Techno

Minimal Effort: DTLA New Year’s Eve Ticket Giveaway

Where do you envision yourself when the ball drops at midnight? 2017 was a roller coaster of adventures and lessons learned: silver lined with concerts and new music. It’s essential to conclude the year with a bang— and the best event on the West Coast to do so will be Minimal Effort’s NYE in Downtown […]

Detroit-Hailing Omar-S Announces New EP, ‘Your Hit Making Papa’

Much like his hometown Detroit, the tantalizing techno and house luminary Omar-S has a propensity for the raw and unabridged. Of course, amongst Detroit’s widely-regarded, deeply ingrained array of legendary artistry is Derrick May, Carl Craig, Mad Mike, Jeff Mills, and Drexciya, to name a few. But more recently, the city has highly regarded the form […]

Minimal Effort Announces Phase 1 Lineup of New Year’s Eve Los Angeles Show

Wrap up your 2017 in celebratory fashion by closing the year at Minimal Effort’s New Year’s Eve edition in Los Angeles. The single-night event will be on Dec. 31, at The MacArthur, featuring house music icons Justin Martin, DJ Tennis, Jimmy Edgar, J.Phlip, DJ Three, Ardalan, Oona Dahl, and Human Resources. More special guests will […]

City Hearts Festival: The Desert Hearts Metropolis Guinea Pig

Photos by Jessica Bernstein   The Desert Hearts crew ran some tests in Los Angeles this weekend with the urban genesis of their City Hearts Festival in Downtown – and the experiment was a success.   Considering the creative shades of art, fashion, music, and culture written into the city’s landscape, it only made sense […]

Heathered Pearls Procures Texturized, Poignant Techno On ‘Mack & Bellevue’

The Polish-born and Detroit-raised Jakub Alexander has now released a second track off his upcoming record, by way of his Heathered Pearls moniker. Expectedly, “Mack & Bellevue,” as it’s titled, is an imposingly tactile techno undertaking, with ample poignancy to match.   And yet, a sonic feat such as “Mack & Bellevue” — while it […]