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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Dubfire is Bringing Live:HYBRID to Freaky Deaky

Interview: What's Dubfire's Live:Hybrid show and why should you be excited about it?

Heathered Pearls Releases Belleville Renderings Part I on Ghostly

A rich homage to early Detroit Techno in Heathered Pearls' latest release.
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Fanon Flowers’ Track Modes Series is Old Enough to Vote

Track Modes 4 continues Fanon Flowers' series begun back in 1998.

Ansome: Stowaway Remixed

O/V/R, Perc, Randomer and Ossian remix Ansome's Stowaway from Perc Trax.
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G. Marcell @ Noon

@ Noon is like a lodestone for Deep House: you can go over this with a potential convert to the Message, unpack this EP and pull out all kinds of brilliant records that influenced Marcell.

Rhauder and Paul St. Hilaire: Reconnection

Rhauder teams up again with Paul St. Hilaire for another platter of dubby techno on Ornaments.
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The Story of Video Clash

The strange history of Video Clash, a Chicago House classic.

Rareified Air from Keith Worthy, Hieroglyphic Being & Steven Tang

Made in Detroit and remixed in Chicago, three guys I love a lot come together for Aesthetic Audio.

Rondell Adams Releases “Threshold To Madness” on Ultramajic

In some religions they dance. Rondell Adams makes dance music worthy of building a religion around it.

Derrick May DJ Mix at The Barn (Braintree, Essex) – August 24 1989

Spoiler: 1989 was almost 30 years ago! Classic House and Techno mix from Detroit godfather Derrick May.
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Dudley Strangeways: Soul Five

Dudley Strangeways shines on the fifth installment of soul.on records' Seven Souls vinyl-only series.
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Joey Anderson: Dozen Roses

The electrifying EP finds Joey Anderson back where soul music, techno, space disco and oddball novelty records meet.

Audion: Gut Man Cometh (Remixes)

Matthew Herbert and FOLD remix Gut Man Cometh and Destroyer, top cuts from Matthew Dear's first Audion album in 10 years.
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im/Print: Minneapolis Exchange

Our second new label profile features Aaron Bliss and Minneapolis Exchange, the new vinyl imprint from the great American midwest.
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Onirico’s Stolen Moments (Fast Forward)

Onirico's Stolen Moments resurfaces on Fast Forward and it's still a thrill.

Basic Frame Releases Manual Screening EP

Driving techno release from Basic Frame on EPM.

White Visitation Blank Slate 013 Blank Slate

Four tracks of hectic, heady techno from Mexico City's White Visitation.
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Wav Fuzz’s Cold Fresh Air

Cold Fresh Air, the debut release from French crew Les Yeux Orange is a six track EP of dreamy techno somewhere between Drexciya and a pleasant amphetamine buzz.

im/Print: Deep Club Denver

The first of our new label profiles series features Ryan Scannura and Deep Club: the party, the label, and how legalization ruins everything.
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DJ Duke presents Return to the Pleasure Dome

DJ Duke! Is there a human being older than 35 that doesn't have a copy of his Moonshine mix CD in their closet? It's like the Appetite for Destruction of the House Music scene...

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