If techno was born in Detroit and house music in Chicago, why has Berlin become the epicenter of club music? According to Ellen Allien, it was the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent availability of cheap venue space for rent on the suddenly open east side of the city. With a swell of […]
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Warped AEsthetics
Autechre’s Strange Universe
Before most of us had a home computer, much less any sense of good graphic and sound design, Sean Booth and Rob Brown were dreaming up tones and images that would eventually become a guiding force in electronic music. The two formed Autechre, one of the few bands that have managed to successfully build themselves […]