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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Truncate: 7_1 12 inch Mixes

Originally released as a 7 inch, Truncate's 7_1 gets the remix treatment from Ambivalent and Silent Servant.
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MNLTH: Laser 80 (Organic Analogue)

Super eclectic electro from Organic Analogue: MNLTH's Laser 80 is one of the most challenging but most wonderful records I've heard this year.
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Muon’s Broken Dreams

Bandcamp techno find, Muon's Broken Dreams is a breath of fresh air.
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Rondell Adams: A 5 Mag Mix #35

FIERCE new mix and interview from Rondell Adams for A 5 Mag Mix, 5 Magazine's signature House Music mix series.
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John Tejada’s Therapy

Palette drops this minimalistic but warm and inviting EP from John Tejada.
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Low Noise Productions Sampler Vol 1

Three tracks here preserved from the 2014 Compilation Tape 1 cassette and a new one make for a solid EP from Ottawa.
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Titonton Duvante: Recapitulate EP Vol 2

Soul Research has brought back Titonton Duvante for a second EP, closing the books on Recapitulate in dramatic fashion.
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Tape Hiss: In the Realms of the Unreal

Love Notes from Brooklyn drops Tape Hiss' In The Realms of the Unreal, seemingly inspired by Chicago outsider artist Henry Darger's 15,145 page opus.
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Scan 7: Direct Effect (Detroit Underground)

Massive collaboration between Detroit Techno Militia and Detroit Underground: Gorgeous record, good people, good music all around.
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Electronic Pioneers The System Come Back on Wax

Four tracks from The System's groundbreaking debut on Romantic Records, which presaged techno, perfected new wave and gave electronic bands a blueprint to follow.

Burial: Young Death/Nightmarket (Hyperdub)

These come out of nowhere and something would feel quite wrong if there seemed to be a discernible plan behind Burial releases.

Silvia Trix: Intercity EP

A fusillade of drums and heavy bass opens and closes the Intercity EP from Silvia Trix, released in November on wax from AFULAB.

Kurt Baggaley: Look so Fragile

Kurt Baggaley's minimal masterpieces find a home on Bandcamp.

Tulipa Releases Robert Babicz’s X-Former

X-Former gets remixed by Oniris and Hobo for the Midwest stalwarts at Tulipa.
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Life & Music in the State of Dave

5 Magazine's Issue 138 cover story with Pezzner on Title Track, making a living and pursing a life worth living. In short: Life is good.

Taped Artifact Releases A Fiction Universe V/A Compilation

Deep, sensual Techno marks the latest EP and the fifth overall release from Amsterdam's Taped Artifact.

Booka Shade and Life In a Post-EDM World

The German duo talks to 5 Magazine about Movements10 and live performance ahead of their show December 1 2016 at Concord Music Hall.

Groove Slave/Thomas Barnett: Visillusion 10

Thomas Barnett is Detroit - that simple statement is a mantra, it's a well-worn cliche by this point but when it comes to Barnett it's also true

Jeff Derringer on Seven Years of OKTAVE

Chicago DJ Jeff Derringer celebrates seven years of his Oktave residency and playing Techno in a House Music town.
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Machines, Ghosts & Harmonies: More Ghost Than Man’s Stunning Debut LP

A new guise from an old familiar face: More Ghost Than Man releases one of the most stunning debut LPs of the year.

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