George Orwell's 1984 starts with, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Nights of techno ravers end similarly—dancers stepping out of the club after a long night ...

Thomas P. Heckmann has been making electronic music since he was a child, and it’s clear that experience evolved him as an artist. Outside of techno, the German producer is also known for his ...

A new exhibit set to travel to several cities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America puts a spotlight on techno music, its roots and historical significance. A traveling exhibition opening this month ...

Techno: A universal language. No matter your native tongue, the myriad beats that define the genre can be understood by all. By cultivating emotions, causing movement, forming sounds and generating ...

When the doors opened to the Museum of Modern Electronic Music (MOMEM) in Frankfurt’s Hauptwache square, last year, it seemed that club music was finally getting its due. MOMEM was billed as the world ...

A new exhibit at the Michigan State University Museum celebrates Detroit as the birthplace of techno music in the 1980s and '90s and how the genre has progressed to today. "Techno: The Rise of Detroit ...

As a photographer, broadcaster and musician, renaissance man Normski has been best known for his high-profile work in hip-hop, where he and his camera got a foothold on the front lines four decades ...

Mark Flash, part of Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance, which includes Movement headliner Timeline, neatly sums up the symbiotic relationship in two sentences: “Underground Resistance is ...

Back in the summer of 2016, one of the greatest dance music makers alive was raising big questions about how white bodies move to black rhythms. “How do you dance when we still swing from trees, when ...

New York City is awash this month in the confluence of Black culture, forward-thinking art, and utopian vision known as Afrofuturism – which is also the name of a citywide festival Carnegie Hall is ...

A German court has ruled that techno is music DJs are musicians, giving clubs the same tax breaks as concert halls. Good morning. I'm David Greene. In Germany, concert halls have been benefiting from ...