Techno

  • Why do gyms play such crappy music?

    Monotonous techno monopolizes the sound system at my local gym. Is it really the best music for working out?
  • Björk

    Violence may follow her, but so does everything else. Iceland's greatest export is taking us to the verge.
  • Letters to the editor

    Readers squawk over Conason's offer of crow Plus: Electronic music isn't dead; a new club for Bush watchers.
  • Sharps & Flats

    "Clicks + Cuts" reconciles avant-electronic music with the politics of dancing.
  • Sharps & Flats

    On the scattered "Passport," Khan's musical shortcomings upstage a compelling multiple-personality crisis.
  • Sharps & flats

    Carl Craig and a new Detroit techno compilation examine past futures and futures past.
  • Song of Roland

    The Roland 303 bass synthesizer didn't inspire musicians at first -- but a software emulation of the techno sound now sings to many a fan.
  • Sharps & flats

    Proudly synthetic, the electronic duo 2 Lone Swordsmen prove that man is more intelligent than machine.
  • Sharps & flats

    Orbital's impaired glimpse into the greater possibilities of techno will hypnotize you right to sleep, hypnotize you right to sleep.
  • Sharps & flats

    Ubiquity's "The New Latinaires" fuses Latin jazz with electronic ingenuity.
  • Sharps and Flats: The Prodigy

  • The Fat of the Land

  • 21st: The people are the party

    In Europe, DJs have helped build a more populist digital culture.
  • Sharps and Flats

    Salon magazine: With its hip-hop influenced hybrid of techno and rock, the Chemical Brothers' "Dig Your Own Hole" is dangerous enough to seduce all your sullen guitar diehards into crashing the all-night disco party

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