Entrepreneur, CEO, and DJ Elon Musk is set to be the first person to play music at a venue that isnât Earth this coming fall. The SpaceX chief engineer, having already shown off his brilliant dance moves on multiple occasions, now aims to exhibit his genius on the decks… on the planet Mars. Read more
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air… and in the DJ booth. The techno scene has several couples who are all successful on their own before meeting and teaming up to become their own forces. For techno fans, these powerhouse techno couples teaming up romantically introduce the added bonus of, collab projects and delicious B2B sets. Who says being an artist has to be all work and no play? These techno couples prove you can successfully mix work and pleasure.
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CRSSD Festival has announced its return to Waterfront Park in San Diego, March 5-6, 2022. At what will be the first spring edition of CRSSD since 2020, the beloved festival has once again delivered a diverse lineup highlighting the best in electronic music with a focus on house, techno, and eclectic live acts.
Movement Festival returns for the first time since 2019. Music fans will once again be able to make the pilgrimage to Detroit, the mecca of Techno music, for three days of diverse curation on Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-30, 2022) inside Hart Plaza at downtown Detroitâs riverfront. Todayâs lineup teaser offers an early taste of the breadth of the festivalâs programming, featuring an inspired selection of dance musicâs most in-demand artists, underground mainstays, and notable first-time performers; a potent cross section of seasoned vets and future generations of electronic music.
The countdown to 2022 has begun. With the New Year nearly here, top labels from around the globe are tasked with rounding up their best tracks of 2021. Letâs take a look back at Drumcode, Truesoul & DCLTD 2021 releases with Charlotte Spillerova. Spillerova became the first female label manager of Adam Beyerâs iconic Drumcode imprint in June, also taking the reins of its little brother imprint Truesoul and the harder-edged DCLTD. She now shares nine of her favorite releases of this year.
The popular techno label Drumcode has launched its very own 24/7 streaming channel on Youtube. Electronic music fans can expect to hear hypnotic and melodic techno from the roster of the label, Truesoul, and DCLTD. The channel will feature tracks of all artists that have released music on those labels including Layton Giordani, Lilly Palmer, Amelie Lens, Wehbba, ANNA, Rebƫke, Thomas Schumacher, Nicole Moudaber and more.
Techno veteran Mark Reeve needs no introduction. A longtime contributor to Adam Beyer‘s Drumcode Records, Reeve debuts his stunning new eight-track mini-album Breathe on the powerhouse label. Following a slew of critically acclaimed single and EP releases on Drumcode over the course of his esteemed decade-long career â the last of which came in the form of his mammoth Distance EP back in February 2020 â Breathe marks Mark Reeveâs most extensive musical opus on the legendary Stockholm-based imprint, and goes a long way in showcasing the inexhaustible creativity of one of the most prolific and original artists in techno today.
Luigi Madonna has been one of the most active techno acts in dance music over the last twenty years.
ARC Music Festival will debut on Labor Day Weekend in Chicagoâs Union Park, and with it they present a lineup that blends the more underground sounds of electronic music, with a focus on Chicago House, well-known big room Techno names and genre-blurring Electronica artists.
Not many people “get” techno, and to many, it sounds the same repetitive beat over and over. While its original appeal factor was rooted in the underground, over the years parts of it have filtered into the mainstream with genres like hip-hop and pop borrowing from its elements. All you techno snobs are probably shaking your fist (or head) at the use of the word “mainstream,” but hold up. Before you get bent out of shape, get an earful load of fun facts about a genre we so love. Here are techno tracks using iconic samples from non-electronic genres or becoming the sample itself, showing how music knows no borders. Music is inspired by its own history and continues to inspire other sounds and styles. Once you get a taste of techno you can see how much flavor it really has. Read more
