Posts tagged "Techno"(Page 15)

Q&A: 5 minutes with Mark Knight

Two decades ago, Mark Knight established the Toolroom label. In the years since, Toolroom has become synonymous with championing innovation in electronic dance music, with the label becoming an essential point of reference for quality and cutting-edge tech-house, house, and techno. The establishment of The Toolroom Academy would set the

If you are unfamiliar with what goes down in the underground queer club spaces of the world, it’s perhaps best to start by understanding that you’re dealing with a counterculture rooted in modes of subversion and performativity. These are spaces unafraid to reference, to clash, and to piece together mutant

Öona Dahl found music on cassette tapes. As a young girl in upstate New York, she would listen to countless reams of old music in her living room, later going on to draw up sketches of ideas on software like Fruity Loops. Music for her has always been tactile. It’s

From contemporary acid techno to a remastering of a forgotten 90’s techno gem, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order:    LSDXOXO – SMD The new single from Berlin-based breakout LSDXOXO is another techno scorcher that combines their Philly techstep and queer club influences with

Alice Glass has been on a journey of self-reclamation. Following the public fallout of Crystal Castles and her allegations of emotional and sexual abuse against former bandmate Ethan Kath, Glass was left shattered. But since then, she’s been picking up the pieces and has taken the time to temper herself

New York techno act Reade Truth, has been spinning turntables since the 1990s and continues to make music in the modern age – with the advancements in technology and software considered of course. Today he shares a vibrant mix of tech house fusions that fizzle into more minimal bursts throughout.

Berlin’s Michael Greeene, aka Fort Romeau, has always occupied a distinctive space in the field of melodic techno and tech-house. His sound pulls from the very origins of house itself, finding itself enamoured with the sounds of late 80’s Chicago and reimagining these for the contemporary dancefloor. It’s given his

From scuzzy bubblegum pop to drum’n’bass from a techno superstar, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order:   Caroline Polachek – Billions On her new single, alt-pop star Caroline Polachek delivers a rapturous, sensual, and romantic slow-burner that’s more witchcraft than love song. Recalling Pagan

The wabi-sabi school of thought is one of Japan’s most influential aesthetic philosophies, informing many aspects of Japanese culture and artmaking. Finding beauty in the imperfect, the everyday, and otherwise mundane, wabi-sabi proposes an alternate perspective on the world around us. Shinichi Atobe’s music has never strived for outward perfection.

Munich’s Innellea has always thought about music differently. For him, it’s been about experience. Starting his career in the underground techno scene, Innellea has built a reputation for crafting intricate, layered compositions that transcend techno’s usual rigidity. His arrival as one of the apex avant-garde electronic producers on the scene

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