George Orwell's 1984 starts with, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Nights of techno ravers end similarly—dancers stepping out of the club after a long night ...

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 ...

A new exhibit set to travel to several cities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America puts a spotlight on techno music, its roots and historical significance. A traveling exhibition opening this month ...

You don’t need to be a music historian to know why it’s called “techno” music. If that isn’t obvious enough, though, the “E” in EDM stands for electronic. But even then, all you have to do to ...

The Electronic Music Festival in Santa Cruz is paying tribute this week to the art of making music with electronic devices. It's only the 2nd such festival ever to be conducted in the country, and ...

The first time techno music hit Hart Plaza for a Memorial Day weekend celebration, there was no question where the inspiration lay. Detroit, the genre’s birthplace, was finally throwing a big party to ...

I guess it's only fitting that somewhere in a blog about Berlin we'd have to talk about Techno music. But to be sure we were giving the music genre a fair shake, we went to techno aficionado and music ...

A new exhibit at the Michigan State University Museum celebrates Detroit as the birthplace of techno music in the 1980s and '90s and how the genre has progressed to today. "Techno: The Rise of Detroit ...

Dancing with sunflowers in her hair and a pink and purple flag in each hand, Hanan Vazanio was feeling the vibe of the Movement festival before most had even arrived Saturday. This is the third year ...

Derrick May is not one to bite his tongue. By all accounts, the 56-year-old Detroit native has earned the right to speak his mind and then some: As one-third of the so-called Belleville Three – named ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lisa Kocay covers electronic dance music. The Internet and social media revolutionized how music was shared, making music more ...