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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Getting “Lost In The Wires” with LoFi Freq on Detroit Underground

LoFi Freq's Lost In The Wires is an instant classic 18 track album from Detroit Underground.
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Deep Club drops a Snad & Jackson Lee split EP

Everything that I love about Chicago tracks is here on one record from Deep Club with strong Chicago ties.
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Fourier Transform label debuts with Casey Tucker’s “Deep Soul Calm”

Seminal techno artist Casey Tucker has returned to the racks and crates of some of the best DJs in the world, now with Deep Soul Calm on new label Fourier Transform.
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Houses of the holy: Godtripping with Oona Dahl

Is it music or the voice of the spirit molecule? Watergate releases Oona Dahl's "Godtripper" and we have questions.
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Acid joyride: 30303 rides the Interstellar Rhythm

Atlanta's 30303 taps into the interstellar rhythm of the universe that takes the DJ and the listener on a cosmic joyride.
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The Techno Agnostics: Rediscovering the Ecstasy of Phil Western & Off and Gone

The beautiful genre-agnostic experimentation of '90s electronica on Off and Gone's 1996 Sigma Receptor, from Dan Handrabur & the late Phil Western.
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Roman Flügel, Matthew Herbert & Wajatta remix Muzak for Broken Elevators

A deadly line-up of remixers take a swing at the remarkable Muzak for Broken Elevators album by Brigitte Barbu aka Pepe Bradock.
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Hakim Murphy’s Analog Scriptures

What happened to Hakim Murphy? He's right here. The Chicago producer's latest album Analog Scriptures is under his hm505 alias.
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Ciara B debuts on the mental techno EP “The End Is The Beginning”

The debut release from Ciara B features two original tracks of mental techno primed for DJ sets and, if you're lucky enough to see one these days, a dancefloor.
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Cosmic Trax: The Electronic Sutras of Scape One

Kurt Baggaley is a techno producer born for the Bandcamp age.
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Lyric Hood drops second solo EP, Everything/Social Distance

Another strong EP from Floorplan's Lyric Hood on M-Plant.
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Detroit Techno legend Suburban Knight will release 1st vinyl EP in a decade

Vinyl only: Detroit techno pioneer James Pennington returns with Suburban Knight EP this September.
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#ListenUp Dark Techno on Golbon Moltaji’s “Karané”

Low Noise Productions suits up with the intriguing dark techno of the Ekur EP from "DJ, live performer and visual artist from Tehran," Golbon Moltaji.
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Yotam Avni Was Here

Behind a clever title, Yotam Avni's debut album is a monument to his eight year journey through electronic music.
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Control Transmission: The Sound of Alinka, ca. 2020

Alinka, producer of the new Crosstown Rebels EP Control Transmission, is one of the most talented producers making electronic music today and she should be booked for your club, festival or pet store opening as soon as possible.
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Brutalist Acid Slap from Boston 168 on Vax Of Love

Italian duo Boston 168 serve up 3 microdots of squelchy acid on Vax of Love from Ellen Allien's BPitch.
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Marcus Worgull’s Chorus Launches with Frank Wiedemann’s Granville

Chorus is a new label featuring Marcus Worgull's friends and fam, starting with a new EP from Ame and Innervisions' Franke Wiedemann.
Saytek

Live It Live with Saytek Live on Tour

Saytek releases a live album, recorded back when people still did that sort of thing.
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Lost ’90s Electro on a New Album from The Advent

"Vast" has a swagger that could score a reboot of Escape From New York. It's the best track from The Advent's album of previously unreleased electro from the 1990s, Life Cycles.
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Mike Huckaby: A Production Primer

Thomas Cox on the "tight but focused" discography and musical evolution of a dance music icon, Mike Huckaby.

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