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Peter Kirn January 6, 2022

Techno is just one angle - the lifeblood of music between Detroit and Berlin is a relentless underground drive that...

Peter Kirn November 8, 2021

This time of loss continues, and another gone-to-soon obituary to write. Andy Barker has died at age 53 “after a...

Peter Kirn November 5, 2021

It's heard in drips, in flows of water. It's counted in numbers, echoes in poetry, called into the air in...

Peter Kirn October 21, 2021

Tehran has one of the world's most futuristic, alive electronic scenes. It just sometimes exists in and out of Iran....

Peter Kirn October 16, 2021

Staying in today and wish the electronic music could come to you? It's your lucky day. The post Streaming Saturday:...

Peter Kirn October 1, 2021

The duo of Shahin Entezami and Behrang Najafi has produced a tape/digital release of reworks that buzzes and screams with...

Peter Kirn September 3, 2021

The recurrence of Bandcamp Friday means yet another slew of releases, which is unequivocally a wonderful thing. But I hate...

Peter Kirn August 30, 2021

We overstate the impact of a lot of musical legends. But then there's Lee "Scratch" Perry, and overstatement is a...

Peter Kirn August 26, 2021

"You have more power than you did then - and you can keep finding your power." Producer, DJ, writer Noncompliant...

Peter Kirn August 4, 2021

K-Hand, one of the most powerful voices in techno and house, a friend and irreplaceable community member to so many...

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