And One - Sometimes (Defekt extended remix)

Nice Istro: DJ Hykmer

Quilla's Qlub: Great Techno Playlist Featuring Thomas Schumacher

Another great Techno playlist to make whatever you're doing better. These beats will energize!

~DJ Quilla~

Old School Kool Techno Playlist

Whatever you're doing, this one will get you going! I'm writing, and this is the kind of vibe I need.

~DJ Quilla~

Quilla's Qlub: Quartz--The Calling

Wake up to a little Sunday morning Techno from Canada!

~DJ Quilla~

Alex Aark vs. Méron: Along With the Stars

Good dance/club track. Women in bikinis because reasons.

~DJ Aurora~

Alx Wyzy: Digital Childhood Saga

Futuristic, spacey, uptempo electronic music from Alx Wyzy.

~DJ Wanda~

The Truth Is Out There: Bounce

An exciting track from energetic young Czech electronic hardcore band, The Truth Is Out There.

For more from this band, check out their Bandzone page.

~DJ Tempest~

R is for Rave

DJ Illsa likes electronic music, so this sound appeals to her.

DJ Illsa has never actually been to a rave, and the idea of going to one really does not appeal.

The history of Rave music is interesting, and, I confess, what follows is ripped right from Wikipedia.

Rave music may either refer to the late 1980s/early 1990s genres of house and techno, the first genres of music in the world to be played at raves, or any genre of electronic dance music that may be played at a rave, such as house, trance, techno, jungle, drum & bass, breakbeat, happy hardcore, psychedelic trance, breakbeat hardcore and gabber. Very rarely, the term is used to refer to less electronic related genres such as glam rock, power pop, psychedelic rock and dub parties.

The genre "rave", also known as 1980s hardcore by ravers, first appeared amongst the acid house movement in Scotland during the late 1980s as a reaction to New Beat. While New Beat usually borrowed an aggressive industrial sound, rave tended to borrow New Beat's elements that were harder than acid house, while retaining the neutral mooded sound of acid house. Rave tended to be a happy genre that favoured synthesized melodies over the duller sound of the TB-303 in order to attract a wider audience. The genre was later re-established as oldskool hardcore, which lead onto newer forms of rave music such as drum and bass and jazzstep, as well as other hardcore techno genres, such as gabber, hardstyle and happy hardcore.

In the late 80s, rave culture began to filter through from English ex-pats and DJs who would visit Europe. However, rave culture's major expansion in North America is often credited to Frankie Bones, who after spinning a party in an aircraft hangar in England helped organize some of the earliest known American raves in the 1990s in New York City called "Storm Raves" which maintained a consistent core audience. Coinciding at the same time, were the "NASA" parties in NYC by DJ Scotto which was featured in the 1995 movie Kids and forthcoming was concert producer p.a.w.n. Lasers in Pennsylvania who later became the most well known laser company at raves in East Coast by cross-promoting these rave events State to State as far south as Florida and Louisiana. After this, hundreds of smaller promotional groups sprung up across the east coast such as Ultraworld (MD,DC), Park Rave Madness (NYC), G.O. Guaranteed Overdose (NYC), Local 13 (NJ), Caffeine (NYC), Liquid Grooove aka Liquified (GA), Columns of Knowledge (CT), Special K aka Circle Management (PA), Zen Festivals (FL), Disco Donnie (LA), Ultra Music Festival (FL), and later the west coast, causing a true "scene" to develop.

~DJ Illsa~

I is for Industrial

This is a new find. I love it! Check it out, you might too.

The description comes from Wikipedia.

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the style is harsh and challenging. Allmusic defines industrial as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music"; "initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments (tape music, musique concrète, white noise, synthesizers, sequencers, etc.) and punk provocation".

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There are subgenres of industrial music, such as industrial rock, industrial metal, and industrial hip-hop. Favorite industrial bands of mine include Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, and Skinny Puppy.

To forestall any upset, in case anyone heard and believed these rumors, Skinny Puppy never included footage from a snuff film in any of their videos. The footage used was from a Japanese horror film series called Guinea Pig.

Enjoy the above music, and, if you're new to the Industrial sound, be sure to check out the bands mentioned above. You're sure to find hours of listening pleasure!

~DJ Adam~

E is for Electronic

There are a wide range of subgenres in the electronic music category, which you can find on this page. The above is a sample.

I don't like radio stations where they talk too much. I know this is a virtual radio station, but I prefer to just shut up and play the music!

~DJ Illin' Illsa~

Looks like you folks get a twofer today! Both DJ Blooming Psycho and DJ Illin' Illsa took on this letter!