Detroit’s underground dance events of the ’90s are justly storied — but one of the decade’s most consistently attended and long-term impactful was small, insider-heavy, and not intended for dancing at ...

Stereo MC’s came up through the British club/dance culture of acid house, rave and hip hop, not only with their own group, who gave us such hits as “Connected” and “Step it Up,” but through the label ...

The first time techno music hit Hart Plaza for a Memorial Day weekend celebration, there was no question where the inspiration lay. Detroit, the genre’s birthplace, was finally throwing a big party to ...

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 ...

From Detroit to Budapest, each major city has its own distinct style of techno but no country embraces the genre quite like Germany. It’s an affinity rooted in history, particularly around the fall of ...

Manchester Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In the wake of the demolition of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, something strange and wonderful happened.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Since Europe’s clubs reopened after pandemic lockdowns, young partygoers have been drawn to a hard, driving style of techno. It’s changing the way ...

Lights reflected off bodies in the midst of a bumping room. As techno dance music blasted, the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art created a space in homage to the Detroit techno ...

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 ...