Techno
Experience a Techno “Rainbow” at Inaugural Emotions Festival In Cyprus
Promising the experience of “techno at its purest form,” Emotions Festival will kick off its inaugural edition in Kampia, Cyprus next Saturday from June 25-26th. Featuring a 24-hour, sunset-to-sunset performance schedule, the event will welcome Dasha Rush, Amandra, Luigi Tozzi and Vera Logdanidi for special DJ sets inspired by “every color of the emotional rainbow,” organizers wrote. Located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus is also home to electronic music events like Living Color Festival and Farm Project. Emotions promises to set itself apart with its unique nature setting and spirited mission statement. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “Music, its creation & expression, is driven by emotions and translated into memories of that ...
Akeos Continues to Defy Genres With Mind-Bending Single, “Dualshock”: Listen
EDM.com Class of 2022 inductee Akeos has returned with her latest mind-bending single, “Dualshock.” The single is an unsuspecting, techno-influenced record from Akeos, highlighting her versatility and dedication to explorative songwriting. Instead of hitting listeners full force with her typical bass-heavy sound, the surging producer opts for a four-on-the-flour rhythm and a chugging, acid-fueled bassline. “Dualshock” is relentless from start to finish, unleashing a continuous stream of energy across six minutes. It’s Akeos at her finest, taking a concept listeners would never anticipate and making it all her own. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “‘Dualshock’ was mostly inspired by all the time I’ve spent in VR lately,”...
Look Inside the First Edition of Detroit’s Iconic Movement Music Festival Since 2019
Detroit’s legendary Movement festival is officially back. The long-running techno and house music festival made its hotly anticipated return to Hart Plaza for the first time since 2019, welcoming more than 50,000 people over Memorial Day Weekend. “Seeing people walk through the gates for the first time again in three years was very special and quite surreal,” said Movement Festival Director Jason Huvaere in a statement. “We’ve waited a long time for this reunion.” Movement 2022 saw headlining performances from a bevy of electronic music legends such as Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer and a momentous hometown closing set by Jeff Mills—and we were on the ground at the birthplace of techno to capture it all. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles A...
EDM.com Presents: The House Brew, Vol. 9
“Petra” – Bedouin After a jaw-dropping hybrid set at Al Khazneh (The Great Treasury) in Petra, Jordan—one of the seven wonders of the modern world—melodic house duo Bedouin cemented the momentous performance with a track in the city’s namesake. Evoking mystery and awe, Bedouin’s “Petra” offers a striking parallel to the historic tomb it pays testament to. “Balsame” – Xinobi Turkish baglama plucks, an infectious bassline, and Arâm’s fierce vocals bring “Balsame” to life. The titular track off Xinobi’s latest album is “about healing using the metaphor of the wine as a healer,” Xinobi explains. “Although here the wine represents a quick fix for the erratic person [or] creature Arâm is giving voice to, it should represent a bigger objective: healing permanently or at...
R.I.P. Klaus Schulze, German Electronic Music Pioneer Dead at 74
Electronic music composer Klaus Schulze has died at the age of 74. According to a statement, Schulze passed away on Tuesday, April 26th. He had been suffering from an undisclosed illness, but his death was described as “sudden” by Frank Uhle, the managing director of his record label, SPV. “We were shocked and saddened to hear the news of Klaus Schulze’s sudden death,” Uhle said in a statement. “We lose and will miss a good personal friend – one of the most influential and important composers of electronic music – a man of conviction and an exceptional artist. Our thoughts in this hour are with his wife, sons and family. His always cheerful nature, his innovative spirit and his impressive body of work remain indelibly rooted in our memories.” A pioneer of the krautrock and techno genres, t...
A Techno Marching Band Might Be the Most Unique Thing You See at Coachella 2022
Coachella annually touts one of the most diverse lineups of any major music festival, but this year they’ve gone all out by booking a techno marching band by the name of MEUTE. Off of concept alone, MEUTE might be the most interesting act to perform at Coachella this year. “When you tell people that we are a techno marching band, people already get some pictures in their head,” Meute’s founder and trumpet player Thomas Burhorn told Variety. “And then when they see what we do and hear what we do, they can realize… that it is even deeper than what they might have imagined.” The 11-man unit hails from Germany, where techno has long been a staple of the country’s fabled nightlife sector. They’ve taken what has long been solely considered electron...
Amelie Lens’ Exhale Records Releases Charity Compilation to Aid Humanitarian Efforts In Ukraine
The residents of Exhale Records are coming together to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine with a charity compilation, Together with Ukraine! Helmed by Amelie Lens, the Belgium-based imprint has assembled a team of techno stalwarts for a 14-track album. Lens herself opens things up with a tone-setting rework of her 2017 original, “Purge.” Lens, who was named one of EDM.com‘s Best Music Producers of 2021, pumps up the energy of the original with an accentuated, thumping kick and powerful synths reminiscent of a prior era of old-school rave. The ode to the underground continues with the acid rave stylings of Ahl Iver’s “Feel The Groove,” the frenetic cadence of Lokier’s “Broken,” and Charlie Sparks and Frazi.er’s ...
Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte, More Announced for Chicago’s ARC Festival: See the Full 2022 Lineup
ARC Festival is returning to the birthplace of house music in 2022 with a staggering lineup. The organizers of the Chicago electronic music festival have announced the artists for for its 2022 edition, scheduled for Labor Day Weekend at Union Park. Set to perform are Carl Cox, Adam Beyer □ Cirez D, Charlotte de Witte, Chris Lake, Gorgon City, Nora En Pure, Lane 8, Claptone and many more. The fest will also feature a number of iconic electronic music artists, like Fatboy Slim, Skream, Carl Craig and Richie Hawtin. The generational gap will be filled by a bevy of today’s brightest producers, including ANNA, Giolì & Assia, Vintage Culture and Wax Motif. They’ll perform across four stages. Eric Prydz performs at ARC Festival 2021. Jason Myers/Memorandum Media for EDM....
EDM.com Presents: The House Brew, Vol. 7
“Yahudky” (Bedouin Reworks) – DakhaBrakha Bedouin’s latest EP is a tribute to the Ukrainian folk band DakhaBrakha. “Back in 2012, we heard DakhaBrakha’s music for the first time and were immediately drawn to their authenticity and beautiful sound,” the melodic techno duo shared on the inspiration behind the tribute EP. “Their masterpieces inspired us and led to years of reworking and reimagining them into our own sonic perspective” Off The Bedouin Reworks DakhaBrakha EP, “Yahudky” is mystic and melancholic. While a steady beat creates a dance-focused sound, DakhaBrakha’s yearning vocals and Bedouin’s wistful instrumentation ground the song, creating a hypnotic ambivalence that holds the ear through the track’s eight-minute length. “Safe” (Hunter/Game Remix) – Øostil, USHNU Tens...
Dennis Rodman Recalls Wild Night At Techno Club Ahead of Critical 1996 NBA Finals Game
Dennis Rodman never let a playoff game get in the way of partying. In fact, the NBA Hall of Fame forward frequently relieved the pressure of major games with nights out on the town. In his new book, Walk On The Wild Side, Rodman details one such outing ahead of a critical NBA Finals Game 6 against the Seattle Supersonics. The night began straightforward enough, with sushi and some Sake bombs, but with a crazy crew by his side, things rapidly went off the rails. Rodman found himself filling his head with “ear-splitting” techno music all night long at Chicago’s legendary Crobar nightclub. “We ended up at Crobar, where they have a bondage rack and men will stand there writhing in pain while voluptuous women pour burning wax onto their ni...
Anfisa Letyago Drops “Listen & Nisida (Remixed) Vol.2” EP With Three New Remixes
Techno aesthete Anfisa Letyago has come a long way from the subzero temperatures of her tiny Siberian hometown of Tundra. It’s been a fast and loud ascent to techno music’s corps d’elite for Letyago, who was recently named to EDM.com‘s Class of 2022. At the helm of an increasingly influential record label and coming into her own as an inimitable producer, she’s blossomed into a barnstorming international DJ—and one with big plans in electronic dance music. Anfisa Letyago. Tommaso Napolitano Letyago has now unveiled three new remixes of music from Listen and Nisida, her EPs released in 2021. Out now on her own N:S:DA imprint, Listen & Nisida (Remixed) Vol.2 is the second such installment following the release of Vol. 1 in January. Each o...
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Anfisa Letyago’s “Orizzonte” Transforms Into Mind-Bending Techno With 1979 Remix [Premiere]
Fast-rising techno producer Anfisa Letyago is freshly minted as a member of EDM.com‘s Class of 2022—just in time for the upcoming release of Listen & Nisida (Remixed) Vol. 2. Due February 10th via Letyago’s N:S:DA Records banner, the EP will follow up its first volume with three fresh remixes of songs off her 2021 projects, Listen and Nisida. And we’ve got you covered with an exclusive listen of “Orrizonte,” remixed by Italian melodic house master 1979. Under 1979’s care, the swirling synths of “Orrizonte” undulate in the background of a rapturous and immersive techno arrangement. Filling out the mind-bending tune are industrial bass patches and a cacophony of dark, moody arpeggios. It’s all backed by a pounding four...
