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Techno Just Closed Tomorrowland's Mainstage. Fifteen Years Ago, It Had to Hide Its Name to Open It.
Charlotte de Witte was unveiled as the surprise closer of Tomorrowland 2026's Weekend 1 Mainstage, fifteen years after she opened that same stage under the male alias Raving George.
Finn M. · 5 min read
Techno Can't Agree on What Techno Is Anymore. Awakenings Just Built Six Rooms to Prove It.
Awakenings 2026 sold out a record 119,000 tickets by splitting Hilvarenbeek into six sound-specific areas, from industrial hard techno to house-adjacent grooves, because one stage can no longer hold techno's audience together.
Emma S. · 5 min read
Guetta and Garrix Have Won 9 of the Last 10 Top 100 DJs Polls. The Underground Got Its Own Ranking Instead.
DJ Mag opened voting for its 2026 Top 100 DJs poll, its 33rd edition, with no nomination filter, while the ranking's own history of mainstream EDM winners has pushed DJ Mag to run a separate Beatport 100 chart just to surface house and techno names.
Sarah H. · 5 min read
Charlotte de Witte Is Taking Techno Into a 20,000-Capacity Tent. Is That Still the Underground?
Charlotte de Witte debuts an XXL, history-making version of her live show The Resistance inside Rock Werchter's 20,000-capacity Barn on Friday, closing the festival with visuals no earlier tour stop has seen.
Emma S. · 4 min read
The House and Techno Canon Is Buried in AI's 21-Million-Song Training Data
Charlotte de Witte, Eric Prydz, Daft Punk and the cult producer DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ all turned up in the music datasets The Atlantic exposed, and a lot of it traces back to the Free Music Archive the underground built to share freely.
Samir H. · 4 min read
A New Platform Ranks 300 House DJs by Data. Is This the Benchmark the Scene Has Needed Since 2017?
Peaktime launched June 18 with a transparent, signal-weighted ranking of 300-plus house and techno DJs. It is the most credible attempt yet to replace the void left when Resident Advisor shut its poll nine years ago.
Elena R. · 4 min read
Sónar 2026: The First Edition Built Without the People Who Invented It
After 32 years, Ricard Robles, Enric Palau, and Sergio Caballero are gone, and for the first time, Sónar belongs entirely to KKR-backed Superstruct Entertainment.
Josh D. · 5 min read
Sonar 2026 Barcelona: dates, lineup and the OFFSonar house and techno guide
Sonar 2026 runs 18 to 20 June at Fira Gran Via, with OFFSonar to 21 June. Dates, prices, headliners, and the Keinemusik, Adriatique and elrow showcases worth planning around.
Noémie V. · 4 min read
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