Electronic Music

That's Rebotini, Not Robot-ini

Electronic acts trade laptops for live bands

Devil Inside

Dearly Beloved

Allien Invasion

Wrecking Rampant Idolatry: Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip

LoveFest Promises 65,000 Ravers Listening to DJ Dan and Donald Glaude at City Hall

Gristle for the Mill

Blank Film

In Their Element

Matthew Dear’s subversive dancefloor antics

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Feeling the Fuck-a-Thon

Matthew Dear comes on strong as Audion

The Birth of BOCA

SF venue brings new hope for cutting-edge dance music

BeatBox

Superstars Basement Jaxx and Deep Dish spin back-to-back nights of big beats at Ruby Skye

Nobody Listens to Techno

Why San Franciscans are suffering from a case of technophobia

BeatBox

Swayzak's techno ain't what it used to be, but Matthew Dear is picking up the slack; the Nortec Collective brings beats from Tijuana.

Highly Evolved

Psychic TV's long-awaited reunion pales in comparison to singer Genesis P-Orridge's odd transformation

Akufen

Fabric 17

Don't Speak

A man of few words, dance-music hero Sasha talks with his turntables

BeatBox

Rephlex Records brings its rebellious sounds to S.F., Luomo spins his aphrodisiac future-disco

The Germans Are Coming!

Cologne's premier techno label is sending two of its ambassadors to town boasting shuffle, sizzle, and tips for jump-starting S.F.'s lifeless scene

Rechenzentrum

Director's Cut

Rise of the Machines

Some say electronica's dead. We say Tadd Mullinix could be what's next.

Kraftwerk

Tour de France Soundtracks

Various artists

Fabric Vol. 11 (Swayzak)

Hear This

Amon Tobin's gorgeous, genre-mashing electronica

Balancing Act

Naked Music wants to be one of the premier dance labels in the country -- without losing its indie cred

Wagon Christ

Musipal (Ninja Tune)

You Can Dance If You Want To

Local artist Sutekh defies the rules of techno by ignoring them

Various Artists

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

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John Digweed

Brothers From Another Planet

The Chemical Brothers are the most successful -- and vilified -- so-called "electronica" act. Think they care?

The Re-Rebirth of Cool

Jonah Sharp, aka Spacetime Continuum, strives to uncover the meeting point of jazz and techno

Depth Charge

Jonah Sharp, aka Spacetime Continuum, strives to uncover the meeting point of jazz and techno

Hear This

Jonah Sharp, aka Spacetime Continuum, strives to uncover the meeting point of jazz and techno

DJ Paul van Dyk Announces Cow Palace Show, iPhone App

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

Ghislain Poirier and Daedelus

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

Om Records at 15

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

Tim Exile

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

DJ Bobina

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

Thomas Fehlmann

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

Marc Romboy: Show Preview

DJ Paul van DykBerlin-based DJ Paul van Dyk  has just announced an appearance at the Cow Palace May 23, as part of the ETD POP festival, an electronic music extravaganza (okay, it's a rave) sponsored by Skills Workshop, expected to draw 10,000 people to the same venue once popular among arena ... More >>

Saturday Night Fever Indie Division

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

Ninja Tune celebrates 20 years of influential electronica

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

Matthew Dear: Show Preview

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

Soulico: Show Preview

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

S.F. DJ Andy Schneider Aims to Resurrect Progressive House

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

Five EDM Tours that Paved the Way for Identity Festival

Colin Young-WolffWe've seen this before...​ The good folks of Identity Festival, which comes to Shoreline this Saturday, don't want to lie to you. Yet despite what they've claimed, they're not the first-ever electronic touring festival ever seen in America. It's merely the first electronic-onl ... More >>

Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson: Show Preview

Colin Young-WolffWe've seen this before...​ The good folks of Identity Festival, which comes to Shoreline this Saturday, don't want to lie to you. Yet despite what they've claimed, they're not the first-ever electronic touring festival ever seen in America. It's merely the first electronic-onl ... More >>