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RA To Bring In Residence Party Series To 12 of the World’s Best Clubs

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Famed electronic music publication Resident Advisor has announced its plans to celebrate 12 of the world’s best dance floors with an In Residence party series that will see them take up residence in 12 of the world’s finest clubs. Each residence will last a month, hosting four separate events that will showcase the uniqueness of each venue and their role in the local and international dance music community.

In a release statement, Resident Advisor tells us that, “without clubs, we have no club culture: the people, the sounds, the moments. Now is time to celebrate.” Fittingly, the celebrations begin in the city that started it all with the foundation of house music, and at a venue that has been the flag bearer for the movement for the past 34 years: Smart Bar Chicago.

The series will begin in March with a roster of high-quality selectors including DJ Harvey, DJ Nobu, Eric Cloutier, Roman FlĂŒgel, Tin Man, Mood II Swing, Analog Soul and two of the club’s finest residents in The Black Madonna and Michael Serafini.

The series will then fly across the Atlantic to take over Paris’ Concrete, a boat venue that has been championing the French capital’s love of techno for years. Highlight guests include Jackmaster, Move D and Margaret Dygas, who will also be joined by a slew of top-notch local talent.

The third announced stop of the tour will be in neighboring Germany and more specifically at Offenbach’s Robert Johnson across the river from Frankfurt. The May take-over is set to play host to a mix of local talents such as Ata and Gerd Janson — and guests The Black Madonna, Mike Servito, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Jeremy Underground, Prosumer and Lexx stopping by for a series of back-to-back sets.

RA plans to unveil the next three clubs that form stops 4-6 of the series soon.

For the full lineups head to the In Residence page on RA.

Time Warp DE Releases Stacked 2016 Line-up

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Germany’s Time Warp has announced its 2016 roster, an impressive bill containing top quality names in underground techno and house.

Taking place on April 2nd, at Mannheim’s 20,000-capacity Maimarkthalle, this year will see the festival debuts of Solomun, Apollonia and Kölsch. All time favorites Ricardo Villalobos, Sven VĂ€th, Maceo Plex, Marco Carola, Chris Liebing, Nina Kraviz, Adam Beyer, Len Faki, Nick Curly, Richie Hawtin and Pan-Pot will be back with DJ performances while attendees will be able to witness live performances by Recondite, Petar Dundov as well as Henrik Schwarz and Frank Wiedemann as Schwarzmann. The festival will also feature two back-to-back sets by Joseph Capriati and Carl Cox as well as Seth Troxler and The Martinez Brothers as Tuskegee. Despite containing some of the usual suspects, this year’s edition remains as diverse as ever after yet another successful edition in 2015.

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In the last few years the German festival has been taking its world-famous techno brand to new countries, making stops in Argentina, the Netherlands and the United States. Its yearly stop in Brooklyn, which began in 2014, has been extremely successful despite having to deal with venue issues both years.

Tickets for Time Warp DE 2016 are on sale through Time Warp’s official website starting at 65 Euros. Further tiers include hotel and railroad packages.

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Junction 2: London’s Newest Techno Festival

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As it turns out, London will enjoy a brand-new, techno-only festival. The Hydra, Drumcode, and Closer will be providing a stacked lineup for Junction 2, the first festival hosted by London Warehouse Events (LWE), often considered the UK’s finest in underground event promoters. The festival will be held on Saturday, June 4, at a never-before-used, undisclosed (in true underground fashion) Zone 4 location. The lineup is nothing short of ridiculous, featuring techno legends from every corner of the globe, including Alan Fitzpatrick, Dixon, Adam Beyer, Ide Engberg, Pan-Pot, Nina Kraviz, and a live Carl Craig set (billed as Carl Craig presents Modular Pursuits, a new alias under which he will also be performing at Movement). The event aims to blend  “green fields, rambling rivers, woodland pathways and hidden enclaves” and “striking industrial features,” according to festival organizers. Tickets for the all-day show are now available via the Junction 2 website, and the exact location will be announced in the coming months.

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Pole Group Presents CD Mix Unknown Landscapes Volume 3 Mixed By Exium

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BEXIUMPole Group presents Unknown Landscapes Volume 3, the third in a series of CD mixes composed of unreleased tracks mixed by a member of the Pole Group platform. Volume 3 invites Exium, Spanish performance and production duo ValentĂ­n Corujo and HĂ©ctor Sandoval, to put together a compilation spanning the forces of techno. Read more

Techno Legend Juan Atkins Claims That “The DJ List” Is Racist

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Every few months a new DJ ranking or list comes out and naturally, opinions abound. The arguments vary depending on the list in question, ranging form the usual “EDM vs underground” to the underrepresentation of female acts.

This week, Detroit techno pioneer Juan Atkins took to his personal Facebook page to express anger at what he perceives is a calculated underrepresentation of black artists on “The DJ List“. The producer and DJ called it “a slap in the face of the entire black race” and went on to announce that he “will lead the crusade for “The DJ List” to be Destroyed, Dismantled, Deleted, and Replaced.” Atkins is quick to point out that only two black artists have made the Top 100 EDM-heavy list.

Understandably, the post got people talking. While many of the commenters pointed out the seeming irrelevance of such lists, Atkins was quick to specify that while they appear to bear little significance, his own DJ fees and those of other black artists would be considerably different if they were represented better on such lists.

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Although a review of the DJ Mag Top 100 list showed a similar tendency with just a couple of black artists represented, Resident Advisor‘s poll told a slightly better story: illustrious names such as Carl Craig, Kerri Chandler, Robert Hood, Carl Cox, Black Coffee, Jeff Mills and Jamie Jones were all in the Top 100. While only RA members can vote for the site’s annual poll and voting takes place over a brief period of a few days, DJ Mag’s Top 100 list has been the subject of controversy for several years due to allegations of corruption and vote rigging.

It is definitely interesting to see that “The DJ List” brought into question by Atkins has an unclear “voting” system. Their website claims that, “leading industry members claim and manage profiles for; djs, labels, clubs, agents, publicists and more. Members participate in our DJ ranking and are presented customized dance music content based around their interests.”

Regardless, Atkins’ words have brought up once again an interesting discussion on the subject of DJ polls and lists. The role of black artists in dance music is of course undisputed, and it stands to reason that artists should be recognized for their craft regardless of genre, gender and race.

 

 

Extradimensional Dose of Acid with Michigan Techno Legends at Black Lodge

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12573692_10153380842273017_1031924029717602939_nWith a name inspired by the trippy room with red curtains and a chevron-patterned floor in the television series Twin Peaks, the Black Lodge is the party portal to the underground techno dimension that Los Angeles locals need to get acquainted with. After some deliberation and attending countless “techno” parties, Black Lodge is about the closest you can get to a proper dose of straight techno direct from Detroit, Holland, and Germany. Read more

Matador Launches New Record Label with “The Enemy” EP

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Matador has announced the launch of his own record label Rukus, debuting to the world with a four-track EP of his own productions.

Featuring Felix da Housecat on the title track vocals, The Enemy is set to come out on February 15th. The Irish techno producer chose the imprint’s name to reflect the no-holds-barred style of his own productions, as the last three tracks of the label’s first EP confirm.

The label has made The Enemy available for listening below:

Tracklist
1. The Enemy feat. Felix Da Housecat
2. Nocturnal
3. Remember
4. Dinkys

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Analogue Podcast #23 with Fandino

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Legends-Agency_Fandino_Web-Photo1Founder of Utrecht’s Unbounded collective and first resident of Wild Noize Amsterdam, Olliver Fandino is a self-made twenty-four year old techno virtuoso from Hilversum with an ear for quality music and a philosophy for throwing cutting-edge party nights representative of the Dutch vanguard. Read more

Awakenings Festival 2016: Summer With The World’s Greatest Techno

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Awakenings-Festival-2014_NRFmagazine1The stoic architectural riverside park of Spaarnwoude outside Amsterdam city center will transform into a whole other realm, inviting twenty-four hours, two days of the world’s greatest techno. Following their initial announcement and aftermovie release, Awakenings Festival will return for the weekend of June 25 and 26, the perfect summer awakening for techno devotees from around the world. Read more

Shawn Rudiman and Sassmouth Make LA Debuts for Dirty Epic

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Look at a driving force behind the Los Angeles techno scene, and you’ll come across Dirty Epic. Displaying an uncompromising vision for techno programming, Dirty Epic has consistently been providing the city with quality bookings in a truly underground setting.

On Friday January 29th, the Los Angeles based crew will be hosting two LA debuts for Shawn Rudiman and Sassmouth. Rudiman is a veteran of the techno circuit with a firm grasp on synthesis and wow-ing the crowd with live performances, and Sassmouth has delivered blistering DJ sets at esteemed venues such as Smartbar in Chicago and the esteemed festival stage at Movement Detroit.

These LA debuts will be accompanied by sets from long standing members of the LA scene as well; Dirty Epic’s own Andrew S will be on support duties in addition to 6AM’s own, JIA.

In true Los Angeles fashion, the venue will be announced the day of the event, so make sure to stay up to date and RSVP to partake in the sonic journey.

You can purchase pre-sale tickets here through Resident AdvisorÂ