6AM Guest Mix: Evelyn
A highly versatile DJ and producer, the Brooklyn-based Evelyn focuses her aim on a lively and thundering mix for 6AM. Read more
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Haunting the Dance Floor With Scanner Darkly
New York-based DJ, producer, and remixer Scanner Darkly is an artist who’s sound is defined by dark pulsating beats, hard hitting percussion, and uplifting melodies. Much like his alias, he found inspiration through his early musical influences of industrial/heavy metal, techno mixtapes, and from attending underground/illegal raves in the 90s on the east coast. His alias also found inspiration amongst his fellow “dark” artists, metaphysics, paganism, as well as esoteric philosophy.
Scanner Darkly’s uncompromising approach of creating “dark” electronic music has earned him the creative recgonition of releasing on indie imprints such as Techniche, Deep Tech, The Seed, and Toxic Recordings. As such, he is an arist that sets his sights on always pursuing progress, and giving his audience explosive and memorable experiences that will forever haunt their ears and mind on the dancefloor.
Ricardo Villalobos To Make Rare Teksupport NY Appearance
Today, New York City’s premier underground event promoters Teksupport have announced a special, open-air show at Brooklyn’s 99 Scott on September 2nd featuring a rare NYC performance from Ricardo Villalobos alongside some of house and techno’s most respected acts.
Rave & Hip-Hop: How Brooklyn DJ Justin Schumacher Found Techno
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY by way of The Bronx, Justin Schumacher is a product of 90s hip-hop and rave culture. After over a decade of hard work and dedication, he has emerged as one of NYC’s most promising talents. His production work continues to gain notoriety in the global techno community with releases and remixes on labels such as Unknown Territory, Ohn-Cet, Italo Business, Dystopian Rhythm, Illegal Alien, and many many more.
Justin Schumacher’s production work remains thought-provoking and intelligent, employing complex fills and slick programming with exceptional sonic construction while still remaining floor-focused and energetic. He applies this same passion and attention to detail in his DJ sets which can span many different moods and grooves depending on the dancefloor he is working on. His love for the music clearly shows when he performs, creating an instant connection with the crowd on the most primal and perennial level.
Making Waves: Listen to These 5 Black Electronic Music Artists
February is Black History Month, and it’s a special time to celebrate essential black voices whose impact is felt on and off the dance floor. The house and techno music of today originated in Chicago and Detroit through the efforts of Black trailblazers. Since then the electronic music scene has taken off. House and techno music is found around the world, and it has evolved to encompass many sub-genres. Listen to these five Black electronic artists who continue to push boundaries and make waves like the pioneers before them.
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1. LSDXOXO
LSDXOXO is an artist from Philadelphia who made a name for himself in New York City as a DJ and producer, quickly becoming an essential figure at GHE20GOTH1K. He’s known for destroying dance floors across the underground club scene with his energetic DJ sets, amassing attention for the way that he manipulates mainstream sounds by craftily layering pop tracks and vocal samples between Baltimore club, ghetto house, hardcore, electro and techno. Now residing in Berlin and running his own club night Floorgasm, LSDXOXO is synonymous with the new wave of techno artists reclaiming Black queer spaces and injecting fun and camp into the genre.
Listen: LSDXOXO Mixes
2. SPELLING
SPELLING, Chrystia “Tia” Cabral, is an American experimental pop musician based in the Bay Area. SPELLLING released her first full-length Pantheon of Me in September 2017. The album was self-written, performed, and produced in her apartment in Berkeley, California. Cabral began experimenting with music production in 2015 in an effort to carry on the creative legacy of a lost loved one. Drawing heavily from messages in her dreams, her sound spirals through clarity and obscurity searching through landscapes of psychic space.
Listen: SPELLING “Turning Wheel”
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3. DJ Holographic
DJ Holographic is a one-woman funk machine born and raised in Detroit. Her mission is to serve up a mix of musical cuisine that combines House, passionate R&B, Hip Hop, unreserved Disco, true Detroit Techno, and Motown. Having spent the past few years traveling the world and playing for crowds in Berlin, London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, she has thrilled crowds on hallowed dance floors at Smart Bar, Panorama Bar, Output, and beyond.
Listen: DJ Holographic “Faith In My Cup”
4. Akua
Akua is emerging from Brooklyn’s vanguard of boundary pushing artists. The artist has proved she’s not afraid to redefine techno on her own terms. The Ghanaian-American DJ has cultivated a sound that reflects her passion for research and re-contextualization, as she infuses old-school tracks and techniques with a vision for the dance floors of the future. The Discwoman has taken her sound to packed dance floors in cities across North America, and in 2019 she hopped across the pond to present her hyper-charged selections to European crowds with debuts on the Boiler Room Utrecht, Saule and De School.
Listen: Akua Mixes
5. Jasmine Infiniti
Jasmine Infiniti is a non-binary, trans person of color artist and DJ who was born and raised in the Bronx and now resides in the Bay. They are an integral part of the New York vogue house scene. The artist’s DJ sets often feature techno mixed with ballroom, hard style and gabber.
Listen: Jasmine Infiniti BXTCH SLÄP
6 New Year’s Eve Parties to Close Out 2021
To say that each new year has hit differently since COVID-19 is an understatement. No one has emerged unchanged from these times, and while there’s much to reflect upon, there’s also some room for celebration. Despite the challenges the global electronic dance community faced, it’s still here. Here’s a round-up of six New Year’s Eve parties to close out 2021. Cheers to resiliency and good music friends, let’s keep it rolling.
Review: Back In Action At Time Warp USA
People from all over the world travel just for Time Warp. It’s quickly become one of the leading techno festivals. Originally based in Mannheim, Germany with multiple floors and rooms basting different types of techno. This year it expanded again to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a two-night event by Teksuport promoters. It brings an array of talent from local to international heavyweight techno artists. Here’s what this year’s had in store for those who attended.
elrow RowsAttacks Invades Avant Gardner
Succeeding the last return of the sold-out 10-hour fiesta back in July, elrow returns for an alien invasion RowsAttack at Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner. The final blow-out of the year will take over the venue with two stages on December 11 and a massive lineup hosted by Repopulate Mars.
6AM Guest Mix: Matt Altman
This week’s Guest Mix features Matt Altman. He recreated an underground club experience the only way he knows how: with heavy-hitting melodically twisted and percussive techno. The mix starts with a “deeper” tone that progressively gets more intense and harder as it goes on. Read more
Kalkara and Adrian Hex Team Up For EP on Autektone Dark Imprint
Melbourne-based producer Kalkara & Brooklyn-based producer Adrian Hex team up for The Devoid. Their new EP is out via T78‘s imprint Autektone Dark. With distinct styles of their own, these two artists met through mutual label releases and decided to take a run at a collaboration EP with the added time they had during COVID. Read more
