City pop is a genre of Japanese popular music that was popular in the 1980s and featured a “cosmopolitan” image that appealed to those who benefited from the so-called post-war “economic miracle,” an ...

In this special preview of our new Summer 2013 print magazine, we present the cover story—an extensive interview with the divisive pop phenomenon—in full. Photo by Robert Carrithers. Lana Del Rey: I ...

From Bunker in Berlin to Ultraschall in Munich, these now-closed clubs are the places where Germany's electronic dance music scene developed. In the aftermath of the acid house and techno booms in the ...

In this interview taken from our Winter, 2012 print issue, magazine editor A.J. Samuels makes contact with the original Drexciyan and the missing link between Detroit techno and particle physics.

Daniel Miller is the founder and chairman of Mute Records, who released all of Depeche Mode’s albums with the exception of the new one, Delta Machine. Miller released Depeche Mode’s first single in ...

From Rhadoo (pictured below) to Vid, these are some of the tracks that have defined the uniquely trippy sound of Romania's "Rominimal" tech-house scene. Rominimal DJs, on the other hand, draw ...

'90s Berlin was a wild place. This is the story of a group of young British soldiers who were sucked into the city's nascent techno scene. By the time the Cold War had reached the late-’80s, few could ...

Nightclubs have historically occupied marginalized and ephemeral spaces. Berghain in Berlin and B018 in Beirut are two notable exceptions to that rule. It’s a nameless weeknight and you’re going out.

Despite its global popularity, the "cosmic" sound emerged from the records played by forward-thinking Italian DJs like Daniele Baldelli. Few DJs can claim to have had such a lasting impact as Daniele ...

This is one of the band’s most incendiary live songs. There are many references hidden inside this track, but one of the most immediately obvious comes in the form of the charging disco rhythm that ...

Mouse On Mars is the quintessential 1990s electronic outfit. Like many of the groups that emerged during that time, the duo—which consists of Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma—is bent on the denial of ...

Last month, we revealed part one of our in-depth feature on African-American roller skating communities, and before we unveil the second installment, we’ve decided to roll out an exclusive interview ...