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Underground Resistance mini-documentary, Somewhere in Detroit, to be released this week

The short film, featuring candid interviews with Mike Banks, Waajeed and more, is out this Friday

Update: 1st March 2024: This story has been updated to reflect that this documentary is out now. A new mini-documentary about legendary Detroit techno collective...

Movement Detroit announces first names on 2024 line-up

Fatboy Slim, James Blake, Floating Points, Solomun, and Honey Dijon are among the first acts confirmed

Movement Detroit has unveiled the first names for its 2024 line-up. Fatboy Slim, James Blake, Floating Points, Kevin Saunderson B2B Idris Elba, Sama' Abdulhadi, Indira...

The cover of Robert Hood's 'Minimal Nation' on a black background

Released on 1st January 1994, Robert Hood’s ‘Minimal Nation’ saw the pioneering Detroit producer distil techno’s futuristic intent, creating a stripped back, raw and percussive record that became a defining work of the minimal techno sound. 30 years later, and with minimal more prominent than ever, Ben Cardew speaks to Hood about the album’s enduring influence

It is fitting that Robert Hood's ‘Minimal Nation’ was released to the world on 1st January, 1994. Rarely has a record so clearly signalled a...

Influential Detroit DJ Mike Brown has died

Brown, who was a member of the pre-techno collective Direct Drive alongside Mike Clark and Kevin Dysard, was battling cancer in 2023

Mike Brown, the influential Detroit DJ, has passed away after a battle with cancer. Brown's death was announced by the Charivari Detroit festival, Resident Advisor...

Amp Fiddler sitting outside of his home in Detroit, smiling next to his two dogs

The funk and electronic music pioneer had been battling an undisclosed illness since December 2022

Legendary Detroit musician and educator Joseph “Amp” Fiddler has died aged 65. The news was shared on Monday (18th December) by Faith Fanzine, who wrote...

Omar-S poses in a brown hoodie in front of a graffitied brick wall

The producer has denied the claims and in turn alleged that he was attacked

Content warning: this story contains information relating to violence and physical assault Omar-S has been accused of physically assaulting the artist and singer Supercoolwicked at...

Lauren Flax I Don't Want To Hurt You

The NYC producer and DJ's latest collaboration with Pale Blue

Lauren Flax has unveiled the second single taken from her new EP, 'I Don't Want To Hurt You'. You can listen to the track below...

Photo of DJ Minx sitting on a brown leather sofa wearing a black dress and boots

It comes with remixes by Inner City and Byron The Aquarius

DJ Minx has shared a brand new single, ‘D-Town’, on her own Women On Wax label. Check it out below. Out today (11th August), the...

Roisin Murphy What Not To Do Moodymann Remix

It lands ahead of the artist's new album, 'Hit Parade', which lands next month

Róisín Murphy has shared a new remix of 'What Not To Do' by Detroit luminary Moodymann. You can hear the track below. The remix is...

Cover image for ‘The History Of The World's Greatest Nightclubs’

The first two episodes are available to listen to now

A new podcast series looking at key nightclubs around the world and the ways they have influenced the ways that people party has landed. The...

Black and white photo of a queue of people outside Tresor, Berlin

The 19-minute film looks at techno's origins in Detroit and the early '90s boom of the genre in Berlin

A new short film documenting the origins of techno in Detroit and its boom in Berlin has been released. How Techno Was Born: From Detroit...

Detroit's Underground Music Academy unveils studio space with 2k Foundations

Black Rave Culture and Aux 88 are among the acts who will be teaching workshops at the space

Detroit's Underground Music Academy has teamed up with charity 2k Foundations to launch a new educational studio space in Detroit. Located at 2990 East Grand...

Photo of DJ Bone standing on a tall roof overlooking Amsterdam train station in a green jacket

Check out first single 'The Will To Overcome' now

DJ Bone has announced the final album to be released on his Subject Detroit label, titled 'FURTHER'. Check out the LP's first single, 'The Will...

Press shot of Octave One

Over three decades after bursting onto the scene with tracks like ‘I Believe’ and ‘Falling In Dub’, Detroit second-wavers Lawrence and Lenny Burden are back with a new LP, the contemplative ‘Never On Sunday’. As they prepare to play this month’s Movement festival, DJ Mag catches up with the brothers to talk about the album, their creative process, and just how they became so adept at packing their live gear

Lawrence and Lenny Burden, together known as Octave One, have Detroit techno running through their veins. Since the release of their debut single, 1990's 'I...

DJ Minx poses next to a red-painted garage door

Detroit's “First Lady of Wax” shares a two-track EP that marks a high point in her career

DJ Minx has released a new two-track EP, ‘The Throne’ – stream it below. The DJ and producer, who is a key figure of the...

Acid detroit

"A mind-expanding tour through time and space that explores the lost possibilities, histories and hidden potentials of the city"

A new book explores Detroit's musical and social history from the 1960s onwards. Written by Joe Molloy, Acid Detroit: A Psychedelic Story of Motor City...

DJ Bone in a long army camo jacket standing in a concrete doorway

From underground Detroit hero to flourishing international headliner, DJ Bone has worked hard to get where he is today. He meets Joe Roberts in Amsterdam to talk about his innovative FURTHER party series, his homelessness charity, repping the Motor City overseas and keeping the funk in techno

“They always say the first wave of Detroit, the second wave, the third,” says DJ Bone, aka 52-year-old Eric Dulan, as we sit chatting about...

DJ Minx to DJ at the Detroit Pistons' final home basketball game of the season

It's part of a collaboration between the basketball team and Detroit's Movement Festival.

DJ Minx is set to DJ at basketball team Detroit Pistons' final home game of the season. Taking place on 5th April, when the Pistons...

Octave One announces first new album in five years, ‘Never On Sunday’

It marks the Detroit techno sibling duo's first release in five years

Octave One have announced their first new album in five years, ‘Never On Sunday’. Formed in Detroit back in 1989, the techno duo, comprising siblings...

Lee Purkis death 54

Purkis — known to many as In Sync — is regarded as one of the earliest DJs to support, promote and play house music and techno in Britain

UK techno pioneer Lee Purkis has died, aged 54. A stream of tributes have poured in following the news. No cause of death has been...