NPR

How Berlin's legendary techno scene has become recognized by UNESCO

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Der Spiegel journalist Tobias Rapp about Berlin's techno culture, the significance of which has been nationally recognized by Germany's UNESCO commission. I'm Rob Schmitz ...
BBC

How Berlin's techno scene transformed the city and gained Unesco status

Inside the Tresor Club: Berlin's techno clubs birthed a new subculture and ethos for the city (Credit: Dimitri Hegemann) In abandoned warehouses and squats of this once-divided city, young people ...
NPR

Detroit Techno City: Exporting A Sound To The World

This Memorial Day weekend, techno music and its fans come home — to Detroit — for the annual Movement Electronic Music Festival. Today, most of techno's audience is in Europe. But its futuristic sound ...
CBC.ca

DJs call on UNESCO to protect Berlin techno music, because it's the 'signature of the city'

Berlin DJs say their techno culture is under threat, and they're calling on the United Nations to help save it. "The music stands for, basically, creativity and freedom, which is what Berlin basically ...
Billboard

20 Questions With Dubfire: ‘True Techno Music Has Never Been Better’

The revered producer released his two-track Redacted EP in late October, and will play a pair of intimate sets with Deep Dish next month in London. By Katie Bain In the techno hall of fame, Dubfire ...