Chicago House Music Festival 2026

Techno

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

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Ellen Allien’s UFO Inc releases Alien Rain’s Empire of Illusion

Bad ass new tracks on Alien Rain's Empire of Illusion EP, out now via Ellen Allien's UFO Inc.
5 Mag Issue 190 featuring Franck Roger

#Rejuvenate – inside the new 5 Mag

Franck Roger, Ed Nine, Rodney Baker, Berlin under lockdown and more in the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
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Donnell Knox & Mark Hawkins search for the 12th Planet

Kalamazoo's Donnell Knox and Wales' Mark Hawkins team up for the 12th Planet EP, awash in subterranean vibrations and the kind of kickin' tracks it takes a whole lot of digging to find.
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Chicago House pioneer Rodney Bakerr has died

Rodney Baker, known professionally as Rodney Bakerr and the brilliant artist behind early Chicago label Rockin' House passed away last week.
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Hudd Traxx celebrates the Here & Now on a 10 track compilation of new music

Jovonn, Black Loops, Mark Hawkins, Nightmares on Wax, JT Donaldson & more spread the gospel of the Huddersfield miracle on Hudd Traxx's 15 year anniversary compilation.
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Octave One reworks “Believer” & “Whatever She Wants”

Burn it down and build it up again: Octave One revisits two recent tracks for The Reworks EP.
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Review: Jordan GCZ drops the nodding Introspective Acid EP

Dark occult sciences in the key of bleep: Jordan GCZ drops the nodding Introspective Acid EP on Rush Hour.
Micro Movement Festival 2021

Paxahau surprises with all-Detroit “Micro Movement 2021” festival

The event will be held over Memorial Day weekend in Detroit spread out across multiple clubs.
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Regent drops volcanic EP “Obsidion”

Regent releases four tracks of volcanic techno on "Obsidion," the new EP of dark gems from Planet Rhythm.
Infolines Under The Bridge EP

Delano Smith anchors 3rd release from Detroit’s Infolines

The third release from Detroit label Infolines with heat from ADMN, Remote Viewing Party and Mister Joshooa.
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Review: DVS1 drops “Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm” on Axis Records

Review of Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm, DVS1's latest album that dropped on Jeff Mills' revitalized Axis Records.
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Legendary Detroit Techno producer Suburban Knight releasing new 7″ single

James Pennington aka Suburban Knight is dropping "Listening Systems" on limited 7" vinyl from Detroit Techno Records.
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US Embassy & religious leaders condemn the most boring rave in the world

About 30 people showed up at a historic monastery in Cyprus for the world's most boring rave and earned international and religious condemnation.
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Alexksyspirit: District X17

Quartz Records welcomes Greek techno DJ Alexksyspirit on District X17, a gritty four track EP with a Gotshell remix.
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Mind = Blown: Nico Lahs’ Blow Your Mind on Metamorphic Recordings

Some back-of-the-crate action from Nico Lahs on Blow Your Mind from Dan Curtin's Metamorphic Recordings.
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Peerless Detroit outfit Scan 7 to drop the Orchestrated Reality EP

Scan 7, Detroit's unsung heroes, are back and mad in the studio, mad in your speakers and mad on hot wax with the Orchestrated Reality EP.
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Monty Luke on BLM, climate change & making the catalogue of Black Electronic Music

5 Mag's latest cover story with Monty Luke, founder of Black Catalogue on racial justice, the effect of the music industry on climate change and preventing the erasure of Black artists from electronic music.
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Robert Hood to reissue minimal classic Underestimated EP

Robert Hood's remastered Underestimated EP originally released in 1998 is out on M-Plant on March 12.
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Gerald Mitchell & Detroit’s Los Hermanos bring down the house on “Another Day”

Powerful 3 track EP from the Los Hermanos collective. Find this one in the racks and you better pick up doubles because this is gold.
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Shawn Rudiman’s “Flow State” is one of the best electronic albums of the last 5 years

Higher state: 21 tracks make for a flawless journey on Shawn Rudiman's new album Flow State, out now from Pittsburgh Tracks.

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