Detroit’s “The Scene” dance show, 1980s: Juan Atkins and Halloween
Boiler Room? TikTok? They've got nothing on Detroit's "The Scene," the city's own dance music show of the 70s and...
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Female artists and AV blockbusters at Tehran Contemporary Sounds
A focus on female composers and electronic artists from Iran - alongside big AV productions like CDM favorites Temp-Illusion -...
“Exist is a feeling”: Organizers talk about their festival after losing Odai Masri
Palestinian-global festival and music platform Exist reached London this month at Cafe OTO, the latest triumph of adventurous programming and...
Under-the-radar Bandcamp Friday picks, in a time of flood waters and self-discovery
Repeat after me: there's never too much music. So sure, while artist are not always hyped, a particular music project...
You can play rave classic game wipEout in the browser – for now
Pygnosis' 1995 PlayStation launch title introduced the combination of futuristic anti-gravity racing and 90s rave music. And it came complete...
In “Piano,” John Object captures emotional realities of war in Ukraine
"Piano" is bookended by sketches on a partly-ruined piano in a war zone - messages over an army radio heard...
A deep compilation to aid in rebuilding Beirut, made from sounds of construction
Bandcamp Friday pick. Beirut's stellar label System Revival earlier this year put together a must-hear compilation of music with a...
Watch Hexorcismos make AI performative and personal in this live show
In contrast to big data, automation, and bland prompts, artist Moisés Horta Valenzuela (Hexorcismos) is making machine learning into a...
Dreamlike solitude from Johnstown PA, in Nondi_’s Flood City Trax
In Nondi_'s music world, fuzzy reveries of grooves emerge as if half-remembered from sleep, sometimes insistent and raw, sometimes fading...
7 Techniques to Spark New Track Ideas for Musicians and Producers
Have you ever found yourself in front of your production setup, ready to lay down a fresh track, only to...
