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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Jerome Hill: Toy Box Part 1

The Toy Box series shows techno stalwart Jerome Hill still full of righteously noxious piss and vinegar, making fun, noisy beats.
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Kim Kemi: Dark Moon EP

Darek is one of these outlier labels that gets me really excited, and Kim Kemi's entire Dark Moon EP is worth getting excited about.
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Noleian Reusse: First Generation

Cosmic 8bit space Techno from Chicago's Noleian Reusse makes for a compelling EP on Bio Rhythm.
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Damon Wild & Epi Centrum: Produkt

Veteran producer Damon Wild reinvigorates the Synewave imprint on this tight collaboration with Epi Centrum.

Unit Black Flight: Evocations

If John Carpenter made a record for Plus-8, it might have sounded a bit like Evocations from Unit Black Flight.
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Soul Button: Master of My Fate

A skein of twisted beauty is shot through the four track Master of My Fate EP from Soul Button on his home label Steyoyoke
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Tape_Hiss: Cognitive Dissonance

The new double 12" on Love Notes is a gorgeous collection of sounds, on a release that sounds like an especially tight live PA.

Space Meow Doll: San San (Remixes)

This is a label I should write about more often. Firm Tracks has a great name, garish art and something like a family vibe that makes every record feel like a less malignant version...

Sound Warrior Loves

Jenifa Mayanja on the new double vinyl release showcasing female producers and dedicated to the memory of Cherushii
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Hans Bouffmyhre: Midsummer Beatdown

An (early) midsummer beatdown from Flash Recordings and the indomitable Hans Bouffmyhre.

Summer (Brendon Collins): From Camp With Love

Three tracks of warm, melodic Techno from Tulipa Recordings' Brendon Collins.

Atnarko’s This Feeling Remixed by Chris Fortier

New Atnarko remixes by Approved Electronic Device on Viva Recordings.
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Various Artists: Discordian Dreaming 8

Discordian Dreaming takes in the full breadth of the label's output, from terse, borderline-sinister late night tech house moods to meditative, goose-bump inducing electronica.
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Joeski: The Reinvention of a House Music Legend

The New York nightlife legend talks to Kev Obrien on reinvention, the industry and his unprecedented comeback. And a bonus 5 Mag Mix.
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Ksky, Babak, Xio, Pak0: Jam EP Vol 1

More Russian madness via Wax Ninja record shop in Moscow. Wew.
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React’s New Event Series Input/Output Welcomes Garrett David

Input/Output at The Mid's Century Room has the goal of featuring some of Chicago’s brightest underground House and Techno producers
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Gunnar Haslam: Scale No Flam

Scorching serving of acid from The Bunker, Mike Servito, Justin Cudmore and Gunnar Haslam.
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Daryl Cura, Frique, Isoke, Chicago Skyway, DCook: Thoughts from Chicago Vol 4

People ask what's happening in Chicago these days. Pick up this record from Eargasmic and you'll have a good idea of what should be.
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SciFiSol: Experimental Drawingboard

New Techno from the purveyors of good Techno at Detroit Underground.
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Meet The Teachers: Every Set from Boiler Room Chicago 2017

A tribute to a tribute to Chicago with DJ Pierre, DJ Hyperactive, Glenn Underground, Paul Johnson, Boo Williams, Mike Dearborn and Ron Trent.

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