Thomas P. Heckmann has been making electronic music since he was a child, and it’s clear that experience evolved him as an artist. Outside of techno, the German producer is also known for his ...

Electronic Dance Music has evolved from underground warehouse parties and Ibiza beach clubs into a global cultural phenomenon ...

Techno: A universal language. No matter your native tongue, the myriad beats that define the genre can be understood by all. By cultivating emotions, causing movement, forming sounds and generating ...

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 ...

Marie Davidson is a techno trickster. Electronic-music lovers have been grooving to the Quebecois artist for a minute, especially after Pitchfork chose her third album, Adieux au Dancefloor, as one of ...

What is a night out? In my limited world-view as a white kid from western Michigan, I would think it means pregaming with some friends and then ending up in a room that’s way too small and way too hot ...

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Der Spiegel journalist Tobias Rapp about Berlin's techno culture, the significance of which has been nationally recognized by Germany's UNESCO commission. I'm Rob Schmitz ...

The MSU Museum newest exhibit ‘Techno: The Rise of Detroit’s Machine Music,’ is open from Feb. 4-April. 30 at 311 Abbot on the sixth floor. The exhibit features various audio and video elements as ...

A new exhibit at the Michigan State University Museum celebrates Detroit as the birthplace of techno music in the 1980s and '90s and how the genre has progressed to today. "Techno: The Rise of Detroit ...

Carla Vecchiola is affiliated with Exhibit 3000. For over two decades, Detroit has celebrated its status as the birthplace of techno with an electronic music festival held over Memorial Day weekend.