Mulleted and mustachioed, sharp-dressed and self-made, as sleazy as a strip-club regular and as shrewd as any businessman–DJ Hell is Germany’s International Deejay Gigolos label. Hell (aka Helmut ...

Drawing upon the UK electronic music of his youth, Mumdance (along with collaborators Logos and Mao) was inspired by grime, hardcore, and shoegaze but never beholden to it. From its wall-of-sound ...

When Planet Mu’s Mike Paradinas put together his recent “Trancework” mix — a set of footwork remixes of trance classics like Paul van Dyk’s “For an Angel” and ATB’s “9pm (‘Til I Come)” — perhaps he ...

The Chicago label Dance Mania experienced its peak years between 1998 and 1997, but its take on house music — raw, soulful, often lascivious, and frequently unhinged — is back in vogue throughout club ...

Derwin Dicker's new project is based on loped samples. The DJ Jenifa name comes from the De La Soul track “Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin’s Revenge)” off the iconic 3 Feet High and Rising. It’s a fitting ...

Unadulterated, kinetic Techno from Kareem El Morr, Inox Traxx Zisko and from DJ Rush, the Chicago Techno institution. DJ Rush, the Chicago luminary, is an intriguing enigma. While he grew up ...

English DJ and producer Palms Trax is acutely aware of the pitfalls of pigeonholing. “It’s something I worry about a lot. How can I represent everything I’m into musically in a way that still makes ...