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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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.
The Advent

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.
Mike Huckaby by Marie Staggat

Mike Huckaby: A Production Primer

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

#ListenUp Anti Patriot’s Ideology is Aggro, Politically Charged Techno

New release from D-Knox's Sonic Mind is an EP of techno on the theme of physical disobedience from the mysterious "Anti-Patriot."
Ackermann

#StayHomeDisco with Ackermann

IGNITE! Records co-founder and deep house and techno aficionado Ackermann steps up for an exclusive new #StayHomeDisco mix.
JTC

#ListenUp Bopside Announces New Singles Series from JTC

"Wells Orbit (Rojava Aragon)" is the first in a series of 5 singles from Tadd Mullinix aka JTC and it's out now.
Fabrice Lig DJ Mix

#StayHomeDisco with Fabrice Lig

#StayHome with a DJ mix from acclaimed Belgian techno DJ and producer Fabrice Lig.
Clavis

#TheTeardown Clavis on “Wirefire” and Making Music in a Time of Quarantine

Manuel Tur and Adrian Hoffman on the making of "Wirefire," title track of their new EP on Freerange.
Jason Patrick DJ Mixes

#StayHomeDisco with Jason Patrick

Exclusive new techno set from Chicago by way of Detroit DJ and producer Jason Patrick for our #StayHomeDisco series.
ADMN and Remote Viewing Party, Infolines

Detroit’s ADMN & Remote Viewing Party Launch New Label Infolines

The Packard EP launches the Infolines label in May - one of the most intriguing new labels to emerge this year from Detroit.
Supercinema records Foreign Material

#ListenUp Supercinema Records Has a Soundtrack for the Quarantine Age

Supercinema Records' third release by Foreign Material is vibey, atmospheric techno for empty urban streets.
Roberto Corvino

#StayHomeDisco Roberto Corvino Techno Mix

Stay at home with a new, exclusive DJ mix from Italian DJ/producer Roberto Corvino.
Oliver Way

#StayHomeDisco Oliver Way March 2020 Techno Electro Mix

Face-melting techno + electro DJ mix from Oliver Way, co-founder of EPM and half of the Detroit Grand Pubahs.
Never Trust A Mirror

Acid Flash Forward: Subject To Restrictions Releases Never Trust A Mirror EP

A new four track EP of emerging artists playing dark techno, acid and rough electro from Subject to Restrictions Discs in Zurich.
Kate Simko

Future/Classical: The Journey of Kate Simko

Chicago-raised, now London-based electronic music artist Kate Simko has done it all, but not all at once. 5 Mag hears her story.
Paul Ritch

#ListenUp Paul Ritch Can Handle The Pressure

Paul Ritch is fucking up your brain chemistry in the most delightful way with his marvelous new 5 track EP called Pressure from Quartz Records.
Ataxia Oblivion

Ataxia Releases Whirling Industrial Serenade “Oblivion”

Detroit OGs Ataxia have their track "Oblivion" at the center of a new EP from Carl Craig's Planet E Communications.
Heidi Sabertooth With The Void

Hardware High Wire: Heidi Sabertooth and With the Void

Analog growls and transistor rhythms: Inside Heidi Sabertooth's latest EP With The Void for Ellen Allien's UFO Inc.
NxF Guberniya Trax DMMT Records

joeFarr Announces New Label DMMT with Guberniya Trax

The criteria for inclusion on joeFarr's new label Don't Make Me Think (aka DMMT) that he likes it and "it doesn't make me think too much."

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