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The History of Techno: From Detroit to Berlin
Techno wasn't born in a Berlin bunker. The real history of techno starts in Detroit with the Belleville Three. Detroit made it, Europe scaled it.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Oxia - Domino (Space 92 Remix)
Read more . . . →“Domino” is one of those tracks that’s been welded into dance history since 2009, the kind of record that gets played at the moment a festival crowd loses its collective mind. So Space 92 taking it on is a high-wire act, and to his credit he doesn’t wreck a classic. He drags it into harder, more driving techno territory, beefing up the kick and adding that propulsive Space 92 pressure while keeping the spine of the original melody intact. This version is captured live in Buenos Aires, and you can feel the room in it, that specific Argentine crowd energy...
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Amelie Lens - whatever you do
Amelie Lens drops relentless Belgian techno and the title sounds like advice she's giving herself. Dark, loud, not for your neighbors.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Movement Detroit is 19 days out — here's your pre-game
Read more . . . →Memorial Day weekend, Hart Plaza, Detroit. While the rest of North America fires up a grill and watches cars go in circles, the real pilgrimage is to the birthplace of techno. Movement 2026 is 19 days away and the lineup actually means something — Carl Cox headlining, Blawan on the bill, Sara Landry bringing the hard stuff, Terrence Dixon and Juan Atkins playing their own city’s festival. Five tracks to get your head right before you go. 1. Loco Dice & Carl Cox - Road Runner Cox headlines Hart Plaza this May and this is exactly why nobody else on...
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18 days out: the EDC 30th anniversary tracks worth loading before Vegas
Read more . . . →18 days until 150,000 people descend on the Nevada desert, and EDC’s 30th anniversary lineup is actually trying. Kaskade’s back on a proper label, FISHER’s got a collab that shouldn’t work but does, and Subtronics and Excision are apparently competing to see who can make the ugliest sound. Here’s what’s on the pre-game playlist. 1. Kaskade ft. EZI - Freedom Deep house for the drive out. Kaskade went back to OM Records — the label that basically built this sound — and “Freedom” lands right in that late-night, open-road pocket. EZI’s voice is the whole thing. 2. FISHER & Tones...
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Amelie Lens - our frequency
Read more . . . →Amelie Lens putting out new music that sounds like it was made to destroy a warehouse at 4am. “our frequency” is lowercase because it doesn’t need to announce itself. Buy / stream this track → More like this Amelie Lens - whatever you do Amelie Lens - Activate Amelie Lens - Falling Into Acid Dreams Adam Jay - Washed Up 10 Miles Away [CSG010] (2004)
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Daniel Avery - Lazy Dreams
Daniel Avery drops Lazy Dreams on the deluxe edition and it's the prettiest thing on the whole record. Dark, slow, restrained — ambient done right.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Technosekretariat - Lensis
Technosekretariat drops Lensis — techno that means business without being a bore about it. This is the one you play at the right moment.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Slam - Vapour
Slam drops Vapour and doesn't announce it, which is exactly right. Quiet techno that does more than the noisy stuff.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Phara - Strike3
Phara's Strike3 is techno that doesn't ask permission. It hits like a warning and just keeps going. This is the one.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
