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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