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.

David Moran Releases New LP Pagans In Paradise

David Moran skips from Techno to Ambient to Drum'N'Bass and even Trance on Pagans In Paradise.
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Deep Club Drops Occidental and Grey People’s Cop Watch/Trespass

Occidental and Grey People anchor Deep Club's latest 12 inch, Trespass/Cop Watch and it's another revelatory experience.

AUX 88 Headlines Kontaktor 2019 Festival

Detroit electronic music godfathers AUX 88 headline Kontaktor 2019, a Latvian live electronic music festival May 31 in Riga presented by Erica Synths.

Jeff Mills Reissuing Deep Cuts from Axis Records’ History for His Director’s Cut Series

Chapter 1 is out now and features "Gamma Player," "Suspense" and more tracks from Axis Records' illustrious catalog.

#ListenUp Jeff Rushin’s SPEAKING OF WITCH on ODD EVEN

Jeff Rushin steps out on Speaking Of Witch, a new four track EP of warm, energetic techno released this week on ODD EVEN.

Sol Ortega Drops The Blue Club on Rhythm Nation

Massive EP of Detroit-style Techno by way of Argentina as translated through the prism of Chicago, via Rhythm Nation.

#ListenUp Lucid Dreams on OUER’s Stingray Nebula EP

OUER's new EP on Dirt Crew is a techno/jazz/deep delight, sometimes all three at the same time, in the same track, even in the same moment.

Dan Curtin: A Matter of Sound

Tristan Dominguez profiles Techno innovator Dan Curtin for a 5 Mag cover story.

Techno from Kolkata: Hybrid Protokol Drop KOLSLAW

Out on Alexander Robotnick's label, Hybrid Protokol's Kolslaw doesn't so much play as chew through a soundsystem.
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Pearl Vision: Clair Obscur

The choice cut from the Storm EP, the debut release from Dany Rodriguez and Tindra's Pearl Vision project on EPM Music.

909 Resistance: Subway

Look at the label and you know exactly what's inside: handclaps, sizzling synthetic drums, creepy samples and 303s tweaked until they scream.

Cult Culture: The Burden of Abundance

What has Will Azada been up to? Glad you asked!

New Live EP Features Juju & Jordash, Shawn Rudiman & Cubic Space Collective

Four tracks from Freerotation 2017 showcase a few of the best live techno artists of today.

I Heart Techno This Saturday Night at Exit

I Love Techno: Chicago heroes Mark Angel, Rondell Adams, Saladin, Microdot, DJLT, Jack Richards and Lionel6 bang tracks at Exit December 8.
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#ListenUp Dreamy Techno from Dispak’s Debut EP

Chris Child and Kasson Crooker aspire to tap the infinite on Dispak 1 and they nearly get there on their debut EP released by FOIL.
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Discograph: Roman Zawodny & the Sound of UKR

Digging deep into the catalog of UKR, one of the most dynamic, relentless and consistently brilliant techno labels in North America.
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Ron S. – A 5 Mag Mix 70

Showcasing the sounds of the industrial heartland since 1996, Anode Records' Ron S. steps behind the decks for our latest 5 Mag Mix.

#ListenUp Rare Groovin’ Electro Unearthed by Pittsburgh’s Was/Is

The 1997 Phreax release Jitterballz resurfaces on a gorgeous reissue by Pittsburgh's Was/Is imprint.
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#ListenUp Get Woke to Niko Marks on This New Detroit Techno Compilation

The world has been sleeping on Niko Marks' tracks and we're going to start kicking at the foot of the bed to wake them the hell up.

#ListenUp Ken Hayakawa’s Lost from Stripped Down Records

Remixes from John Tejada and Whitesquare feature prominently on Stripped Down 004 from Austrian Ken Hayakawa but it's on the ambient sound design of "Lost" that he shines.

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