Techno Highlights

UK producer, DJ and live performer Paddy Thorne's Lost Cause Pt. 2 is an album of quality techno-tinged electro and, without wishing to labour the point, electro-tinged techno. The post Paddy Thorne drops Lost Cause Part 2 album appeared first on 5 Magazine.

Automatic is Smartbar resident Jeff Derringer's first recorded output in four years, a time which coincided with an economic conflagration, pandemic outbreak and the general meltdown of just about everything that once seem solid and certain. The post Upfront & urgent techno on Jeff Derringer’s “Automatic” appeared first on 5 Magazine.

An 8 track album of whirling and sometimes psychedelic ambient techno "recorded to tape" thirty years ago debuts on cassette from Apartment Records. The post #ListenUp Being’s There is here from Apartment Records appeared first on 5 Magazine.

Hi8tus is an appropriate title for the full-length from Deeptrax and a producer known for exceptionally high quality and deeply influential techno discography. The post Suburban Knight is dropping his first album in 12 years appeared first on 5 Magazine.

The making of God Said Give Em Drum Machines, plus Rees Urban on Dam Swindle & 10 years of Heist, Lauren Krieger on Nala, Ultra Naté, Steve Mill and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now. The post With Love for Detroit: Inside the New 5 Mag appeared first on 5 Magazine.

From Relief & Dance Mania to UKR, Lester Fitzpatrick has become one of the most prolific underground artists in Chicago and probably the world. He's not slowing down. And this is how he does the work. The post Lester Fitzpatrick Is Doing The Work appeared first on 5 Magazine.

Fantastic Man works a sinister, gnarly bassline on a new four track EP from your favorite Techno Cultists. The post #ListenUp Fantastic Man drops “Alltogethernow” for Kalahari Oyster Cult appeared first on 5 Magazine.

Fireground, a duo from Naples drop a mesmerizing techno EP on Tresor. The post Six tracks of earth-shaking techno on Fireground’s “Dreams” appeared first on 5 Magazine.

Chicago noise corps called Bootleg Contraband collect nine energizing tracks for a new album. The post Homegrown 21st Century Beat Smuggling by Bootleg Contraband appeared first on 5 Magazine.