new section on the making of today’s top tracks.

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🔴 CONTENTS — INSIDE 5 MAG #217:

❇️ Cover Story: Just Say Fouk.
5 Mag speaks to Daniel Leseman & Junktion, aka Fouk — two lifelong friends who together became one of the best deep house duos in the world.

❇️ The Cover Mix: Fouk – Sanctify vol 12.
In addition to this issue’s cover feature, Dutch deep house duo Fouk also put together this mix for our Sanctify deep house series. Listen to this mix directly here…

❇️ SYNC Mix: Paul Johnson.
Our SYNC series of classic mixes that vanished off the internet continues with a second mix in this series from Paul Johnson, this one a 5 Mag original from 2010. Listen to this mix directly here…

❇️ trackID: Azaad on ‘The Beat.’
London-based producer Azaad on his explosive new track released on vinyl from Brawther and Tristan da Cunha’s SLABS label.

❇️ Ed Letter: Put a Pitchfork In It.
This is what happens when we let ghouls buy and control something like culture.

❇️ Paris Cesvette: As Above, So Below.
Soulful house producer Paris Cesvette on her second artist album — one certain to cement her place in the firmament of the global house music scene.

❇️ 5 Mag Book Club: Feels So Surreal.
Covering the years before his breakthrough into the mainstream, Moby’s witty, funny & provocative Porcelain ranks among music’s best memoirs. By Harold Heath.

❇️ Ravenomics: A Slice Is Not Enough.
All of us that buy digital music are playing less for it than ever before. In real dollar terms, music has never been so cheap unless you stole it.

❇️ Fuse: Dollars & Synths.
After raising hundreds of thousands of dollars via Kickstarter, French synth maker Aodyo has collapsed into bankruptcy. What went wrong?

❇️ Introducing… Thando.
Rising up in the New York scene, Thando has been carving out an impressive reputation with a series of house tracks that DJs praise and dancers love.

❇️ Heavy Machinery: Making Waves with Artium’s The Swarm.
The company’s first synth is a tiny box that makes simply enormous sounds.

❇️ Heavy Machinery: Ableton Makes Their Move.
The maker of Live launches a mid-tier device designed for mobile music creation.

❇️ Heavy Machinery: Jomox’s Mod FM Comes To The Desktop.
Makers of wondrous things break their polyphonic FM synth out of the eurorack.

❇️ Screen Grab: Introducing Flite.
Flite is a multi-sampler and synth workstation aimed at music producers from Sharooz Raoofi’s new company.

❇️ Screen Grab: Out of the Microwave, Into the DAW.
Waldorf steps in with their own deluxe “bit-by-bit” emulation of the famous Microwave synth.

❇️ Screen Grab: Adding Space, Texture & Ambiance with Airspace.
Mode Audio’s first VST is a reverb & delay plug-in that can create huge sounds out of very ordinary source material. By Ed Martinez.

❇️ Tracks: Music Reviews 217.
New tracks, good tracks and reissued tracks from Toribio featuring Sharin (Juliet Records), Sound Support (Toy Tonics), Tranquil Elephantizer ft Omega Rae (Wicked Records), Primal Scream (Terry Farley, Wade Teo, Hardway Bros and Black Science Orchestra) (BMG), Owen Ni (Acquit Records), Soul Quest Records, Danny Tenaglia (Nervous Records), Connective Zone (Innate Editions), Alfonso Lovo and Brian Jackson (Mushroom Pillow), Floating Points (Ninja Tune), Young Franco, Piri & MC DT (Of Leisure/Universal Music), XTAL & Keita Sano (Delusions of Grandeur), Clive From Accounts (Dirt Crew Recordings), Jacksonville (Chateau Chapere ), Bushwacka (Rekids), Ed Temple and Inkswel (Temple Musiq), Yousef featuring Robert Owens (Hard Times), Daniel Steinberg (Nu Groove), CasaNoah (Fresh Meat Records), Televax Productions featuring Deevoenay (Classic Music Co.), Super Fu (Paper Recordings), Joe Goddard (Domino Recording Co.), and Mikey More & Andy Tee (Groove Culture).

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