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.

DJ I.V. 5 Mag RISE vol 34 mix

DJ I.V. – 5 Mag RISE vol 34

Bangin' Detroit techno set from DJ I.V. for 5 Mag's weekly RISE mix.
Movement Monday: Industry Mixer honoring Juan Atkins & 40 years of Metroplex at TV Lounge

Movement Monday: Industry Mixer honoring Juan Atkins & 40 years of Metroplex

Featuring a guest DJ set from Eddie Fowlkes and art from Abdul Qadim Haqq on Monday May 26 at TV Lounge.
From Post-Disco to Pre-Techno: Movement week panel spotlights the emergence of techno in Detroit

From Post-Disco to Pre-Techno: Movement week panel spotlights the emergence of techno in Detroit

Panelists Norm Talley, Delano Smith, Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale and moderator Kai Alcé chart the formation of techno among Detroit's youth in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Detroit's Movement Festival releases full 2025 lineup

Movement unveils set-times for 2025 festival

Movement has announced set times for the 2025 Movement Festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend in Hart Plaza, Detroit.
5 Mag Issue 219 cover with Hieroglyphic Being

Visions: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Chicago house music visionary Hieroglyphic Being, plus cover mix and interview with Galen, Z.I.P.P.O., a new label called FLURB, the breaking of Live Nation and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Maarten Goetheer featuring Pong Nakornchai: Suite For Chick

Suite for Chick: Reinterpreting the genius of Chick Corea

Nu Northern Soul drops a mini-album of "re-interpretations" of fusion maestro Chick Corea tracks by DJ Maarten Goetheer featuring Thai power-house drummer Pong Nakornchai.
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Ultra Music Festival reveals daily stage programming

The three day festival starting March 28 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere EDM festival.
ARC music festival 2024

ARC Music Festival announces 2025 lineup

ARC Music Festival returns to Chicago's Union Park this August 2025. Auris just announced this year's lineup featuring Amelie Lens, Cajmere, Eric Prydz, Eris Drew, Jamie XX, Richie Hawtin, Floorplan, John Summit, Nicole Moudaber, DJ Tennis, Mike Dunn and more.
Flyer for Madison Wisconsin free festival Musique Electronique

Madison’s Musique Électronique festival returns in July 2025 with Todd Terry, Mark Broom, Octave One, DJ...

Started 15 years ago, the multi-day festival on July 11 through July 13 2025 remains free for everyone with world-class talent and a legendary afterparty scene.
Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills added as Movement 2025 Day 1 headliner

"To be able to play in Detroit is and has always been a special kind of magic..."
Cover of Dan Sicko's book Techno Rebels

Renegades of Electronic Funk: Revisiting Dan Sicko’s Techno Rebels

25 years after its debut Techno Rebels still shines as a love letter to techno and the city of Detroit where it was born.
Inner Voyage by Owen Ni album art

Inner Voyage: Music for psychedelic dancefloors by Owen Ni

There's no let-up on Inner Voyage, and no filler either: every one of these 10 tracks can be played by real working DJs in one context or another. They also sound amazing in your headphones at home. Brilliantly conceived and produced album by Owen Ni.
5 Magazine Issue 218 featuring Mike Clark

MOVE! Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Detroit ambassador-at-large Mike Agent X Clark in 5 Mag's cover profile, plus DJ Slugo cover mix, Mystic Freaks featuring Jamie 3:26, Danou P and Young Pulse and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Innate Editions debuts with reissue of Connective Zone's 2001 Palm Palm EP

Innate Editions debuts with reissue of Connective Zone’s 2001 “Palm Palm”

A new sub-label of Owain K's Innate digs into the ethereal, ambient techno sounds of the early '00s on Palm Palm.
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Smartbar announces 2025 guest resident: DVS1

Frequent guest and Midwest techno stalwart DVS1 has been named a 2025 guest resident at Chicago's Smartbar.
Fouk - 5 Mag Issue 217 Cover

House of Fouk: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Dutch deep house duo Fouk's first 5 Mag cover story and an exclusive mix, plus London soul with Paris Cesvette, Azzad, Thando, Moby, Aslice, another lost Paul Johnson mix and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Taran & Lomov mix RISE vol 29

Taran & Lomov mix: RISE vol 29

This week's 5 Mag RISE mix featuring the wonderful sounds out of the Riga electronic underground with Taran & Lomov of Amber Muse.
Oh Annie Oh - Block N Delete

Oh Annie Oh debuts on Future Bounce with the anti-romance “Block N Delete”

The London-based Korean producer packs four tracks with a bassline so strong it sucks the air out of the room and pulls on your heart like a suction cup.
Detour 007 10 Year Anniversary lp

Detour celebrates a decade of Pittsburgh electronics on DTR-007

A ten track V/A from Pittsburgh label Detour featuring techno, acid, deep house, breakbeats and everything in between, from Shawn Rudiman, Paul Fleetwood, Doc Sleep, Naeem, Gusto and more.
Jaymie Silk on Bandcamp

“Ghetto Capitalism” is a radical electronic manifesto from Jaymie Silk

Ghetto Capitalism is an eclectic and wonderful EP and there's a vital message behind Jaymie Silk's latest for !K7 but "You Can Do It" is music that sounds like it's having a heart attack and I love it.

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