For four decades and counting, Carl Cox has commanded the decks at Ibiza residencies, headlined music festivals, and curated classics at underground raves. The veteran British DJ has developed a pre-show regime over the years: He eats nutrient-rich salads or fish-based dishes, drinks more water than alcohol, and occasionally clears …
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O nce, I was sitting in the apartment of WestBam, Germany’s iconic techno DJ, at Berlin Alexanderplatz, when Juan Atkins’ name came up. Without him, we all would be nothing — that’s how WestBam described him. I was surprised to learn that the two had never met. It was a …
Read More »Brutalismus 3000 Are Turning Techno on its Head
Brutalismus 3000 are the hottest new electronic act in continental Europe, a pair of Bavarians lighting up Berlin with some of the most brutal, unpalatable, utterly beautiful rave music since the Nineties, all while calling the contemporary techno scene boring and “unstylish,” writing lyrics about horror films and 9/11, hanging …
Read More »HiTech Are the Detroit Rap Crew Tapping Into the City's Techno Roots
The members of the Detroit rap group HiTech came together via the kind of cosmic alignment that’s hard to ignore: a PornHub video. Rapper King Milo, one-third of the trio, recalls meeting for a recording session with fellow Detroit rapper Milf Melly right after finding out someone he’d recently been …
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