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Techno

Techno is a form of electronic music featuring driving 4/4 beats varying in tempo from 120 to 150 beats per minute.

Arpanet Hydrostatic Equilibrium

30D to reissue two Gerald Donald Arpanet tracks as Hydrostatic Equilibrium

Single sided vinyl release on Hydrostatic Equilibrium focuses on Gerald Donald's first Arpanet tracks since 2006 on ExoPlanets.

Don’t reissues Quick N Smart’s cult classic “Phlokkerbrained”

Original artist Volker Wiegand died in 2008, but thankfully his utterly bonkers version of techno survives him on Phlokkerbrained, reissued by Jerome Hill's label Don't on Bandcamp.
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#ListenUp Yeti Mind Tricks returns to Motech on “Glorious Purpose”

Yeti Mind Tricks is back on Motech with the gnarly techno follow-up Glorious Purpose.
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#Praise – Inside the new issue of 5 Mag

Live from Detroit with Norm Talley & Upstairs Asylum, Lea Lisa, Cratan and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.
Robert Hood

Robert Hood revives his Monobox project with new album “Regenerate”

Robert Hood brings back his sci-fi inspired Monobox alias for a new album, Regenerate, out now on M-Plant.
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Hieroglyphic Being: “Black Hands Sound 63”

Can't go wrong with anything on this V/A but Hieroglyphic Being's contribution to Neroli's Inside Part 2 will bring you life when you need it most.
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Spray launches with a reissue from Los Angeles rave scene legends Dimension 23

New label Spray launches with Dimension 23 and a blast from the analog days of LA's rave scene.
808 State

808 State, From the Beginning

Bruce Tantum's groundbreaking interview with Graham Massey and the late Andrew Barker on the history of 808 State.
More Ghost Than Man

More Ghost Than Man: The Worlds We Made There

Terry Grant didn't break up with club music - they're just taking a break. Inside the More Ghost Than Man project and the new album The Worlds We Made There.
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Ian Pooley strips it down for Rekids on “Studio A”

Studio A showcases a raw return to brass tacks, analog gear and a stripped down aesthetic for Ian Pooley's latest on Rekids.
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30 tracks celebrate a decade of existential joy at Berlin’s Gegen

GEGEN DECADE features tracks from Ellen Allien, Paula Temple, Oliver Deutschmann and more in tribute to the Berlin event series.
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Upstairs Asylum’s Unity Vol 1 is the best V/A of the year & it really isn’t...

Norm Talley brings together not just 8 of the best producers from Detroit but some of their best work on Unity Vol 1, featuring Jon Dixon, Darren Abrams, Rick Wade, Mike Clark, Kai Alce, Kyle Hall, Eddie Fowlkes and Santonio Echols.
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Charlotte de Witte brings KNTXT to Chicago on Halloween

Belgian DJ and producer Charlotte de Witte presents KNTXT on October 31 at Radius with Enrico Sangiuliano, ONYVAA and Hiroko Yamamura.

OKTAVE returns to Chicago this Friday with Jeff Derringer and ANNA

All of our favorite residencies are coming back.
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Klasse Wrecks reissues the ultra rare Duster

Hi Tech Criminal's gem from 1994 gets reissued and is sold out almost immediately.
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Review: Annika Wolfe – Chiques Funk

Blazing new techno from Annika Wolfe and Motech.
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New York’s WTCHCRFT debuts on I Love Acid

SQLCHY: the soundtrack for an uprising on vinyl from WTCHCRFT and I Love Acid.
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Ali Berger’s Bandcamp is a treasure trove of unreleased gems

You can never have enough Ali Berger records in your life but this Bandcamp discovery does its best to slake your thirst.
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Planet Love draws upon the early work of dance music’s psychonauts and visionaries

Safe Trip compiles a retrospective of "the roots and formative years" of the more psychedelic strains of electronica from 1990 to 1995.
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These are the beats you’re looking for: Yeti Mind Tricks debuts on Motech

"Distance" is an incendiary release from Glasgow native Yeti Mind Tricks from Motech.

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