The DJ mixer controls and contours all sounds. The slightest twist of a knob or the slide of a fader can change the structure of one sound to make room for another. The instrument, which is at the ...

The 90s was an incredible time for techno. The dance music culture continued its spread from Detroit across to Europe, becoming a transatlantic phenomenon, helping to fuel the rise of US rave culture, ...

MJK shares a 90 minute mix threading the lines between dubstep, grime and techno, inspired by Skee Mask and DJ Bone, and speaks to Tibor Heskett about his journey and process There’s something ...

These days, the internet is awash with a glut of mixes from DJs both established and aspiring. Of this situation, at least two things are true: not all of these mixes will be as worthy of your ears ...

Any discussion about the history and evolution of techno over the past near-four decades will always naturally be dominated by two cities: Detroit and Berlin. For a period of around 10 years, though, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a leafy neighbourhood just outside the city limits, Detroit techno DJ and producer Carl Craig sits before a ...

Rialto, California, sometime in the early '90s: Steve Vasquez’s sister, Jen, was at her wit’s end. Her brother had barricaded himself once more in his bedroom. The only evidence of life therein were ...

Our electronic music expert Philip Sherburne sifts through the internet’s bounty of DJ mixes to find only the best sets—because life’s too short to waste on stale beats. The following list is ...