Not familiar with techno? Here are the basics everyone should know about the electronic music genre born in Detroit.

Thomas P. Heckmann has been making electronic music since he was a child, and it’s clear that experience evolved him as an artist. Outside of techno, the German producer is also known for his ...

DJs built reputations by mastering specific sounds, and audiences knew exactly what to expect when walking into a deep house ...

All of this, he says, inspires the scene, artists and fans, sparking more interest in techno at certain times throughout its history. Regardless of techno’s cyclical nature, one thing remains constant ...

From Detroit to Budapest, each major city has its own distinct style of techno but no country embraces the genre quite like Germany. It’s an affinity rooted in history, particularly around the fall of ...

Marie Davidson is a techno trickster. Electronic-music lovers have been grooving to the Quebecois artist for a minute, especially after Pitchfork chose her third album, Adieux au Dancefloor, as one of ...

What is a night out? In my limited world-view as a white kid from western Michigan, I would think it means pregaming with some friends and then ending up in a room that’s way too small and way too hot ...

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Der Spiegel journalist Tobias Rapp about Berlin's techno culture, the significance of which has been nationally recognized by Germany's UNESCO commission. I'm Rob Schmitz ...

The MSU Museum newest exhibit ‘Techno: The Rise of Detroit’s Machine Music,’ is open from Feb. 4-April. 30 at 311 Abbot on the sixth floor. The exhibit features various audio and video elements as ...

Carla Vecchiola is affiliated with Exhibit 3000. For over two decades, Detroit has celebrated its status as the birthplace of techno with an electronic music festival held over Memorial Day weekend.