It's hard, at first, to see how a story about a building could also be a story about memory, status, nostalgia, money, madness (in)experience, simple greed (and saintly generosity), youth,…
Hacienda
Mantronix
Over and above their standing as one of the best and most innovative groups from hip-hop's golden age, Mantronix provided rap music with its first man-machine, Kurtis Mantronik. A turntable…
Blake Baxter
Perhaps the most underrated figure of Detroit techno's first wave, Blake Baxter began recording in the mid-'80s before Motor City mainstays like Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Presaging the influence…
Armando
An early acid-house pioneer while still in his teens, Armando contributed several classics to the Chicago canon during the mid-'80s, including "Land of Confusion" and "100 of Dissin' You." Born…
Acid House – The History
1985. Since house was first and foremost a direct descendant of disco. Disco had already been going for ten years when the first electronic drum tracks began to appear out…
808 State
One of the only enduring bands to emerge from Manchester, England's acid house scene, 808 State create groundbreaking music and remixes. Paving the way for electronic outfits such as Underworld…
Kraftwerk
In the world of electronic music, Kraftwerk are the kings across the water. Despite releasing no new material in over a decade, they continue to wield more influence than any…
The A-Z Of Electro
In its original incarnation, Electro was black science fiction teleported to the dancefloors of New York, Miami and LA; a super-stoopid fusion of video games, techno-pop, graffiti art, silver space…
The Roots Of Italo Disco
In order to explore the roots of Italo Disco, we have to go back to the end of the seventies when Disco music was at the height of its popularity.…
Machine Soul: A History Of Techno
"Oooh oooh Techno city Hope you enjoy your stay Welcome to Techno city You will never want to go away" --Cybotron, "Techno City" (1984) "The 'soul' of the machines has…