Held in Detroit, the birthplace of techno, the three-day festival should be on every clubber’s bucket list On Memorial Day weekend in Detroit this year, Kenny Dixon Jr. was on a mission. Better known as Moodymann, one of the city’s most beloved producers was out to spread the gospel about another legendary local, an architect of Detroit techno. “If y’all [...]
The Spanish island’s famed dance venue is celebrating half a century of parties and beat-making, from hippy hangout to superstar DJ rite of passage The year was 2010, the last vestige of time in which, when the beat dropped in the club, there would be thousands of hands in the air simultaneously cutting [...]
JH: Hey David, it is truly a pleasure to sit down with you. We haven’t talked to much since ADE, but I wanted to tell you I’m loving the new EP “The Light.” How are you feeling about it and what inspired it? DOA: DJ Susan Morabito and I got together to work on [...]
Reggie Dokes is a producer, a DJ, a composer for films and a 100% pure Detroit electronic music artist. Though he’s released records on influential labels and played big shows in cities around the world, Reggie is at heart a seeker, a follower in the tradition of great Black diaspora seekers like Sun Ra. His [...]
MusicLM is by far today's most powerful and intuitive AI music generator. But what are its implications? Google is rewriting the symphony of creativity with MusicLM, its groundbreaking AI text-to-music model. According to an academic paper published in January, the tech giant said there were "no immediate plans" to share the experimental AI tool, which lets [...]
Uli Behringer’s flagship brand supposedly has over 50 synths in development. We track the progress of those announced so far If you know Behringer, you’ll likely know the company loves a teaser campaign. Since 2017, the German instrument manufacturer has been trickling out snippets of new synthesizers and drum machines inspired by studio gear legends. The clones have been somewhat [...]
MIXO is a new platform/app announced last week, designed to manage playlists from any device, sync with desktops, import & export between DJ software, and backup DJ libraries to the cloud. The platform is specifically targeting DJs and music enthusiasts who seek an alternative to iTunes / Apple Music apps for managing their libraries. [...]
With a close-knit community of DJs playing everything from heavyweight techno to deconstructed club and Mandopop, and a healthy selection of intimate venues to host them, Taipei’s club scene is booming with creative, futuristic purpose. James Gui travels to the Taiwanese capital to learn more It seems that almost every DJ you meet in [...]
Ean Golden – DJ Techtools’ founder – wrote this quick editorial about DJing and how the rise of generative AI will impact it. Keep reading, and share your own speculation in the comments section! For DJs who remember their history – or have read “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” – it wasn’t that long [...]
Josh Wink, the prodigious son of Philly, a pioneer of techno, house, and other kindred genres, effortlessly defies their limits. Whether he’s riding the wave or creating a new one, Josh Wink’s music is always experimental and influential. His sound is the epitome of cool, fearlessly exploring the boundaries of musical conventions and never [...]