A prime example of how the less-is-more philosophy can fuel creativity, Burial’s extraordinary 2007 masterpiece Untrue was ...

Dan Deacon is one of the few pop electronic dance music-makers who is also consistently described as a composer. His music takes sharp turns — from raucous dance party to gentle orchestration and back ...

The emergence of EDM—the youth-music movement of the moment—resembles the arrivals of jazz, rock, and hip-hop in a few key ways, from its backlash to its lineage to its mass appeal. "Excuse me," said ...

Kraftwerk helped invent modern electronic music. What happens to their legacy when a co-founder’s studio is broken up and ...

With the highly anticipated return of Red Bull Back2Beyond, where four DJs will ignite the dancefloor in Paris, France, we've pulled out our music history books to share insights and fun facts with ...

I freely admit that, until the new Random Access Memories, I wasn't much of a Daft Punk fan. I could appreciate the craft and imagination that went into creating the French duo's mixture of electronic ...

The electronic-music scene, perhaps startled by its recent, convulsive growth, finds itself taking stock. Two new compilations attempt to survey the tangled histories of electronic and dance music, to ...

A new music festival is coming to the City of Trees in October. This time, it’s a traveling electronic dance music festival. Breakaway Music Festival organizers announced in late May that they will ...

Previously, we've published a frankly must-read guide on how to build your knowledge of music theory to make better ...

An unassuming warehouse off Route 63 in Harleysville contains one of the world’s largest collections of vintage electronic music gear, crammed with amps, synthesizers, guitar pedals, mixing boards, ...