Mouse On Mars is the quintessential 1990s electronic outfit. Like many of the groups that emerged during that time, the duo—which consists of Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma—is bent on the denial of ...

Years of research went into this list. While at one point there would have been no real demand for it, the listicle has become a key instrument of modern lifestyle journalism. When it comes to ranking ...

Earlier this year, we partnered with the Do School to explore new possibilities for Telekom Electronic Beats. In the process, we met Noah Fields, a talented young trans* writer from Chicago. We tapped ...

Even today, it’s pretty safe to say that “big room” house music doesn’t have the best reputation. Yet, like many dance music genres engineered for mass consumption, there’s often some good to go with ...

Ion Dumitrescu: Paul, I wanted to start out by talking about the transitional period between so- called “proto-manele” and today’s manele. I know you’ve extensively investigated the timeframe between ...

The ability to create and play music is one of the greatest pleasures in the world. Until fairly recently, this was a much harder game for people with physical disabilities. New advances in technology ...

As the spring has started to heat up to summer, we decided to unveil our comprehensive guide of the best European festivals happening between now and the end of August. From more intimate, invite-only ...

The Sound and Style of Beat-Driven Culture. Club music and lifestyle at the global intersections since 2000.

This week, in an article titled About Vatican Shadow Link With the Far-right, culture journalist Jean-Hugues Kabuiku has highlighted relationships between experimental producer Dominick Fernow—also ...

Mobilegirl, Amber Akilla, bod [包家巷], and others speak out against the upsurge of violence towards diasporic Asian communities. The phrase “Go back to China” haunts me. As a Taiwanese-American, I am ...

In Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s 2001 film Millennium Mambo’s iconic opening scene Lim Giong’s ghostly song “A Pure Person” plays over a slow motion view of Vicky (Shu Qi) walking through a long blue ...

Few DJs can claim to have had such a lasting impact as Daniele Baldelli. Throughout the ’70s and into the ’80s he was an instrumental figure in the development of the curious Italian sound known as ...