Pittsburgh Track Authority’s Enter The Machine Age
It was somewhere between the second and third track on Pittsburgh Track Authority's debut LP that I realized something extraordinary was happening. In less than 15 minutes, Enter The Machine Age had shifted adeptly...
#ListenUp Rabotat Records Launches with a Collaborative Techno Joint
Re-Animator from Ironfist and Madame de Fer is brutalism in sound and marks the debut of Rabotat Records from Los Angeles.
Flexi Cuts Launches a New Velvet Series
New vinyl V/A series by the Flexi Cuts label features tracks from Relative, Tengrams, Will Hofbauer and more.
Myles Sergé: A 5 Mag Mix vol 22
Will Sumsuch talks to Myles Sergé for A 5 Mag Mix, volume 22 in our series.
The 5 Mag Mix by Myles Sergé
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Myles Sergé: The 5 Mag Interview
A reclusive perfectionist, Techno...
Shawn Rudiman: …The Next Planet Over
The Pittsburgh Tracks revival continues with ... The Next Planet Over, another dope record from Shawn Rudiman.
DJ Rocca – Code Rush
Code 041 is another brilliant musical excursion from the wildly eclectic but always on point DJ Rocca
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.
Farewell, Little White Earbuds
Chicago-based website Little White Earbuds is shutting down, according to site founder Steve Mizek.
The site has published nearly 300 podcasts and some of the most thought-provoking, no-bullshit think pieces in the electronic music scene,...
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.
Reflections by Taelue Showcases the Real Sound of Chicago
Perpetual Rhythms is righteous in their work and the music can back it up. Taelue's Reflections album is the next big thing.
#StayHomeDisco with Fabrice Lig
#StayHome with a DJ mix from acclaimed Belgian techno DJ and producer Fabrice Lig.
Levon Vincent remixes Skudge’s 2010 jam “Convolution”
Levon Vincent has a clear affinity here for the record, which presaged a darker, more physical turn for analog-driven techno and deep house. Vincent is a fellow traveler and his work on these remixes is nothing short of stunning.
SELECT: the Sound of Beretta Music
The first, last, best and deepest deep house and techno cuts from the catalog of Detroit's Beretta Music.
Planet Love draws upon the early work of dance music’s psychonauts and visionaries
Safe Trip compiles a retrospective of "the roots and formative years" of the more psychedelic strains of electronica from 1990 to 1995.
Forever Punk: Locked Club & RLGN
What is going on in Russia right now? Four tracks of smoldering electronics and swagger on wax from Locked Club, RLGN and Private Persons.
First Cut drops a 3 track V/A on “Crossing The Red Line”
First Cut welcomes TR One, Giles Armstrong and Reflection Port Assembly on shiny black wax on Crossing The Red Line.
Lester Fitzpatrick Is Doing The Work
From Relief & Dance Mania to UKR, Lester Fitzpatrick has become one of the most prolific underground artists in Chicago and probably the world. He's not slowing down. And this is how he does the work.
Alland Byallo – The Mixdown
Will Sumsuch meets Alland Byallo for The Mixdown, 5 Mag's series of producers talking to producers about the craft, kit and skills behind the music, his personal and creative turning points and the importance of unplugging and reconnecting with the pure joy of music for music's sake.
Review: Detroit’s Infolines returns with the V/A Under The Bridge
ADMN, Mister Joshooa and Remote Viewing Party make up Under The Bridge, the 3rd release from Detroit's new label Infolines and anchored by a lush Delano Smith remix.
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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WYSER mix ☀️ RISE vol 21
Wake up, stay up and don't stay in: new mix from WYSER, aka Matt Wyser of Custom Vibes, the DJ duo REDUX and part of Shfft Chicago.
