Articles Tagged With: Kraftwerk

The word “techno” has certainly taken on its fair share of interpretations in the course of its history. It is undeniably culturally significant not only to devotees of electronic music, but also to understanding the trajectory of the world’s aural history as we know it. As the new generation of dance music lovers, we owe it to ourselves to understand the place from which we came.

Sonar Festival, formally titled an International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art, has announced its first of many acts to be featured…

Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the…

German electronic music visionaries Kraftwerk are nominated for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first electronic act to be up for such honors.

Living legends Massive Attack recently paid a visit to the BBC studios to record quite the eclectic mix for BBC 6Music. Massive Attack is currently celebrating 21 years since the release of their groundbreaking album, Blue Lines and took to the opportunity to craft a mix that both represents the inspirations for that album and the four subsequent albums they've released in their long careers. Blue Lines features the single "Unfinished Sympathy," a song commonly regarded as one of the very best dance music songs of all time. This mix features a refreshingly few number of Massive Attack originals, really allowing the listener to get a feel for the wide range of sounds 3D and Daddy G love and appreciate. Click through and listen to the likes of Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Addison Grove, Flying Lotus, Man Parrish, Mos Def, and Björk.

Today is Thanksgiving. It’s a time to give thanks for good health, good friends, good family, and, of course, good music. We thought we’d…