Animated adventures of techno art collective The Pod. The Pod are a “late eighties electronic dance outfit trying to cope with the mid nineties post rave come down.”
Says creator Tim Hope: “I made this about five years ago and has never really been seen except at a few screenings and festivals. Stars myself and Julian […]

Gods & Monsters, the seventh release from Juno Reactor, sees Ben Watkins stretching a bit, but not straying too far from the Reactor formula of mixing techno and world music influences.
While it’s great to see techno getting bent and adapted, not all off Juno Reactor’s attempts to push its range are successful.
The first track on […]

I think I need one of these bad boys. Especially when the feedback loop kicks in. And it can change its polarity 60 times per second!
The interactive machine International Dance Party is a complete plug ‘n’ play party in a box.
The machine comes as a large, non-suspicious looking flightcase. Internally, it is equipped with […]

Bikini girls, Muscle Beach, the Moog, and a naked guy are featured prominently in this synth-beat, electro piece You can’t ignore my Techno.
Electric Six are also the guys behind the videos Improper Dancing, I Buy The Drugs and Gay Bar.
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iiO has a new release out, Reconstruction Time - The Best of iiO Remixed.
For fans of DJ remixes, Reconstruction Time may offer the ultimate versions of iiO’s music. The CD features the remixes of iiO’s music that helped make iiO a name in clubs around the world.
You can view the video for iiO’s Rapture, below. […]

 

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A little sumpin’ from the Chemical Brothers:

The Chemical Brothers upcoming album, We Are The Night, is set for release on June 19th 2007. According to the group, it’s “the Chemical Brothers finest record yet, twelve tracks of psychedelic warehouse party acid music.”

Movement 07, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, is steaming up Detroit’s Hart Plaza, despite rain and the admission charge.

“It was a slow start,” says Jason Huvaere, president of Paxahau Promotions Group, which produced this year’s festival. “But after 4 p.m., people never stopped coming in.”
He said he’d grade Saturday a “B+” and by 9 p.m. […]

Enjoy the angst-ridden weltschmertz of dark German techno:

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Eastwest has announced the debut of Zero-G and Xfonic’s SoundSense Series. The series features four sample libraries: Ambiosis, Trance Inducer, Technomatik, and Chilled Grooves.
Descriptions:

Ambiosis is a great resource for producers who need to apply texture, mood, and ambience across a wide variety of genres. Ambiosis was created by highly acclaimed electronic musician and samplist Ian […]

Big Fish Audio has released a couple of new sample libraries, punk and a technocore collections. You can preview them below.
Punk & Indie Rock: Slammin Sounds of So-Cal
Description:
Producer and musician Dan Diaz turns out some of the hardest-hitting Punk and Indie Rock tracks available anywhere. Packed with tons of raw material, this DVD showcases the […]

 

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Ueberschall has released Hardtechno vs. Schranz, produced by Robert Natus, one of the best and most respected Hardtechno producers in the industry.
Description:
This library is packed with samples in 40 powerful construction kits, containing Hardtechno and Schranz sounds. The variety of sequences gives you a powerful tool to create perfect music that enables you for success. […]

UK-based IDM/breakbeat artists Dogmixer offers some sample-laced techno on Bong 93, an EP on Replicant Society.
The music is straight-ahead techno/big-beat, with some tasty sci-fi oriented samples from the likes of The Prisoner & Dune. The samples are ear-catching on first listen, but after several listenings one wonders if the songs could work even better without […]

This video from Aphex Twin may be the creepiest electronica video ever:

The video, by directory Chris Cunningham, is considered one of the best music videos of all time. In one recent poll, it was number three, behind Johnny Cash’s Hurt and Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean.
If they ever have a creepy electronica video award, though, Come […]

Peace Love Productions (PLP) has announced the release of Trance Mutation, a collection of loops and samples was designed specically for Hard Trance, Ambient Trance, Euro Club, Hard House, and Techno.
“This is the most authentic construction kit to date.” according to Jason Donnelly, lead sound designer of PLP.
PLP Trance Mutation Consists Of: 600mb 530+ 16bit […]

The Pink Noise Sessions, an EP from punk/electropop band A Kiss Could Be Deadly, reworks the eighties sounds of bands like Berlin but throws in punk and even goth elements to create something new.
The group, made up of Lauren Baird - Vocals, Chris Qualls - Synthesizers, Programming, Tim Floyd - Guitar, Kelly Cairns - Bass […]