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Erykah Badu sat in the centre of a wire web, twenty-five of us radiating outward with headphones on, when she gave us the concluding orders. "Focus, she said. "For the rest of the way." Badu, aka ...

In the period from October 28th to October 31st. The sweepstakes are open to individuals who are at least 18 years old at the time of the entry. Employees of Deutsche Telekom AG and its subsidiaries ...

This piece is part of our archival features series, originally published 2021. We're revisiting it as part of our website relaunch because its themes remain as relevant and engaging as ever.

From Bunker in Berlin to Ultraschall in Munich, these now-closed clubs are the places where Germany's electronic dance music scene developed. Words by Electronic Beats Team This piece is part of our ...

A selection of the DJs, producers, and innovators who gave us hope in 2021 Opening the 2020s in pandemic mode, the dance music stage progressed into a new era with a cohort of young talents and ...

This week, in an article titled About Vatican Shadow Link With the Far-right, culture journalist Jean-Hugues Kabuiku has highlighted relationships between experimental producer Dominick Fernow—also ...

On the occasion of International Transgender Day of Visibility, we highlighted a few of our favorite artists working across electronic music, experimental, club, pop and more. March 31 is ...

On the pioneering electronic label's 25th anniversary, Planet Mu's founder relays his continued excitement with discovering genuine, groundbreaking work. “I just wanted to do it—I didn’t really think ...

A new Belarusian underground is taking form. Despite limited resources and almost zero tourism, Minsk, Belarus has become a party haven, building an otherworldly and in-demand electronic music scene ...

If you’ve seen our video feature WE CALL IT TECHNO!, you know that Frankfurt has long been a central node in Germany’s techno culture. What you may not know, however, is that the city has a rich ...

Breakbeat house is back. The sound, which initially came to prominence in the ’90s, has recently taken the dance music world by storm, and the frenetically ravey sound’s revival isn’t showing any ...