The last time Jeff Mills spent this much time at home was about thirty years ago when he was busy establishing Underground Resistance. He doesn’t mind, though—he’s making the most of his time in lock-down in Miami, his home of three years. “I love being at home,” Mills says. “My largest studio is here, my … Continued
It will be the Detroit techno pioneer’s first cinemix in Berlin since his performance of ‘Sinfonie der Großstadt’ back in 2017.
If you like techno and coffee, this mug is basically a no brainer.
Spiral Deluxe’s third EP ‘Voodoo Magic’ was released last month on Jeff Mills’ Axis Records imprint.
The latest edition focuses on ideas surrounding outer space, technology and futurism.
‘Voodoo Deluxe’ will release on Mills’ own Axis Records this September.
The recently unearthed set was recorded live at Wire, Saitama Super Arena.
It’s called “Weapons.” How cool is that?
After almost 30 years away from radio, Jeff Mills has returned to the airwaves with a new show on NTS called “The Outer Limits”. The six-episode radio series will run over the course of 2018 and see the Detroit legend composing entirely new music for every episode, alongside writing the narration, conducting research with assistance … Continued
The first transmission of “The Outer Limits” airs Wednesday January 17 and features exclusive new musical compositions from the techno master.
‘And Then There Was Light’ features 15 tracks from the Detroit techno legend.
Take a trip to Frankfurt’s techno heyday with this seriously banging one-and-a-half hour mix.
Interviews for those who like music for the brain as well as the ears.
The 909 virtuoso has signed the new boutique rhythm composer with all proceeds going to charity.
The 5-track EP, recorded with Orchestre National Du Capitole De Toulouse, will be followed by a full album in 2018.
The Berlin screening marked the first time that the producer has scored the film live in its entirety.
The Detroit legend will show off his cinematic compositional chops on August 24.
‘Close Encounters Of The Fourth Kind’ is Jeff Mills’ latest space age project.
The new mix explores the science fiction influences hidden behind Mills’ techno experimentalism.
Techno’s journey to widespread cultural acceptance continues.
The concept album will be released on Axis Records next month.
Tonight you can watch a rare collaboration between two of the world’s most creative performers.
Jeff Mills is going back to the future.
The two legends will unveil a live collaboration at mythical Parisian jazz club, New Morning.
Jeff Mills’ latest 12″ is techno weaponry with a massive payload.
Berghain isn’t the only one mixing techno with high culture.
Portishead, The Human League, Jeff Mills and more share some insight into the inspirations Roland has provided over the years.
The Detroit legend and the French new age pioneer have teamed up for ‘Electronica Vol 2: The Heart of Noise’.
The inimitable Jeff Mills has announced that his latest LP, Free Fall Galaxy, will be released via Axis Records on June 24th. The record is the 9th installment in his The Sleeper Wakes series, and it follows on from where such contemporary classic techno long-players as Emerging Crystal Universe and Jungle Planet left off. Like those … Continued
In this interview on Electronic Beats TV, Detroit techno legend and Axis label boss, Jeff Mills, explains his processes and intentions in taking electronic music away from the club and into the cinema with Cinemix. His live soundtrack for “Berlin: Die Sinfonie Der Großstadt” had its German premiere in Berlin at Hackesche Höfe Kino.
Catch up on what you missed at the German premiere of Jeff Mills’ live score for Walter Ruttmann’s iconic film ‘Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt’.
Only one week to go until Detroit techno maestro Jeff Mills presents his latest film score of the German silent movie classic Berlin – Die Sinfonie der Großstadt at Hackesche Höfe Kino in Berlin. Due to high demand, Mills decided to squeeze in another screening/performance—which also sold out in a blink of an eye. But since we’re is presenting both … Continued
Final Cut is Anthony Srock and Jeff Mills’ Detroit industrial techno project from the late 1980s. According to The Wire, it marked “a significant moment in the convergence of the classic industrial aesthetic and the emerging sound of Detroit techno.” Mills exited the duo after its debut album, Deep Into The Cut, was released in 1989, … Continued
Update: With the first show selling out in a matter of hours, we are happy to announce a second show: 08:00 pm: SOLD OUT 10:00 pm Tickets now available here. Check the Facebook event for the latest news. We at EB are excited to present the German premier of Jeff Mills’ latest “Cinemix”: a score … Continued
Jeff Mills got the (literal) classics out in this October mix for London venue Barbican. Besides Philip Glass, György Ligeti and Richard Strauss, the half-hour session also offers a glimpse into Mills’ coming album, Free Fall. “Using the last composition in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick as my first track here, my objective was … Continued
Hot on the heels of his provocative book on the importance of presets in electronic music, Macro label co-founder Stefan Goldmann recently offered his thoughts how Detroit artists Jeff Mills and Robert Hood defined the aesthetic core of techno through FM synthesis. Read an extended version of the article on his blog. You can also check our Slices … Continued
In part two of our conversation between techno pioneer Jeff Mills and artist Ólafur Elíasson, they ponder the implications of having two suns.
Techno progenitor Jeff Mills and visionary installation artist Ólafur Elíasson contemplate reality, culture and identity in this questing conversation.
Jeff Mills is a busy man. Next month he will release the CD-DVD “Exhibitionist 2”, the sequel to his legendary 2004 dj-skills extravaganza via his own label Axis. Six weeks later he will hook up with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall in London to perform some of his classic techno anthems like … Continued
From Jeff Mills to Mike Pickering: The stories of the DJs that changed the world, told in their own words.
Use these cuts from Jeff Mills, Blawan, Plastikman and more to make any Halloween party a regular BOOhain.
The Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festival includes day trips around Poland and performances by Jeff Mills and Apparat. What more could you ask for? Find out here.
Marco Gomez examines the “ideal listening space” and the influence of European venues on house and techno’s global taste.
Freedom means something different to club-goers. It’s something many of us have found in the most unlikely of places—tucked away in the tight and stuffy, dark and loud corners and the frenetic moments where we’ve found bliss. In other words: what wouldn’t we give for another night of carefree clubbing? We may not be able … Continued
“I shit you not, I have a text from Janice from four minutes ago. ‘Hey, I miss you.’” The Janice he’s referring to is Janice Griffith, adult film star and friend of Martyn Bootyspoon (a.k.a. Jason Voltaire). The two met in Los Angeles a few months back when he played the city’s long-running A Club … Continued
The term “electro-acoustic doesn’t limit your imagination the way ‘ambient’ or ‘experimental’ do,” states Stefan Goldmann. Working in between the dancefloor and high art institutions, the techno renaissance man toes the line between revering club music’s history and fearlessly pushing its forms into the future. Goldmann is equally comfortable DJing and releasing his own productions … Continued
A healthy club scene and nightlife in general make cities attractive. This simple truth has slowly but surely been recognized over the last few years, with more and more metropolitan cities like London, Paris or Amsterdam installing a night mayor to address all things nightlife. Dimitri Hegemann, Tresor-founder and tireless cultural explorer, has been especially … Continued
Rumor has it that the club, which will open on November 22, will be called “Tresor-West”.
French DJ François X has been a mainstay at Paris club Concrete for a number of years. He’s also recently launched his own record label, DEMENT3D XXX—with his Murky Dreams EP as the first release—and is touring extensively around the world on a regular basis. When you’re producing, playing and traveling as much as François … Continued
Damon Wild moved to New York City in the late ‘80s and worked at Experimental Records in Manhattan. During this time, he also worked at Sonic Groove Records in Brooklyn alongside store founders Adam X and Frankie Bones. In the early ‘90s, Wild began Synewave, which gave birth to many well-known artists from around the … Continued
The Wall of Sound party in Rotterdam was a tribute to the sound system culture of ’90s raves in the Midwest.
Pianos and techno don’t really mix.
The world is changing, and dance music is changing with it. In Berlin, nowhere is that illustrated better than in the arrival of the multi-disciplinary collective Live From Earth جماعتي. Flying in the face of Berlin’s reputation as a center for deadpan techno, Live From Earth is quietly revolutionizing the city’s club scene with its … Continued
Inside the famous basement known as the “Headquarters of Tokyo Techno”.
The hip-hop artist has teamed up with Mr. X for the debut LP ‘Hip Hop DJs Don’t Play Techno’.
We sat down with the artist ahead of the release of his most recent solo LP, ‘New Horizon’, on Electric Deluxe.
For instance, it says that TEB Editor Chloe Lula will play at Farbfernseher tonight.
Let Roland’s legendary drum machine be your master clock.
This ringed drum machine maestro takes you through some of the drum machine’s best beats.
From Lente Kabinet in Amsterdam to EXIT Festival in Serbia, these are the upcoming summer outings not to miss.
Hear new live versions of timeless techno classics.
The recently unearthed tape documents a legendary night at a club in the small German city of Jena.
Organizers Losoul and S-Max pick the house, techno, and breakbeat tracks that fueled the epic Wiesbaden event.
Congratulations to RBMA for 20 years of great interviews, lectures, stories and conversations.
Let Claude Young show you how it was done.
The rhythm of the night. The rhythm of your workout. Together at last.
The OSTs to ‘Dunkirk’, ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’ are among the best of 2017.
These offbeat raves, parties and clubs are revitalizing the capital city’s music scene.
We asked you for your favorite DJ sets ever. Here are the results.
The mastermind behind the world’s favorite live house and techno set explains his setup and gives some tips.
This Discogs playlist chronologically lists the city’s most important music to come out in the ’80s.
This Reddit thread compiles a list of the lesser-known producers and DJs essential for the techno neophyte.
Gear wizard Remute explains his decision to release his music on a format that many of today’s generation have never even used.
Take the stairs down to some serious techno history.
A headliner at TEB’s stage at Audioriver Festival talks about bringing his daughter into Floorplan.
Who said synths can’t be high art?
Movement has been showcasing exciting electronic music for nearly 20 years.
Former resident DJ Monika Kruse names the tracks that defined Ultraschall, one of Munich’s most historically important nightclubs.
Go beyond the classics to discover a whole new world of amazing deep cuts.
An essential primer on four decades of German techno history via important but now-closed clubs.
Listen to new and unreleased material by Floorplan.
The Grammy-nominated producer and DJ has launched a new Ibiza residency called ‘U R’.
The Underground Resistance legend opens up about his remarkable role in the history of techno.
Discover the people who have made a name for Zagreb techno.
The top-selling record sold 520 copies. Guess who made it?
DJs Anthony Parasole, Rebekah, Etapp Kyle and more pick their favorite track from the Zenker Brothers’ label to celebrate 10 years of Ilian Tape.
We count down 20 record labels that have shaped techno for 20 years or more.
The website features a four part radio series retrospective exploring the legacy of the legendary NYC/Detroit label.
The results are in. You’ll never guess who’s #1.
Acidlab’s new “Detroit” drum machine could be the TR-909 killer we’ve all been waiting for.
Portishead member Adrian Utley shares his fascinating synth stories.
The 909 Day celebrations continue as Roland rolls out new versions of the TB-303, TR-909, VP-330, TT-99 turntables, a new DJ controller that lets you live program 909 sounds and more. Roland closes out a big week of announcements for music tech with details on a new line of gear that includes updated versions of … Continued
It’s no secret that Robert Hood is a big hip-hop head.
From Larry Levan to contemporary hip-hop—this exhibition has it all.
If you want to impress the true diggers, stay away from these 50 overplayed house and techno tracks, from Mr. Fingers to Moodymann, Four Tet and beyond.
The Prime Numbers label boss talks about the influence of one of Detroit’s best, Moodymann, on his own unflappable productions.
There’s a certain indignity making music for stars, when the stars can make perfectly fine music for themselves, thank you very much. Researchers at University of Birmingham have been busy studying data from NASA’s Kepler missions to determine specific star sizes and their masses, but a happy incidental bi-product of all that research was the sound … Continued
DJ/bassist Tyler Pope talks to Hard Wax’s Finn Johannsen about the influence of Brazilian percussive styles like capoeira and batucada on dance music.
David Cronenberg is one of the world’s greatest horror film directors. Actually, he is one of the world’s greatest directors, full stop. Howard Shore is one of the world’s greatest composers. The combination was a frightful meeting of the minds for three seminal films in the Horror corpus that deal with obsession, addiction and techno-mutation: … Continued
Prosthetic Knowledge has posted footage of a neat video installation that transforms different structures into “a visual instrument.” Using an iPad with TouchOSC to control a vvvv patch animated graphics are generated. These images are then projected through glass prisms and beam splitters placed on a revolving mirror-turntable. As light is refracted around the room, it … Continued
The crew behind Dekmantel revealed its plans for the 2016 festival edition with this seizure-inducing video and a predictably stacked lineup. This year’s edition is all about “fine-tuning small, yet imminent details, careful and precise… and focused on the best contemporary, experimental and timeless underground electronic music out there.” Big names include Jeff Mills, The … Continued
The legacy of Detroit lives on, as documented by Berlin-based photographer Marie Staggat in her new book, 313ONELOVE. Subtitled “A Love Affair with Electronic Music from Detroit,” the book features portraits of some of the most influential house and techno producers from the Motor City, including Carl Craig, Mike Huckaby, Robert Hood and Moodymann, plus … Continued
We’re teaming up with UK weekender Bloc to offer one lucky EB reader the chance to win a pair of passes, plus on-site accomodation. Bloc takes place in Minehead from March 11 to 13, and the tickets have you covered for four full nights (you get an extra night to wind down). This year’s event features … Continued
Can dark music be healing? Techno specialist Xosar talks to influential New Age artist Iasos about finding inner balance and transforming her sonic output.
The actual Catholic pope just dropped an album and it’s kinda ok. It’s what you would expect from his holiness, a lot of talking and a lot of really zoned out pads and slow and spiritual drums. This is definetly a stoner album and more suited for the chill out floor. Not your usual peak time … Continued
Max Dax explains how Floating Points disappointed and Thom Yorke killed it at Italy’s Club To Club Festival in Turin.
Looking forward to Bloc Weekend? Us too, and now that the Bristol-based festival have announced the first wave of their lineup, we’re practically salivating. So far, we’ve got the likes of Four Tet, Jeff Mills, Floating Points, Carl Craig, Ben Klock, Nina Kraviz, Evian Christ, Holly Herndon, Demdike Stare and loads of other names that make our brains go, “Damn. Sounds like I should be … Continued
The Torino-based festival Club 2 Club has released a short film cataloging the origins of the event. Interviews with the organizers tell of the festivals’ development out of the birth of club culture in Italy and how the fusion of dance music with a diverse range of other styles came to shape the development of Turin’s scene, … Continued
Wolf Eyes explain their decision to sign to Jack White’s label to staunchly underground techno proprietor Ron Morelli of L.I.E.S. Records.
Everything techno was (and perhaps still should be).
Richie Hawtin protégé Magda and Poker Flat boss Steve Bug discuss how things have changed since they first met, like the new generation of vinyl purists.
The founder of integral distribution network and label Clone Records talks about how Rotterdam developed a relationship to club music.
In this oral history, Berliners tell us about the city’s iconic and freewheeling ’90s art and squat culture that spawned rave culture as we know it.
There’s a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here are some of the artists making the scene as exciting as it was in the ’90s.
Headed to Amsterdam for Dekmantel this weekend? Tune in for tips from founder Thomas Martojo about the most promising DJs and performances.
In a tribute to the legendary saxophonist and free jazz pioneer, half of Juju and Jordash lists ten must-listen tracks from Coleman’s discography.
Lauren Martin explains how the third installment of this Parisian blowout is helping France rebound from “clubbing death.”
In the first installment of his new column, Hard Wax’s Finn Johannsen hears about Call Super’s first encounters with Charley’s Vault at The End in London.
Belgian originator and R&S Records affiliate CJ Bolland journeys into the origins of rave.
Here are the standout moments from a long weekend at Movement Festival in Detroit.
A Detroit electro pioneer gives his insight on the genre’s highlights.
Brice Coudert, a founder of Paris’s Concrete nightclub and the Weather Festival, lists the events he’s stoked about at France’s best music extravaganza.
Michaelangelo Matos, author of US rave tome ‘The Underground Is Massive’ speaks to Sven Von Thülen, who compiled Berlin techno book ‘Der Klang Der Familie.’
Electronic Beats TV presents a special feature that presents the story behind R IS FOR ROLAND. Michal Matlak (aka Analog Roland Orchestra) served as the book’s central author, and alongside illustrator and photographer Tabita Hub he created an epic book dedicated to some of the classic Roland instruments that have played an integral role in … Continued
Modeselektor, Legowelt, Lee “Scratch” Perry and more star in R IS FOR ROLAND, a book dedicated to classic Roland machines.
We spoke to the DJ and chief talent buyer at Chicago’s Smart Bar about the DAPHNE party series, “A Women’s Movement in Dance Music.”
Parisian upstart Lazare Hoche delivers one of our favorite selections of tracks ever documented in the Covering Tracks series.
On the eve of the Berlin festival’s 2014 edition, Atonal’s founder Dimitri Hegemann reflects on the original festivals and their renewed relevancy in 2014.
Would bigger crowds spoil the vibe? Whose set was the equivalent of an hour-long screw face? Who dropped Aaliyah?
Efdemin stays deep on his third LP for Dial, but with a little more Detroit and a little less Chicago. Check out the flickering visualization of “Subatomic”.
Dial Records’ techno necromancer has distilled three months in Japan into a masterful, shimmering new album. Philip Sherburne talks to him about travel, techno and the idea of decay.
The acclaimed experimental electronic musician’s highly sculpted dance music reference points are as shaped by philosophical considerations as by British alternative music culture’s anti-Thatcherite history.
Each month in BPM, we review a clutch of the most intriguing electronic music going. This time, Angus Finlayson on Cooly G, FaltyDL, Shackleton and more.
The uncompromising Lebanese electronic and experimental musician and founder of Morphine Records assesses the afro-futuristic techno of DJ Stingray and Gerald Donald’s NRSB-11.
Mike Paradinas lives in Brighton and has been creating experimental electronic music under the alias μ-Ziq since the mid-1990s. His latest project has seen him team up with his wife Laura Rix-Martin as part of the synthpop duo Heterotic. He is also the founder of highly respected label Planet Mu. I first heard Hieroglyphic Being … Continued
On their first cassette-only mixtape, Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker reshape forgotten vinyl ghosts into a sinister and spaced-out web of new stories.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Downwards label. Angus Finlayson speaks to co-founder Regis about the label’s origins, future, and the artists that have shaped both. Before British Murder Boys and after Sandwell District, Downwards remains.
The rococo techno group make classical instrumentation with startlingly danceable results. But don’t call their music functional…
Following the tumultuous transformation at the end of eighties in post-communist countries – the so-called Ost Block – the newly democratic region was suddenly in a state of flux. Everything was changing rapidly, and an anything goes attitude was in the air. Prague, as some say, was at its best in the 90ties with its … Continued
Pioneering techno producer, DJ and worldwide ambassador for electronic music – there are few people who have stayed as relevant and on top of their game in the fickle world of club music as Laurent Garnier. Part of the reason this enigmatic Frenchman has maintained his position at the top of the pile is his … Continued
Remember 1997? While techno was taking off worldwide, Jeff Mills released his Kat Moda EP and with this his track ‘The Bells’ started to make clubbers around the world dizzy. In 2006 Mills re-recorded the piece together with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra, moving the bell samples of his original even further into the foreground. And … Continued
See if you can still recognize these artists after they’ve had a few app-based cosmetic changes.
‘Land of the Rising Sound’ charts Roland’s incredible story through its most beloved machines.
The experimental electronic mix includes recent cuts from artists like Pablo’s Eye, K. Leimer and De Leon.
If only all blind dates could go so smoothly.
Nearly 90 years on, these videos haven’t lost any of their visionary power.
Give your 909 sounds that extra edge.
A digital synth that changed electronic music forever.
Program your own drums sounds (using real drums) with this monolithic installation.