Techno

Techno is a form of electronic music featuring driving 4/4 beats varying in tempo from 120 to 150 beats per minute.

#StayHomeDisco – DJs Under Lockdown

5 Mag is launching a new project to help hold our community together and feed our souls with good music. DJ sets every day, several times per day.
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Acid joyride: 30303 rides the Interstellar Rhythm

Atlanta's 30303 taps into the interstellar rhythm of the universe that takes the DJ and the listener on a cosmic joyride.
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Review: Drakkar Noir & Heidi Sabertooth on The Sleep of Reason

This split EP from Drakkar Noir and Heidi Sabertooth showcases stripped down and electrifying hardware techno on Jacktone Records.
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Kai Alcé & Voigtmann remix Silverlining’s “Aura”

Deep, techy and acid-bubbling remixes from Kai Alce and Voightmann on Silverlining Dubs XI, taken from Asad Rizvi's Simulacra album.
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With Love for Detroit: Inside the New 5 Mag

The making of God Said Give Em Drum Machines, plus Rees Urban on Dam Swindle & 10 years of Heist, Lauren Krieger on Nala, Ultra Naté, Steve Mill and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
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Tracks for freaks on Alien D’s “Broadway Mid-Tempo Party Music”

Sweat Equity's Daniel Creahan dons a mask as Alien D on an EP of rust belt techno tracks from Fixed Rhythms.
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John Tejada announces The Monitors rerelease with Silent Servant

The secret project originally dropped on vinyl in 2011 and the rerelease was in the works for a few weeks prior to Silent Servant's death.
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Jeff Mills Performance Interrupted by Idiots Throwing Shit

http://youtu.be/i0rGtSbdGY4   A good deal of the concern - lawsuits, even - about safety at concerts is aimed at protecting the audience. In Chicago, the E2 club tragedy ten years ago is STILL a lightning rod...
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NERKKIRN: Obervolt EP (V-Records)

When you spend a lot of time going through modern techno music, you find a lot of stuff that sounds big and polished and clean, but lacks any sort of real energy, inspiration or...

Preview: An Event with DVS1 is Always a Special Event

There's never a time when DVS1 playing in your town isn’t a “special” event. The Minneapolis-based DJ and producer sat with us for a 5 Magazine profile a couple of years ago and I'm...

Chris Minus: Drained Delays EP

This is just one great Chris Minus EP released in April, but without question the easiest to get excited about. The man from Denmark understands how to create one serious groove. Chez Damier talked about...
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Tape Hiss: In the Realms of the Unreal

Love Notes from Brooklyn drops Tape Hiss' In The Realms of the Unreal, seemingly inspired by Chicago outsider artist Henry Darger's 15,145 page opus.

Secret Studio Drops Another Bomb with 2AMFM

Gloriously hypnotic, SCS07 shows why Secret Studio is your favorite label's favorite label.
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Damon Wild Releases Cosmic Path, First Album Since 2004

Function's Infrastructure label releases Cosmic Path, a concept album in tone if not by design.
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Hiver: Spiritual Machines

Hiver's Spiritual Machines continues to build on their discography of quality melodic techno that appeals to dancefloors without losing its sense of adventure.

Unquenchable: Cassy, the 5 Mag Interview

Cassy talks to 5 Magazine's Lauren Krieger about her storied career and the inauguration of her Kwench Records concept for this month's cover story.
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Jaime Read’s The End Of is a Techno Tour de Force

Jaime Read hammers a drum machine like it's an extension of his arm. His cult techno tour de force, The End Of, gets a handsome and badly needed reissue by For Those That Knoe.
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#ListenUp Futureboogie Drops Summer Riot VIII

Techno boogie hypnosis from A Sagittariun highlights Summer Riot VIII, Futureboogie Recordings' eighth seasonal compilation.
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#StayHomeDisco with Jason Patrick

Exclusive new techno set from Chicago by way of Detroit DJ and producer Jason Patrick for our #StayHomeDisco series.
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Robert Hood to reissue minimal classic Underestimated EP

Robert Hood's remastered Underestimated EP originally released in 1998 is out on M-Plant on March 12.

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Chicago’s Secret Spot: One Year of Miyagi Records

From a pop up in a storage space to a brick-and-mortar record store, Hyde Park's Miyagi Records talks to 5 Mag on one year of building community and creating your very own secret spot on the Southside of Chicago.