Electronic Music

Bassgasm 8 lineup announced

The eighth installment of Bassgasm and first of two expected in 2013 is sneaking around the corner with its nunhuck glowsticks ready to take names and challenge decibel levels. It seems like just yesterday promoter Woody McBride deafeningly tested out his rave-in-a-club experiment at First Avenue, b ... More >>

DJ Dan & Woody McBride on Bassgasm 7 (WIN TICKETS)

Come one, come all, ye masochistic lovers of bass! The artillery -- AKA the massive sound system known as the Wall Of Bass -- is assembling now, so there is no turning back. This Friday night at First Avenue marks the seventh Bassgasm party featuring old-school favorites in dance music, local flavor ... More >>

Korn

EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

Afrojack/R3hab/Bobby Burns

Centrific talks techno, raves, and his Record Room birthday party

Photo by Dave Eckblad ​When it comes to the local dance music scene, you'd be hard pressed to find a guy who's been around longer than Steve "Centrific" Seuling. When he's not warping minds with his renowned marathon sets of deep techno at Midwest clubs and campouts or throwing his own off-the-gri ... More >>

Gigamesh talks remixing, relocating, and his new EP

​Gigamesh is on deck to be your next favorite producer, having already remixed the likes of Foster The People, Radiohead, Lykke Li, Estate and so many others. He's also the guy who's responsible for the ever-so-danceable Mike Posner hit "Cooler Than Me," and recently spent some time in Miami worki ... More >>

Cut Copy talks Daft Punk, Kraftwerk, and why you shouldn't read your own reviews

​Cut Copy have had the chance to tour with Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails, and Coldplay -- and subsequently turned all three down due to the recording of their recent album release. This is a band that clearly takes their direction seriously.

Terry Mullan and Tommie Sunshine: Meet your Bassgasm DJs, Vol. 4 (MP3s)

Minnesota's own self-proclaimed "genius of fun," ESP Woody McBride has long been one of the Midwest's techno sages and is again channeling the elusive old rave spirit with part deux of the Bassgasm saga tonight. As he did with Bassgasm 1, the second will lure old heads (who have grown up, started fa ... More >>

Felix Da Housecat, the Prince-loving house producer, coming to Epic May 7

What's that? Some amazing electro coming to town? Hell yes.

Bassgasm

DJ ESP's 'Bassgasm' party to feature Derrick Carter, Dieselboy & more

A special show announcement: DJ ESP is turning First Avenue into a big black hole of bass.

KMFDM tonight in the First Avenue Main Room

Are you ready to mid-90s industrial rock?

Exclusive: Gigamesh's new track "Calling Out" DJ mix!

The local dancefloor don offers up his new track and DJ mix for download exclusively on Gimme Noise.

DJ Q&A: Nick Gunz on his last night in the VIP Room

Local house music expert Nick Gunz talks about his most elated and embarrassing moments as a promoter and about becoming a dad.

Fischerspooner tonight at First Avenue

Synthetic soul-- get it while it's cold. The New York electro gods grace the big stage tonight.

5 Questions with incoming EDM master Matthew Dear

He's talented, he's pretty, and he'll for sure make you wish you were wearing Capezios on the dance floor.

Diplo, DFA among Top 10 Dance Collections of 2008

Interview: Derrick May flies a new flag for 'techno'

Shelter: Derrick May

Justice

2006—the Year the Superstar DJ Died

Dinosaurs rule the dance floors no more

Roll Over Paul Oakenfold, and Tell DJ Tiesto the News

Top 10 DJ mixes of 2006

King Richard I

A conversation with DJ/Producer Richie Hawtin

Microhouse Goes Macro at the Dinkytowner

JP Hungelmann and the rise of the Twin Cities minimal-techno scene

How Deep is Your Love?

The media may have dumped the DJ--but audiences remain infatuated with Deep Dish

Reviews of new CDs by Ada, Ellen Allien, and Ricardo Villalobos

No Future

Adult. Hear the sound of tomorrow in Detroit techno's past

Various Artists: Total 4, Ellen Allien: Weiss.Mix

Dirty Dancing

General Electric

Touring with dance music enterprisers Sasha and Digweed

The Road to 'Redemption'

Chris Sattinger Returns to the Minneapolis That Made Him Timeblind

Dub Taylor: Detect and Various Artists: Superlongevity

Origin of the Screeches

New records by Squarepusher and Plaid suggest that evolution might be overrated

Belligerent Dance Music

With their boundlessly experimental album Confield, Autechre turn flights of fancy into a power trip

Diesel Powered

Matthew Herbert: Globus Mix Vol. 5, and Frankie Bones: You Know My Name

Haunted House

Chicago trackmaster Green Velvet burns down house music with wickedly funny anti-anthems

Dance to the µ-Ziq

With his most eclectic electronica to date, Mike Paradinas bids adieu to uneasy listening

Beats Past, Beats Future: A Drum 'n' Bass Primer

Warp 10 +1, Warp 10 +2, Warp 10 +3

various artists: Paris is Sleeping, Respect is Burning Vol. 2

Rage for the Machine

Bleep! Doink! @#$%?!

Squarepusher and Autechre make techno with teeth

Fat Chance

Jeff Mills: Purpose Maker Compilation

Inner City Blues

A decade ago, Derrick May helped invent a dance music that complemented a hollow city, Detroit. Now that May's music has colonized two continents, its maker has disappeared.

Fat Boy Slim: Better Living Through Chemistry

Various Artists: Source Lab 3

DJ/ELECTRONICA '96