How does a dance music archive function without clubs? Over the past several months, the premise of a stable future for in-person clubbing has almost entirely collapsed. Despite several controversial attempts by high-earning European DJs to kick-start the circuit, clubs remain closed, and the impending economic collapse and inevitable wave of austerity will further hamper … Continued
More than 20 years after launching her DJ career in the South of France, then becoming a resident at Paris’ Pulp and Rex clubs, Jennifer Cardini still rues how difficult it is to sort through new music. “There is so much content,” she said in an interview over Zoom. She uses every tool available to … Continued
In early March, it became clear that it was officially time to evacuate the dance floor. As countries around the world scrambled to flatten the curve, an outbreak of 17 cases of COVID-19 was traced back to Trompete Bar in Berlin, with another partygoer testing positive after attending a party at Friedrichshain club Kater Blau. … Continued
The Present Perfect team gathers its recommendations ahead of a seriously stacked July 27 festival.
These Spotify playlists will fit any vibe.
The inaugural edition of the Remedy State wellness retreat marks a step forward towards a healthier dance music industry.
Discover some of the books that have informed Matrixxman’s sci-fi-indebted approach to techno.
We went to the premiere of ‘Hello World’, the first album written and produced by Artificial Intelligence.
We sifted through the massive lineup for Melt! Festival this weekend and compiled the highlights.
Recommendations from a chillwave master: Tycho.
From Warsaw to Kiev, we’ve compiled our recommendations for the 24 best clubs and events making the “New East” the most exciting place to party.
This news report from 1997 shows how much Burning Man has transformed. Last weekend, over 70,000 people celebrated the end of the 20th annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. These days, it’s a bona fide cultural establishment that has produced distinctive styles of music, art and fashion and draws celebrities like Katy Perry … Continued
The fundamentals of pop music have never been so easy (or annoying).
The cult cartoon hilariously spoofs on the last 3 decades of mainstream music.
“We would like to address the copy of the document that was leaked the day after the cancellation.”
Avalon Emerson discussed the benefits of having PR and the new pressures facing writers with Tailored Communication founder Melissa Taylor at Salt + Sass.
Have you ever hit a brick wall with the limitations of your music-making gear? Now you can design your own custom synthesizer to fit your needs and do your artistic bidding thanks to Reddit users who teamed up to source tips, suggestions, insight and information sources about how to build a “primitive, subtractive, analogue or … Continued
According to picky DJ Tom Cox of Pittsburgh Track Authority, Kyle Hall’s ‘From Joy’ beats “outsiders making noise music while wishing this was the punk scene.”
Hard Wax mainstay Finn Johannsen recounts David Bowie’s career and analyzes the unsettling charms and surprises of his new and final album, ‘Blackstar’.
Stefan Goldmann shows us how the problem of contingency in both field recording and modular music is turned on its head in Surgeon’s new album.
Julia Holter and Lucrecia Dalt make disembodied pop which confronts expectations of female artists…but they employ very different methods of creation.
Dance music historian and Arthur Russell biographer Tim Lawrence dissects the renewed interest in the revered New Yorker’s work and recommends ‘Corn’.
Oneohtrix Point Never is the non-experimental music fan’s favorite experimental producer. But did his new LP convince longtime avant-gardist André Vida?
One of the biggest experimental music festivals, Unsound, returns this weekend in Krakow, so we asked Mat Schulz to make a guide to the events.
Faith Fanzine co-founder Roual Galloway tells Hard Wax’s Finn Johannsen about finding punk in a Scottish town and garage rock’s anti-establishment myths.
Looking for reliable DJ mix series beyond the well-known podcasts from music websites? Here are recommendations for house, techno and experimental sets.
A Reddit user posed a question that hit home for the EB editorial staff: How do fans of harsh noise appreciate such atrocious sounds? “I’ve been listening to classical my whole life and when introduced to more eccentric music like Stockhausen and Webern, it took me a while but I finally began to like it,” the … Continued
Some key movers in Tijuana’s music scene explain how an exciting experimental underground took root in a Mexican border town overrun by drug war violence.
PAN signee M.E.S.H. and editor-in-chief A.J. Samuels mull over the latest issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, which hit shelves this week.
After a week of bad press for Lithuania thanks to Ten Walls, we set out to find representatives from its criminally underrepresented scene.
Yep, we interviewed RA’s most infamous shitposter.
PAN’s resident Afro-futurist filled out our latest Counting With column with album recommendations and regretful anecdotes.
Take your teen down the left-hand path with the first part of our extremely personal and subjective recommendations—from Prurient to Neurosis!
Nerd out with some serious series spoilers, and replace that lute soundtrack with Pharmakon, Tobacco, Jaws, Marie Davidson, Bremen, WIFE and UNIIQU3!
In the Winter 2013/14 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, editor-in-chief Max Dax spoke to the synthpop legend about his life and work, and what the future holds.
For more insight into the people behind Electronic Beats—the ones who voted for our Releases of the Year—we asked our contributors for a list of their own devising and a few words about their year.
Have an extra hundred to blow? The former member of Andy Warhol’s factory, TV Party-host and ex-editor-in-chief of Interview Magazine tells us what you should be reading.
The new Electronic Beats Magazine is out in just a few weeks, so why not order a copy or four? It should accessorize nicely with your new Autumn wardrobe.
The Week in EB feature collates our favorite pieces of content from ElectronicBeats.net from the last seven days. What did you miss?
In this exclusive preview of our upcoming print magazine, we present the full interview with Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan, speaking candidly about his youth, drug use, and the band’s new album Delta Machine.
In a world where EBM can be fresh, non-cheesy and legitimately cool, how will the makers of fluorescent goggles and baggy bondage pants feed their families?
Currently, NASA’s budget for one year could fund sixteen hundred years of oceanographic exploration. One of the things I like most about Drexciya’s Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller I is that it draws your attention to this unknown world. The Detroit duo’s engaging mythology combines two of the most ignored subjects in modern history: … Continued
Dear Readers, Starting today, electronicbeats.net begins another new and exciting chapter in our quest to become the digital daily for a digital vanguard. First and foremost, expect an even greater emphasis on the voices of the artists themselves from the ever-growing Electronic Beats family. From Bryan Ferry to Underground Resistance, from Apparat to Alva Noto: … Continued
It’s pretty easy actually: you follow Electronic Beats on Twitter, Facebook and/or SoundCloud and receive one outstanding track every day right inside your timeline – our ‘EB favourite of the day’. We usually won’t share these editorial recommendations here on the website, but we’ll make an exception today: Trentemøller‘s remix of The Drums‘ new single ‘Days’ … Continued
The boring stretch of gray skies and broken new years’ resolutions that is January may not be good for much, but at least we have some exciting tours to look forward to! With new bass sensations Sepalcure touring, along with faves like Shlohmo and Salva, James Ferraro, Azari & III, there’s plenty to look forward … Continued
It seems we are all addicted to YouTube, but the site’s frontpage is neither nicely designed nor are the ads or recommendations particularly helpful or entertaining. That’s why there’s a new app called tubalr which is here to help you keep up with YouTube and all of the other online services you’ve probably been enjoying … Continued