George Orwell's 1984 starts with, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Nights of techno ravers end similarly—dancers stepping out of the club after a long night ...

Techno: A universal language. No matter your native tongue, the myriad beats that define the genre can be understood by all. By cultivating emotions, causing movement, forming sounds and generating ...

Techno and tacos may sound like an unorthodox combination. However, this pairing has been a fixture in both the Las Vegas and Denver underground electronic music scenes for years with the weekly ...

On a sweltering summer afternoon, the writer and techno musician DeForrest Brown, Jr., welcomed a visitor into his cozy East Village apartment. After the usual, awkward COVID-19 theatre—disclosing ...

A film 12 years in the making, capturing a Detroit music story that took root more than four decades ago, got its long-awaited hometown premiere Thursday night. The screening of “God Said Give ‘Em ...

At 60, the D.J. and producer is inspiring fresh generations with new work, including an LP that approximates the experience of traveling through a black hole. By Mike Rubin During a recent performance ...

A new exhibit at the Michigan State University Museum celebrates Detroit as the birthplace of techno music in the 1980s and '90s and how the genre has progressed to today. "Techno: The Rise of Detroit ...

Dancing with sunflowers in her hair and a pink and purple flag in each hand, Hanan Vazanio was feeling the vibe of the Movement festival before most had even arrived Saturday. This is the third year ...

You don’t need to be a music historian to know why it’s called “techno” music. If that isn’t obvious enough, though, the “E” in EDM stands for electronic. But even then, all you have to do to ...

From Detroit to Budapest, each major city has its own distinct style of techno but no country embraces the genre quite like Germany. It’s an affinity rooted in history, particularly around the fall of ...

The MSU Museum, in partnership with WKAR Public Media and with support from MSU Federal Credit Union, is excited to announce the launch of RISE: Detroit’s Machine Music, a new podcast series inspired ...

The heartbeat of techno music is still thumping in Detroit — and it'll be loud across the city this weekend. The Memorial Day stretch brings one of Detroit's most distinctive cultural traditions, as ...