When the doors opened to the Museum of Modern Electronic Music (MOMEM) in Frankfurt’s Hauptwache square, last year, it seemed that club music was finally getting its due. MOMEM was billed as the world ...

George Orwell's 1984 starts with, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Nights of techno ravers end similarly—dancers stepping out of the club after a long night ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lisa Kocay covers electronic dance music. The Internet and social media revolutionized how music was shared, making music more ...

You’ve been to raves, festivals, scrolled through TikTok, listened to a high-energy playlist; you’ve already heard EDM. You probably just don’t know you have, because you don’t know what it is. What ...

I guess it's only fitting that somewhere in a blog about Berlin we'd have to talk about Techno music. But to be sure we were giving the music genre a fair shake, we went to techno aficionado and music ...

Moritz Simon Geist started tinkering to fill a gap. “I want to have electronic music… where you can walk inside it and have this LSD experience.” “There are a lot of projects in media art that want to ...

When he plays a techno show, Moritz Simon Geist doesn't reach for a laptop. Instead, he calls on his army of sonic robots—a collection of small, motorized creations that click, clank, and whirr in an ...

What if Indonesia’s electronic music scene wasn’t born in clubs, but actually forged out of arranger keyboards, DIY sound systems, and the raw social energy of village life?

The opening day of Detroit's Movement fest brought beats, bodies and a special anniversary milestone as the annual techno celebration got underway.

Fans at Movement Music Festival — from left to right: Saeeda Faridi, Asia Davis, and Shanay Risby. Credit: Douglas Wojciechowski/Paxahau On Memorial Day weekend, a persistent thud spreads over ...

Detroit’s repeat tourists help spread understanding of techno’s local roots as the music industry continues to commercialize ...

Techno is gaining a stronghold in the country town of Fort Worth, but this surge in popularity isn’t all new. For those following the scene, this latest techno trend is a resurgence or even a ...