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ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Lubly Dae Takeover: Yesna
Loading Close your eyes and picture a sweaty club basement where you're lost in the dance with your mates – and that's exactly the vibes this legend is bringing to the booth on from his huge Friday Mix in 2024 and a bunch of support slots for heavy hitters including Skin On Skin, Mall Grab, Effy, and Sam Alfred, Yawuru and Karajarri DJ YESNA is back on your radio and better than for his high energy grooves and heavy percussion sounds YESNA seamlessly blends across techno, breaks, and global bass taking you on a journey and keeping you on your on Mix Up, YESNA's hitting us with a stack of high tempo club cuts from Boorloo producers, as well as plenty of techy, proggy and hard-hitting house. Keep it locked!
CBS News
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Movement Music Festival in Detroit offers welcoming and creative space
A Detroit institution is back this weekend. Movement Music Festival is one of the longest-running dance music events in the world. From May 24 through May 26, Hart Plaza is going to be filled with thousands of techno music fans from all over the world for the festival. Dance music fans say it's a genre unlike any other. "There's so much to it that is just the base. It's almost hypnotizing," Aiden Graczyk, an aspiring techno DJ, said. "I guess, you know, the music is just powerful. [It] touches the soul." Techno was born in Detroit, experts say. "We didn't know that. I'm learning a lot of stuff about what Detroit is about," Lucy Sosa, who's attending her first Movement Festival, said. "So, I want to experience everything that you find in Detroit." According to researchers at Michigan State University, techno was invented by Black youth and nurtured in Black and queer spaces. "People who love to dance are a different breed," Jennifer Cullins from Warsaw, Indiana, said. "We are expressive, creative, artistic people of, you see in the fashion and the dress, and we're open-minded, and I feel like that's what really brings people together." Hundreds of performances will take place on six stages over the Memorial Day weekend. Dozens of vendors and food options are available for the massive crowds of people. "You can see the diversity and inclusion all around us, and that's what I love most," Sosa said. Detroit may be known for Motown, but its musical legacy includes a wide range of genres.
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
DJ Maria
Loading She's in town for a whirlwind tour this weekend but up first she warms us up on Mix Up with a set full of stellar Maria has made waves across Japan and beyond with her distinctive and versatile sound that's led her to perform everywhere from Berghain and De School, to outdoor festivals including Draaimolen and previous releases on labels including Beyond the Galaxy and Bassian Records, she recently released her first collaborative EP Inner Call with Swiss producer Audrey Danza on Proxima. The two singular voices come together across three standout tracks to channel hypnotic psychedelia and high intensity techno, if that sounds like your jam you can check out 'Inner Call' here:
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Diskonnected
Taipei based selector Diskonnected ups the tempo with leftfield techno selections. As a gravitational force in Taiwan's underground music scene, we're thrilled to be catching up with this DJ and curator ahead of his upcoming Australian tour. Diskonnected is more than just a disc jocket, he heads up the influential collective Smoke Machine and leads Organik Festival as the music director. He's also performed at esteemed venues including Berghain, Robert Johnson as well as Wonderfruit Festival in Thailand, and has led forward thinking dancefloors across Asia as a resident at the likes of Korner, Pawnshop and 宀. Loading Expect sixty minutes of deep, atmospheric and driving techno sounds from the esteemed artist as he makes his unmissable Mix Up debut tonight. Expect sixty minutes of deep, atmospheric and driving techno sounds from the esteemed artist as he makes his unmissable Mix Up debut tonight. Upcoming Gigs 6 June – Butter Sessions, Naarm/Melbourne 6 June – Butter Sessions, Naarm/Melbourne 7 June – Pure Space x Butter Sessions, Eora/Sydney Track list
The Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Techno pioneer Dan Curtin returns with new tracks 15 years after album… as he reveals his favourite tunes
AFTER 15 years away from the album format, US born, Berlin based techno pioneer Dan Curtin returns with The 4 Lights on Belgian imprint De:tuned. The long player is a cosmic, groove-laden collection of tracks that bridge the past and future of electronic music. 1 The playlist Dan has put together for us digs deep into 10 pivotal tracks that influenced his creative process, each carrying a piece of the musical DNA that pulses through The 4 Lights. From the mechanical funk of Kraftwerk and the raw Motor City soul of Model 500 to the ethereal textures of The Cure and the beat science of J Dilla and The Alchemist, these selections reflect Curtin's wide-ranging sonic world. A world where electro, house, techno, and hip hop collide with emotion and forward-thinking production. These aren't just tracks he likes. They're moments that marked turning points, altered life paths, and etched themselves into the core of his artistic identity. Each selection is accompanied by Dan's personal reflections, giving you direct insight into how these records helped shape his new album. Kraftwerk – Numbers When I first heard this, I honestly thought it was a NYC electro crew because it was such a big hit with hip hop DJs and breakers at the time. I was shocked to learn they were German—but the funk, the futurism, the innovation blew me away. Kraftwerk remains, to this day, my all-time favorite band. BFC – Chicken Noodle Soup This record became a part of my soul. Probably every record I've ever done has some of this in it—if not in sound, then in spirit and soul. The ethereal chords and rough, sampled beats—nothing can top this masterpiece from Carl Craig. Rhythm Is Rhythm – It Is What It Is I'll never forget it. After a gig with my goth band, I was driving through the Cleveland city skyline on the Shoreway around 3 a.m., listening to this in the car with the windows down—Lake Erie to the left, downtown to the right—and at that moment, I quit my band and knew that techno was going to be it forever. That feeling is most definitely present in my new album. Mr. Fingers – Can You Feel It I had never heard anything like this before—those lush chords, that melody, that bassline. Music from heaven. My number one house track of all time. It didn't just influence my music; it changed my life. You can tell when the divine touches our souls. 69 – Ladies and Gentlemen Carl Craig again, absolutely delivering a groundbreaking shift in techno before anyone even knew what was happening. His sample-based approach to Detroit techno resonated deeply with me—it was like the sound I'd always been waiting for. If you hear the tracks on my new album, many are sample-based. I love this way of making techno. Slum Village – Climax Is it this track more than any other Dilla track? Maybe. This is one of my absolute favorites from him, but Dilla's music is etched on my soul—it's impossible for it not to come out every time I step into the studio. The Cure – Faith I'd be remiss not to include The Cure—especially their early albums. They had a huge impact on me. It's not always a one-to-one influence, like 'this track influenced that track"—it's more that the music becomes a part of me, and then I can hear it later when I create something. And in my 4 Lights album, it's definitely there. Armando – Confusion's Revenge This had a big impact on me—it was shockingly new and otherworldly, like no music I'd ever heard. Yet it had groove and funk—so futuristic, but tied to humanity through that groove. To me, it's the ultimate expression of hope, stating that we will make it. This is one of the main themes in my album and all my music: hope for a bright future for humanity. To me, the future always looks bright. Mike, Wiki & The Alchemist – Mayor's a Cop The Alchemist is my current top hip hop producer. He's the artist I listen to the most these days—daily—and he's heavily influenced my newer productions. He's like J Dilla in that everything he touches turns to gold. And he doesn't just work with any rappers, but always the right rappers. His music so often has that touch of beauty, longing, hope, and truth—going deep into the soul every time.
