House, techno, bass, trance and their offshoots traced through the machines that made them: drum machines, samplers, synth presets, studio habits.
Techno was born in 1980s Detroit from synth-pop, house, electro, and funk, then conquered Europe and splintered into subgenres from acid to dub techno. Here is the full story.
A new Beatportal feature rounds up eight Delhi artists shaping Indian electronic music. The picks hold up. The framing deserves a second look.
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Fidelity, ritual, and why dance music keeps pressing wax even when everyone owns a phone.
A drum machine is a box that plays drum sounds by itself. A few of them failed at their intended job and accidentally invented house, techno and everything after.
House runs at 120-130 BPM around a four-to-the-floor kick and swung grooves, tech house marries house's shuffle to techno's lean toolkit, and techno strips the shuffle out entirely — three lineages with distinct cities and tempos.