# RTS.FM

> RTS.FM is an independent internet radio and record label broadcasting live DJ sets since 2006: tech house, minimal house, minimal techno, electronica.

RTS.FM is an invite-only, non-commercial, artist-run internet radio and record label, broadcasting live audio-visual DJ sets from studios worldwide since 2006. Genres: tech house, minimal house, minimal techno, electronica.

## Radio

- [Live radio & archived sets](https://rts.fm/#radio): live and recorded DJ sets, broadcast from studios in Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Lausanne, Budapest, Mexico City, Cali, Montreal, Toronto, Buenos Aires.
- [Radio, explained](https://rts.fm/radio): what RTS.FM is, how to listen online and how it differs from other broadcasters with the RTS abbreviation.
- [YouTube archive](https://www.youtube.com/user/rtsfmmoscow/videos): thousands of recorded live sets.
- [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/rtsfm): the show's audio feed.

## Label

- [Bandcamp catalog](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/): the full release catalog, RTSFM001 through RTSFM020.
- [Andrey Balance — RTSFM020](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm020)
- [Techu — RTSFM019](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm019)
- [Fedu — RTSFM018](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm018)
- [Sapurra — RTSFM017](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm017)
- [RamouQ — RTSFM016](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm016)
- [Ilya Schulz — RTSFM015](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm015)
- [Hugobeat — RTSFM014](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm014)
- [Type B. — RTSFM013](https://rtsfm.bandcamp.com/album/rtsfm013)

## Topics

- [All topics](https://rts.fm/topics): editorial hubs grouping the blog by subject.
- [Club closures and nightlife policy](https://rts.fm/topics/club-closures-and-nightlife-policy): Why clubs close and what the data says: Berlin, UK and European closure figures, licensing, planning and the economics of going out, tracked by RTS.FM.
- [Berlin and Berghain](https://rts.fm/topics/berlin-and-berghain): Berlin's club scene and Berghain explained: who owns it, the Ostgut Ton label, the DJ Mag poll, a dated club guide and fact-checks of the film coverage.
- [Festivals and ADE](https://rts.fm/topics/festivals-and-ade): Festival coverage from RTS.FM: the 2027 guide and calendar, cancellations and closures, reunions, ADE 2026 and the safety debate around drug checking.
- [Labels, vinyl and the independent economy](https://rts.fm/topics/labels-vinyl-and-independent-music): Label histories (Cocoon, Kompakt, Rawax, Drumcode), vinyl capacity and sales, and the data on how long independent electronic labels survive.
- [AI and electronic music](https://rts.fm/topics/ai-and-electronic-music): How AI is reshaping electronic music: streaming floods, fraud convictions, platform bans and labels, AI vocalists, sampling and stem separation for DJs.
- [DJ business and the music industry](https://rts.fm/topics/dj-business-and-industry): The business of underground DJing: fee data, touring after Brexit, Boiler Room's buyout, ticketing monopolies and who is actually listening to music.
- [Club guides by city](https://rts.fm/topics/club-guides-by-city): Dated guides to underground clubbing in Amsterdam, London, Detroit, Berlin, Spain, Ibiza, Singapore, Moscow and beyond, with venue status checked.
- [Burning Man](https://rts.fm/topics/burning-man): Burning Man 2026 coverage: what it is, the gate closures and weather, the deaths and what officials said, sound camps and the commercialisation row.
- [Nina Kraviz](https://rts.fm/topics/nina-kraviz): Everything RTS.FM has published on Nina Kraviz in 2026: the world tour dates, the Treats label, her Amnesia Ibiza residency and her DJ Mag poll history.
- [Gear and production tech](https://rts.fm/topics/gear-and-production-tech): Gear news and guides for DJs: Teenage Engineering's synth exit, Native Instruments' sale to inMusic, Ableton at 25 and 2026 standalone DJ systems.
- [Genres, tempo and sound](https://rts.fm/topics/genres-and-sound): How electronic music sounds: techno BPM ranges, whether techno is getting faster, hard techno's US boom and the best albums of 2026.
- [Artist news and legacy](https://rts.fm/topics/artist-news-and-legacy): Artist news and legacy: Juan Atkins' death, Harvey McKay's memory, Boris Brejcha's retirement, Jarre at 50 years of Oxygene, reunions and rows.

## Blog

- [Blog index](https://rts.fm/blog): editorial writing on underground electronic music, club culture, and the industry.
- [Ostgut Ton: The History of Berghain's Record Label](https://rts.fm/blog/ostgut-ton-berghain-label-history): Ostgut Ton launched in 2005 as Berghain's label, went quiet after 2021 and returned in May 2025 with Klubnacht 01. Catalogue, artists and 2026 status.
- [Native Instruments Sold to inMusic: What Happens to Traktor](https://rts.fm/blog/native-instruments-inmusic-traktor-what-happens-next): inMusic agreed to buy insolvent Native Instruments, Traktor included, on May 8, 2026. What is confirmed, what is only reported, and what DJs should do now.
- [Drumcode Records: Adam Beyer's Label, 1996 to 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/drumcode-records-history-adam-beyer): Drumcode began in Stockholm in 1996 with Adam Beyer. Catalogue, artists, the festival and radio show, and where the label stands in its 30th year.
- [Detroit Techno in 2026: Clubs, Labels and Where to Go](https://rts.fm/blog/detroit-techno-guide-2026-clubs-labels-history): Where to go for Detroit techno after Juan Atkins's death and Spot Lite's closure: Marble Bar, TV Lounge, Exhibit 3000, record shops, Movement 2027.
- [Best Standalone DJ Systems in 2026: Prices and Specs](https://rts.fm/blog/best-standalone-dj-systems-2026): AlphaTheta's XDJ-AN and CDJ-1500X, Denon DJ's Prime 4 G2 and the XDJ-AZ compared, with dated prices, specs and what 2026 reviews say.
- [Best London Clubs 2026: Techno, House and Where to Go](https://rts.fm/blog/best-london-clubs-2026-guide): London clubs checked in November 2026: fabric, Ministry of Sound, Drumsheds, E1 and FOLD are open. Corsica was due to close in March; Printworks is shut.
- [Best Amsterdam Clubs 2026: A Guide to Techno and House](https://rts.fm/blog/best-amsterdam-clubs-2026-guide): Amsterdam clubs verified open in November 2026: Shelter, RADION, Garage Noord and more, plus De School's end and Tilla Tec's last weekend.
- [Juan Atkins, Detroit Techno Pioneer, Dies at 64](https://rts.fm/blog/juan-atkins-dies-detroit-techno-pioneer): Juan Atkins, co-creator of Detroit techno and founder of Cybotron and Model 500, has died. What NBC and Rolling Stone report, and what is unknown.
- [Sónar Declares Itself Dead: What We Know](https://rts.fm/blog/sonar-is-dead-campaign-barcelona-festival-future): Sónar posted its own funeral notice on 27 October and removed its 2027 dates. What is confirmed, what is speculation, and the ownership story behind it.
- [EXIT Festival Returns to Serbia: What Was Announced](https://rts.fm/blog/exit-festival-returns-serbia-2027-petrovaradin): EXIT will return to Petrovaradin Fortress with a special July 2027 event, ahead of a full return in 2028. What was announced and what is still unknown.
- [Charlotte de Witte's Azadi EP Uses an AI Singer](https://rts.fm/blog/charlotte-de-witte-azadi-ep-ai-vocalist-nava): Charlotte de Witte's Azadi EP, out 5 November, uses the AI singer NAVA and gives all proceeds to FEMENA. What is confirmed and why fans are split.
- [Channel 5's Berlin Club Scene Film, Fact-Checked](https://rts.fm/blog/channel-5-berlin-club-scene-film-fact-check): Andrew Callaghan's 32-minute Berlin Club Scene film took on Berghain, no-phone rules and two rival parades. What it shows, and which claims hold up.
- [Boris Brejcha Will Retire in 2028: The Joker's Story](https://rts.fm/blog/boris-brejcha-retirement-2028-joker-career-story): Boris Brejcha announced on 24 October that 2028 is his last year. What he said, what is still unknown, and how a Ludwigshafen producer became The Joker.
- [Russia's Club Scene Since 2022: Outline, Signal, Mutabor](https://rts.fm/blog/russian-club-scene-since-2022-outline-signal-mutabor): How Russian clubs and festivals have coped since 2022: the Western exodus, closures and raids, Outline and Signal, and the foreign DJs who still came.
- [Clubbing in Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Ibiza](https://rts.fm/blog/clubbing-in-spain-city-guide-2026): A city-by-city guide to Spanish club life: the clubs, nights, hours and seasons, with a week of Resident Advisor listings for 13 areas and what they miss.
- [ADE 2026 Recap: What the 30th Edition Will Be Remembered For](https://rts.fm/blog/ade-2026-wrap-up-30th-edition): ADE 2026 in review: Jarre's opening show, the AI and indie debates, the booking rows, the numbers, and the confirmed dates for ADE 2027.
- [Where Nightclubs Go: A Year of UK Planning Applications](https://rts.fm/blog/where-nightclubs-go-uk-planning-applications-2026): We searched UK planning records for a year. 33 nightclub sites sought a new use, most often housing, and only one refusal is on record. Data and method.
- [Rominimal: The History of Romanian Minimal Techno](https://rts.fm/blog/rominimal-history-romanian-minimal-techno): Rominimal is the swung minimal techno and house from Bucharest. Its history from Sunrise and Arpiar to Sunwaves leaving Romania in 2025.
- [Night-Time Licences in England: 14 Years of Home Office Data](https://rts.fm/blog/england-night-time-licensing-home-office-data-2026): Home Office data: licences up 13% since 2011/12, members' clubs down 21%, reviews halved. The growth is shops, not clubs. What it can and can't show.
- [Digbeth Clubs vs the Midlands Rail Hub: What Is at Stake](https://rts.fm/blog/digbeth-clubs-midlands-rail-hub-demolition-plans): Five Birmingham venues say the £1.75bn Midlands Rail Hub could displace over 50 Digbeth businesses. What is proposed, what is disputed and what comes next.
- [Are DJ Fees Breaking the Underground? What the Evidence Says](https://rts.fm/blog/dj-fees-underground-promoters-squeeze-2026): Promoters have blamed DJ fees since 1996. We tested the claim against surveys, festival accounts and club cases: partly supported, concentrated at the top.
- [Who Owns Berghain? Owners, Operators and Founders](https://rts.fm/blog/who-runs-berghain-ownership-operators): Who owns Berghain? Founders Michael Teufele and Norbert Thormann, plus Jürgens, Miller and Pfeil in the imprint. What is public, and what is not.
- [Techno BPM Range: 125 to 140, Hard Techno 145 to 160](https://rts.fm/blog/what-bpm-is-techno-tempo-by-genre): Techno BPM is typically 125 to 140 (median 133 in a 44,531-track sample). Hard techno runs 145 to 160. Tempo table by genre and where sources disagree.
- [Best Techno and House Festivals in 2027: Dates and Tickets](https://rts.fm/blog/best-techno-house-festivals-2027): 19 techno, house and experimental festivals have confirmed 2027 dates, from CTM in January to Draaimolen in September. Dates, tickets and TBA list.
- [Belgian Techno: The DJs and Scene Behind the Sound](https://rts.fm/blog/belgian-techno-djs-scene-history-women): Belgian techno explained: new beat, R&S, Fuse and Tomorrowland, plus the women and men from Charlotte de Witte to Amelie Lens who carry the sound.
- [Nightlife Decline: Are Young Adults Going Out Less?](https://rts.fm/blog/why-people-go-out-less-nightlife-data-2026): Are young adults going out less? 61% of 18 to 30s did in London, UK clubs are down 36.1% since 2020, yet Berlin's floors are full. The primary data.
- [Singapore's Underground Scene: A 2026 Field Guide](https://rts.fm/blog/singapore-underground-electronic-music-scene-guide-2026): A sourced guide to Singapore's underground electronic scene in 2026: venues, labels, shops, rules, costs, and which local projects fit RTS.FM.
- [SHKEDUL Plays RNDM in Moscow on 24 October](https://rts.fm/blog/shkedul-moscow-rndm-24-october-2026): Italian vinyl selector SHKEDUL plays four hours at RNDM, Moscow, on 24 October, backed by Boevik and Cobra on Funktion-One. Details and tickets.
- [REMEL Report: Black Music Events Face More Licensing Blocks](https://rts.fm/blog/remel-black-music-events-london-licensing-study): A GLA-commissioned REMEL study says Black-led events in London are cancelled more often, costing £127m to £141m a year. What it shows, and what it can't.
- [JD Twitch's Record Collection Goes on Sale in London](https://rts.fm/blog/jd-twitch-optimo-record-collection-sale-world-of-echo): About 7,000 to 8,000 records from the late Optimo DJ JD Twitch go on sale at World of Echo in London from 14 November 2026. Here is the full story.
- [The 10 Best Ambient Albums of 2026 So Far](https://rts.fm/blog/best-ambient-albums-2026): Barwick and Lattimore's Tragic Magic tops our ranking of the ten best ambient and ambient-adjacent albums of 2026 so far, plus five honourable mentions.
- [Todd Edwards Samples Suno AI: What Producers Should Know](https://rts.fm/blog/todd-edwards-ai-sampling-producers-split): Todd Edwards says he samples Suno Studio output and calls the AI backlash hypocritical. We check the 2026 legal picture and what it means for producers.
- [Roni Size Plays the World's Deepest Rave in a Welsh Mine](https://rts.fm/blog/roni-size-deepest-rave-welsh-mine): Roni Size's set in Cwmorthin slate mine, 1,375 feet down, went ahead on 15 October 2026. What is confirmed, what is not, and how the depth claim holds up.
- [Oxygène at 50: Jarre's Reissue and His ADE 2026 Opener](https://rts.fm/blog/jean-michel-jarre-oxygene-50-years-ade): Jarre's Oxygène turns 50 with a 20 November reissue on BMG and an ADE 2026 opening concert. What's in the box, and why it still matters.
- [Why Festivals Now Book Hi-Fi Sound Systems Like Despacio](https://rts.fm/blog/hifi-sound-systems-festival-lineups-despacio-sunflower): Despacio, Sunflower and ::444:: are billed like headliners. Why promoters sell sound as the attraction, and what that means for dancefloors.
- [Brexit and Touring: What It Means for DJs in 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/brexit-touring-uk-dj-eu-festivals-2026): A UK minister says fans are losing music from across Europe. What the 2026 touring talks mean for DJs, labels, vinyl and festivals.
- [Ableton at 25: Independence, Hardware and Behles](https://rts.fm/blog/ableton-25-years-independence-gerhard-behles): Live turns 25 on October 30, 2026. What Gerhard Behles says about independence, why Ableton builds hardware, and how it differs from Teenage Engineering.
- [Best Berlin Clubs 2026: A Guide to Techno's Capital](https://rts.fm/blog/best-berlin-clubs-2026-guide): A dated guide to the Berlin clubs verified as operating in October 2026, from Berghain and Tresor to Sisyphos, about blank and Renate.
- [Teenage Engineering to Stop Making Synths: What It Means](https://rts.fm/blog/teenage-engineering-stop-making-synthesizers): Teenage Engineering's CEO says the OP-1 maker plans to stop making synthesizers. Here's what was said, what wasn't, and how the company got here.
- [Bloc Reunion 2027: Lineup, Date and the Full Story](https://rts.fm/blog/bloc-reunion-2027-the-story): Bloc returns for one night at The Cause on March 6, 2027. Lineup, venue, and the story of the festival that went from Norfolk to disaster to cult legend.
- [Michael Smith Gets 18 Months for $8M AI Streaming Fraud](https://rts.fm/blog/michael-smith-ai-streaming-fraud-sentencing): The man behind the first US criminal AI streaming fraud case got 18 months, below the 46 prosecutors sought. Here is the case and the pro-rata math.
- [Sven Väth Called Anyma a Clown. Here's Why](https://rts.fm/blog/sven-vath-anyma-clowns-comment-dj-culture): Väth's one-word Instagram jab at Anyma wasn't random. It's a techno pioneer drawing a hard line against CGI-driven, camera-ready DJ sets.
- [The Real Numbers Behind Being an Underground DJ](https://rts.fm/blog/underground-dj-economics-data): Just 1.6% of Resident Advisor's 134,000 DJ profiles have five or more upcoming gigs. Here's what the actual data says about DJ economics.
- [RTS.FM's Own Data Shows Why 2009 Still Wins](https://rts.fm/blog/rtsfm-archive-data-2009-golden-era): We ran our own 3,865-video YouTube archive through the numbers. Sets recorded in 2009 out-view anything from the last five years by 4 to 12 times.
- [Is Techno Really Getting Faster? What the Data Shows](https://rts.fm/blog/is-techno-getting-faster-bpm-data): 43,989 tracks say techno's median tempo climbed from 128 to 138 BPM since 1991. Hard techno's own numbers tell a messier story.
- [How Long Do Independent Electronic Labels Actually Last?](https://rts.fm/blog/independent-label-survival-study): From R&S in 1983 to Ninja Tune's sale to Concord this year, we tracked 16 labels to see how many independents actually stay independent.
- [Tracking Europe's Club Closures, City by City](https://rts.fm/blog/europe-club-closures-tracker): Only 61% of Berlin clubs broke even in 2025, down from 79% in 2017. We pulled the real closure numbers from five cities into one tracker.
- [Europe's Dance Festivals Are Disappearing Fast in 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/europe-festival-cancellations-2026): Mysteryland skipped a year, Ground Zero ended for good, and Music On lost its permit. Here's what's actually driving the wave of festival cancellations.
- [ADE 2026: 30th Edition Dates and RA's Anniversary Tour](https://rts.fm/blog/ade-2026-30th-anniversary): Amsterdam Dance Event's 30th edition runs October 21-25 with 3,000-plus artists, the same week Resident Advisor's own anniversary tour stops in town.
- [Vinyl Just Had Its Best Year Since 1983](https://rts.fm/blog/vinyl-sales-record-2025): US vinyl revenue hit $1.04 billion and UK sales grew 19.9% in 2025, the numbers behind why small labels still wait months for a pressing slot.
- [Spotify Will Now Label Which Artists Are AI](https://rts.fm/blog/spotify-ai-persona-badge-ifpi-fraud): Spotify's new AI Persona badge and IFPI's 27-company fraud pact arrive months after a $8 million bot-streaming scheme ended in a guilty plea.
- [Resident Advisor Turns 25 With a Book and World Tour](https://rts.fm/blog/resident-advisor-25th-anniversary): RA marks 25 years with a new anthology, Front Left, and a 10-date world tour from London to Sydney, where the site was founded in 2001.
- [Noisia Just Reunited, and They're Doing It Differently](https://rts.fm/blog/noisia-reunion-2026): Seven years to the day after splitting, Noisia are back with a Melkweg show on December 4, testing new material live before it ever reaches streaming.
- [Ibiza's 2026 Closing Parties: Every Date That Matters](https://rts.fm/blog/ibiza-closing-parties-2026): From Hi Ibiza's Black Coffee finale to Circoloco's traditional last word at DC-10, here's the full schedule for the island's season-ending run.
- [Ibiza's Young Locals Turned a Beach Party Into a Protest](https://rts.fm/blog/ibiza-anti-tourism-protest-cala-saladeta): Over 100 young Ibicencos turned a beach picnic into a protest on September 6, arguing the island's nightlife economy no longer has room for them.
- [Kompakt Records: Inside Cologne's Minimal Techno Institution](https://rts.fm/blog/kompakt-records-cologne-history): From a Cologne record shop in 1993 to 500 releases and counting, here is the real history of Kompakt, the label that built minimal techno's sound.
- [Wilde Renate Berlin: History, Entry, Address and Lease](https://rts.fm/blog/wilde-renate-berlin-club-history): Wilde Renate is a maze-like club on Alt-Stralau in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Open since 2007, it won a new ten-year lease in 2025. Facts and history.
- [Inside Rawax Records, Robert Drewek's Frankfurt House Family](https://rts.fm/blog/rawax-records-robert-drewek): Rawax turns 15 in 2026. Here's how a Frankfurt distributor became a reissue-driven house and techno dynasty spanning eight sublabels.
- [The 8 Best Techno Albums of Summer 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/best-techno-albums-summer-2026): From a Tresor resident's debut to a Dutch veteran's orchestral pivot, eight full-lengths defined techno's summer 2026, verified track by track.
- [16% of Britons Are Listening to More Music, Data Shows](https://rts.fm/blog/yougov-britons-listening-more-music-2026): New YouGov data breaks down exactly who's listening to more music in Britain, by age, gender and discovery method, and Gen Z dominates every column.
- [The Full History of Cocoon Recordings, 2000 to 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/cocoon-recordings-history-timeline): A year by year timeline of Cocoon Recordings, tracing catalog numbers, signings and turning points from its first 2000 release to today.
- [Nina Kraviz's 2026: New Label, Ibiza, and a World Tour](https://rts.fm/blog/nina-kraviz-2026-recap): From a new label to an Amnesia Ibiza residency and a world tour, here's everything Nina Kraviz has done in 2026 so far.
- [DJ Mag's 2026 Poll Closes Soon, Here's Kraviz's History](https://rts.fm/blog/nina-kraviz-dj-mag-top-100-2026-poll): Voting for DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2026 closes September 16. Here's how the poll actually works, and what it has and hasn't said about Nina Kraviz.
- [No, You Can't Really Watch Burning Man Online](https://rts.fm/blog/burning-man-2026-livestream-webcam-dashboard): Searches for a Burning Man live stream spike every time the playa floods. Here's what the BRC Dashboard, GARS, and BMIR actually are.
- [Diplo Walks Out of Burning Man Again: 2026's Mud Deja Vu](https://rts.fm/blog/burning-man-2026-diplo-deja-vu): Diplo played Burning Man 2026, then posted himself walking out through the mud again, as in 2023. Here is what is confirmed and what is disputed.
- [Deaths at Burning Man 2026: What Officials Said](https://rts.fm/blog/burning-man-2026-death-medical-emergency): Three men died at Black Rock City in 2026. Here is what Burning Man, the sheriff and the medical examiner confirmed, and what is still unclear.
- [The Playa Did It Again: Burning Man's Double Shutdown](https://rts.fm/blog/wet-playa-protocol-burning-man-2026-gate-closures): Wind, dust, then rain shut Black Rock City's gates twice in three days. Here's the geology and logistics behind 'wet playa protocol.'
- [Where to Catch Nina Kraviz on Her 2026 World Tour](https://rts.fm/blog/nina-kraviz-2026-world-tour-dates): A running guide to Nina Kraviz's 2026 tour, from Phuket to Ibiza to Bengaluru, with dates, venues, and where to check for updates.
- [Inside Nina Kraviz's Sunday Residency at Amnesia Ibiza](https://rts.fm/blog/nina-kraviz-amnesia-ibiza-pyramid-residency): Nina Kraviz built her 2026 Ibiza summer around one Sunday night, Pyramid at Amnesia, rather than the festival circuit. Here's why that choice matters.
- [Bethenny Frankel's Burning Man Debut Sparks Backlash](https://rts.fm/blog/burning-man-2026-bethenny-frankel-decommodification): Bethenny Frankel's heavily vlogged first trip to Black Rock City reignited a decades-old argument about what Burning Man's 10 Principles actually protect.
- [Why Nina Kraviz Just Launched a Brazilian Funk Label](https://rts.fm/blog/nina-kraviz-treats-label-brazilian-funk): Nina Kraviz's трип has a new sister label, treats, and its debut single pairs the techno DJ with a Rio de Janeiro baile funk MC recorded on a beach.
- [The Man Who Turns Desert Toilets Into Tiny Temples](https://rts.fm/blog/burning-man-2026-decorated-porta-potties): At Burning Man, even the porta-potties get a theme, a scent, and a soundtrack. Meet the DIY ethos hiding behind the door marked 'occupied.'
- [Jeff Mills and Nina Kraviz at Junction 2 x fabric, July 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/nina-kraviz-jeff-mills-fabric-junction-2): Junction 2 teamed up with fabric on 25 July 2026. Jeff Mills was listed in Room 01, Nina Kraviz was announced for the day. What is confirmed.
- [Nobody Books Burning Man's Real Lineup](https://rts.fm/blog/burning-man-2026-sound-camps-art-cars): Burning Man 2026's electronic music scene runs entirely on camp-booked flyers, not festival lineups. Here's who's actually playing Black Rock City.
- [How AI Stem Separation Is Rewiring DJ Sets in 2026](https://rts.fm/blog/ai-stem-separation-dj-tools): AI stem separation went from novelty to studio-grade in 2026. Here's how working DJs actually use Moises, Serato, djay Pro, VirtualDJ, and LALAL.AI.
- [What Burning Man Actually Is, Beyond the Memes](https://rts.fm/blog/what-is-burning-man-2026-guide): A clear-eyed guide to what Burning Man really is: the desert, the Man, the gifting economy, the 10 Principles, and how first-timers actually prepare.
- [House Music Gets a Vice City Address in GTA VI](https://rts.fm/blog/gta-vi-soundtrack-house-artists): Jayda G, Elderbrook and Bob Moses feature in GTA VI's Extended Look, and Fred again.. is on the album. What is confirmed ahead of the Nov 19 launch.
- [Disney's Comedy About Getting Rejected at Berghain](https://rts.fm/blog/berghain-hollywood-comedy-film): Searchlight is developing a Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers comedy about failing to get into Berghain. Here's the real story, and the real door, behind it.
- [Inside the Boiler Room Boycott Over Its KKR Buyout](https://rts.fm/blog/boiler-room-kkr-boycott): Boiler Room's 2025 sale to KKR-backed Superstruct sparked a boycott that escalated into 2026 die-ins, a departed founder, and a pulled Dublin show.
- [Independent Labels Are Winning: Inside the 44% Shift](https://rts.fm/blog/independent-labels-market-share-2026): Indies now own 44% of the US market, more than any major, but the number hides who really owns the pipes indie labels run on.
- [Munich Loses BLITZ, One of Germany's Top Techno Rooms](https://rts.fm/blog/blitz-munich-closure): Munich's BLITZ, an Ilian Tape home base since 2017, closes for good after an 80+ artist farewell run, amid Germany's wider club-closure wave.
- [Hard Techno's American Boom Past 180 BPM](https://rts.fm/blog/hard-techno-american-boom): SoundCloud and Luminate data confirm hard techno's US surge, but the real 75%/180 BPM figures are narrower than aggregator headlines suggest.
- [Electronic Music Is Now the Fastest-Growing US Genre](https://rts.fm/blog/electronic-music-fastest-growing-genre-us): Luminate's H1 2026 report shows Dance/Electronic gained the most US streaming share of any genre, and most of it is coming from new music, not nostalgia.
- [Deezer: Over Half of Daily Uploads Are Now AI](https://rts.fm/blog/deezer-ai-uploads-streaming-flood): Deezer says AI tracks now top 50% of daily uploads, mostly bot-driven royalty fraud, and it's now selling its detection tech to rival platforms.
- [Vinyl Pressing Plants Can't Keep Up With Demand](https://rts.fm/blog/vinyl-pressing-plant-capacity-crisis): Global vinyl capacity has grown sharply since 2021, but independent labels still wait 6 to 9 months for pressing while majors get priority slots.
- [Bandcamp's AI Ban, Six Months On: What Changed](https://rts.fm/blog/bandcamp-ai-ban-six-months-on): Six months after Bandcamp's AI music ban, human review has caught real cases but also pulled human artists' catalogs on unproven suspicion.
- [Printworks Refuses to Stay Buried: London's Return](https://rts.fm/blog/printworks-london-reopening-2026): Southwark approved a Printworks venue in 2024, but the 2026 target has slipped. What is confirmed, what is reported and what is still open.
- [Inside NSW's Pill-Testing Trial at Twelve Festivals](https://rts.fm/blog/nsw-festival-drug-checking-trial): NSW ran drug checking at twelve festivals and logged fewer hospital admissions. Here's what the data actually shows, and how it works on the ground.
- [Cocoon Recordings Turns 25, Sven Väth's Label Endures](https://rts.fm/blog/cocoon-recordings-25-years): Cocoon Recordings marks 25 years with a two-part anniversary compilation. Here's how Sven Väth's Frankfurt label shaped techno, and why it still matters.
- [Amelie Lens and Charlotte de Witte's One Mind EP](https://rts.fm/blog/amelie-lens-charlotte-de-witte-one-mind): Amelie Lens and Charlotte de Witte finally recorded together on One Mind, timed to sold-out back-to-back sets in Ghent that drew 69,000 fans.
- [Detroit Turns 20 (Again): Movement Festival's Legacy](https://rts.fm/blog/detroit-movement-festival-20-years): Movement's 20th anniversary and Detroit's first official Techno Week proclamation trace straight back to the Belleville Three and Underground Resistance.
- [Why the UK Keeps Losing Its Nightclubs](https://rts.fm/blog/uk-nightclub-closures-licensing-reform): UK nightclubs are closing at three a week; here's what's actually driving it, and how Berlin and Amsterdam's policies compare.
- [Remembering Harvey McKay of Drumcode and Soma](https://rts.fm/blog/remembering-harvey-mckay): Glasgow techno producer and longtime Drumcode artist Harvey McKay has died; the scene remembers his catalog and craft.
- [The Ticketmaster Verdict Won't Save Your Local Club](https://rts.fm/blog/ticketmaster-live-nation-doj-verdict): A jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster ran an illegal monopoly, but the win does little to help small, independent venues.
- [Berghain Falls to 21st as UNVRS Tops DJ Mag's Poll](https://rts.fm/blog/berghain-unvrs-dj-mag-top-100): UNVRS became the first debut club to top DJ Mag's poll as Berghain fell to 21st, exposing dance music's underground vs. hyperclub divide.

## Artists

- [Artist index](https://rts.fm/artists): biography pages for DJs and producers shaping tech house, minimal house, and minimal techno.
- [Adam Beyer](https://rts.fm/artists/adam-beyer): Adam Beyer is the Swedish techno DJ and producer who founded Drumcode in 1996 and still runs the label three decades on.
- [Amelie Lens](https://rts.fm/artists/amelie-lens): Amelie Lens went from Antwerp fashion runways to techno's biggest stages, building Lenske and EXHALE into two of the genre's defining platforms.
- [Andrey Pushkarev](https://rts.fm/artists/andrey-pushkarev): Born in Votkinsk in 1981, Andrey Pushkarev rose from Moscow's DeepMix.ru radio to become a deep techno DJ and founder of the Luck of Access label.
- [Answer Code Request](https://rts.fm/artists/answer-code-request): Patrick Gräser built Answer Code Request into Ostgut Ton's second generation, then took eight years to make Halo, his most personal album yet.
- [Anton Kubikov](https://rts.fm/artists/anton-kubikov): Anton Kubikov has spent three decades at Moscow techno's center, from Hermitage in 1994 to SCSI-9, Pro-tez Records and solo ambient LPs on Kompakt.
- [Anyma](https://rts.fm/artists/anyma): Matteo Milleri's solo project turned melodic techno into a CGI-driven spectacle, from Afterlife's dancefloors to the first electronic residency at Sphere.
- [Aphex Twin](https://rts.fm/artists/aphex-twin): Aphex Twin is Richard D. James, the Cornwall-raised producer behind Selected Ambient Works, Windowlicker and Syro, and co-founder of Rephlex Records.
- [Arapu](https://rts.fm/artists/arapu): Arapu is a Slatina-born, Bucharest-based minimal house producer, founder of the Liniar label and a Sunrise artist heard at Sunwaves and DC10.
- [Batu](https://rts.fm/artists/batu): Bristol producer Batu built Timedance into one of UK bass music's defining labels, then paired with Donato Dozzy for the 2026 album Exhale.
- [Ben Klock](https://rts.fm/artists/ben-klock): Ben Klock is a Berlin-born techno DJ and long-time Berghain resident, the artist behind the album One and the label Klockworks.
- [Ben UFO](https://rts.fm/artists/ben-ufo): Ben UFO (Ben Thomson) is the British DJ and Hessle Audio co-founder, a Rinse FM voice known for omnivorous bass, house and techno sets.
- [Black Coffee](https://rts.fm/artists/black-coffee): Black Coffee (Nkosinathi Maphumulo, born 11 March 1976) is a South African Afro house DJ, Grammy winner and Saturday resident at Hï Ibiza.
- [Blawan](https://rts.fm/artists/blawan): Blawan, real name Jamie Roberts, is an English producer from Barnsley who debuted on Hessle Audio and released SickElixir on XL Recordings in October 2025.
- [Boris Brejcha](https://rts.fm/artists/boris-brejcha): Boris Brejcha, the masked German producer behind High-Tech Minimal and the Fckng Serious label, will end his career at the end of 2028.
- [Carl Cox](https://rts.fm/artists/carl-cox): Carl Cox, British techno DJ born in Oldham in 1962: Space Ibiza 2001 to 2016, UNVRS Sunday residency, Intec and Awesome Soundwave, OBE in June 2026.
- [Carl Craig](https://rts.fm/artists/carl-craig): Carl Craig is the Detroit producer, remixer and Planet E founder who led techno's second wave, with aliases from Paperclip People to Innerzone Orchestra.
- [Cassy](https://rts.fm/artists/cassy): Cassy (Catherine Britton) is a Vienna-raised DJ, singer and producer, a Panorama Bar resident who mixed Panorama Bar 01 and runs Kwench Records.
- [Cezar Lazăr](https://rts.fm/artists/cezar-lazar): Cezar Lazăr, known as Cezar, is a Bucharest DJ, producer and engineer who runs the label Understand and co-founded the distributor Our Own with Rhadoo.
- [Charlotte de Witte](https://rts.fm/artists/charlotte-de-witte): Charlotte de Witte went from Ghent's underground clubs and the Raving George alias to become techno's most consistently ranked headliner worldwide.
- [Chris Liebing](https://rts.fm/artists/chris-liebing): Chris Liebing, the Gießen-born German techno DJ and founder of CLR, released the solo album Evolver in March 2026 after three decades of hard techno.
- [Chris Stussy](https://rts.fm/artists/chris-stussy): Dutch house producer Chris Stussy, now performing as Chris Stassy, founded Up The Stuss in 2020 and reached No. 59 in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2026.
- [Cristi Cons](https://rts.fm/artists/cristi-cons): Cristi Cons is a Bucharest-trained cellist turned minimal house producer, co-founder of Amphia Records and half of SIT with Vlad Caia.
- [Dan Andrei](https://rts.fm/artists/dan-andrei): Dan Andrei is a Romanian DJ and producer from Craiova, signed to Sunrise around 2010, whose 2015 album Parcul Cosmos was only the second LP on Arpiar.
- [Daniel Bell](https://rts.fm/artists/daniel-bell): Daniel Bell, who records as DBX, helped define Detroit's minimal techno sound on his Accelerate label in the 1990s and moved to Berlin in 2000.
- [Daniel Wang](https://rts.fm/artists/daniel-wang): Daniel Wang, the Oakland-born, Berlin-based disco DJ and producer, founded the Balihu label in New York in 1993 and moved to Berlin in 2003.
- [Dave Clarke](https://rts.fm/artists/dave-clarke): Dave Clarke is the Brighton-born, Amsterdam-based techno DJ and producer behind the Red series, Archive One and the long-running White Noise radio show.
- [Derrick May](https://rts.fm/artists/derrick-may): Derrick May is the Detroit producer and Transmat founder behind Strings of Life, one of the three Belleville High School friends who created techno.
- [Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike](https://rts.fm/artists/dimitri-vegas-like-mike): Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are Belgian brothers from Willebroek, Tomorrowland's resident DJs since 2010 and No. 1 in DJ Mag's Top 100 in 2015 and 2019.
- [Dirty Doering](https://rts.fm/artists/dirty-doering): Dirty Doering rose from Bar25 bartender to resident DJ to Katermukke label boss, becoming one of Berlin house music's most recognizable characters.
- [Dixon](https://rts.fm/artists/dixon): Dixon (Steffen Berkhahn) is the Berlin DJ who co-founded Innervisions with Âme and topped Resident Advisor's poll four years running, 2013 to 2016.
- [DJ Hell](https://rts.fm/artists/dj-hell): DJ Hell (Helmut Josef Geier), the Bavarian founder of International Deejay Gigolos, issued the electroclash-era album Neoclash in December 2025.
- [DJ Koze](https://rts.fm/artists/dj-koze): DJ Koze (Stefan Kozalla, born 1972 in Flensburg) is a German producer and Pampa Records founder, behind the 2025 album Music Can Hear Us.
- [Donato Dozzy](https://rts.fm/artists/donato-dozzy): Donato Dozzy, Rome DJ and producer behind Voices From The Lake, Aquaplano and Spazio Disponibile: Exhale with Batu (2026) and Astro on Tresor, 20 November.
- [Dubfire](https://rts.fm/artists/dubfire): Dubfire is Ali Shirazinia, the Iranian-American techno DJ who co-founded Deep Dish, went solo in 2006 and runs the SCI+TEC label.
- [Duhov](https://rts.fm/artists/duhov): DJ Duhov is a Moscow deep and tech house DJ with mix CDs on GR Records and Deus Vox from 2003 to 2004, and a long run of sets in the RTS.FM archive.
- [Electric Indigo](https://rts.fm/artists/electric-indigo): Electric Indigo is the Vienna techno DJ and composer Susanne Kirchmayr, who founded the female:pressure network in 1998 and the label indigo:inc.
- [Eric Cloutier](https://rts.fm/artists/eric-cloutier): Eric Cloutier DJed for 25 years, ran the Palinoia label, became a Tresor resident, and only then made his first album, born out of two hard years.
- [Floating Points](https://rts.fm/artists/floating-points): Floating Points is Sam Shepherd, a Manchester-raised producer, DJ and neuroscientist behind Elaenia, Promises and the Sunflower sound system.
- [Four Tet](https://rts.fm/artists/four-tet): Four Tet is Kieran Hebden, the Putney-born producer and DJ behind Rounds and There Is Love in You, and founder of Text Records.
- [Fred P](https://rts.fm/artists/fred-p): Fred P has spent two decades building a deep house catalogue between Brooklyn and Berlin, founding Soul People Music and recording as Black Jazz Consortium.
- [Genning](https://rts.fm/artists/genning): Genning is a dub-minded house producer with EPs on MixCult, Greyscale and TAMIZDAT, and RTSFM002 on the RTS.FM label in 2024.
- [Helena Hauff](https://rts.fm/artists/helena-hauff): Helena Hauff is a Hamburg-born DJ and producer known for analogue acid, electro and EBM, founder of Return to Disorder and 2017 Essential Mix winner.
- [Henrik Schwarz](https://rts.fm/artists/henrik-schwarz): Henrik Schwarz is a Berlin-based German producer who went from deep house and DJ-Kicks to orchestral and jazz work on his Between Buttons label.
- [Honey Dijon](https://rts.fm/artists/honey-dijon): Honey Dijon (Honey Redmond, born 1968 in Chicago) is an American house DJ who worked on Beyoncé's Renaissance and released The Nightlife in 2026.
- [Hugobeat](https://rts.fm/artists/hugobeat): Hugobeat is a DJ and producer with a 2015 to 2020 catalogue on Disco Cat, Pepper Cat and KudoZ, and RTSFM014 on the RTS.FM label in 2026.
- [I Hate Models](https://rts.fm/artists/i-hate-models): I Hate Models is a masked French techno artist, founder of the Disco Inferno label and creator of the 2024 release Forever Melancholia.
- [Ilya Schulz](https://rts.fm/artists/ilya-schulz): Ilya Schulz is a Moscow house producer behind RTSFM015 on the RTS.FM label (2026), with earlier EPs on Zingiber Audio and Purple Box.
- [James Dexter](https://rts.fm/artists/james-dexter): James Dexter has run London's Inermu Records since 2015, built a CAYA residency at fabric, and released his debut album 'Here Now' in October 2025.
- [Jean-Michel Jarre](https://rts.fm/artists/jean-michel-jarre): French electronic pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, born in Lyon in 1948, made Oxygène in 1976 and marks its 50th anniversary in 2026.
- [Jeff Mills](https://rts.fm/artists/jeff-mills): Jeff Mills, born 18 June 1963 in Detroit: UR co-founder, Axis Records boss. Latest: The Trip To Vega (June 2026), Gamma Rays EP, Liquid Room tour.
- [Joseph Capriati](https://rts.fm/artists/joseph-capriati): Joseph Capriati, born in Caserta in 1987, is the Italian techno DJ behind the Redimension label and the Metamorfosi parties at Amnesia Ibiza.
- [Josh Wink](https://rts.fm/artists/josh-wink): Josh Wink is Joshua Winkelman, the Philadelphia DJ behind the 1995 acid classic Higher State of Consciousness and co-founder of Ovum Recordings.
- [Juan Atkins](https://rts.fm/artists/juan-atkins): Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer behind Cybotron, Model 500 and Metroplex, has died. His agency announced it on 1 November 2026. A career biography.
- [Jus-Ed](https://rts.fm/artists/jus-ed): Jus-Ed built Underground Quality out of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and mentored Nina Kraviz, Levon Vincent and Fred P before any of them had a name.
- [Kalabrese](https://rts.fm/artists/kalabrese): Kalabrese went from Swiss hip-hop drummer to minimal house producer on Perlon, then co-founded Zurich's Zukunft club and built a genre-blending solo career.
- [Kevin Saunderson](https://rts.fm/artists/kevin-saunderson): Kevin Saunderson is the Belleville Three member behind KMS Records, Inner City's Big Fun and the Reese bassline that later shaped drum and bass.
- [Kevin Yost](https://rts.fm/artists/kevin-yost): Kevin Yost is the Pennsylvania producer behind 1998's deep house landmark One Starry Night, known for jazz-inflected, keyboard-led house music.
- [Kimbar](https://rts.fm/artists/kimbar): DJ Kimbar is a Russian house DJ with mix CDs on Day & Night, KDK and Balisong from 2004 to 2007 and a spot on Solyanka 2009 beside Kubikov and Sapunov.
- [KMRU](https://rts.fm/artists/kmru): KMRU is Joseph Kamaru, the Nairobi-born, Berlin-based ambient and field-recording artist behind Peel and Kin, released on Editions Mego.
- [Laurent Garnier](https://rts.fm/artists/laurent-garnier): Laurent Garnier, French techno DJ born in 1966 in Boulogne-Billancourt, co-founded F Communications and released 33 tours et puis s'en vont in 2023.
- [Len Faki](https://rts.fm/artists/len-faki): Len Faki (Levent Faki, b. 1975) is a Berghain resident DJ and founder of Figure. Latest: Zera EP (Apr 2026), Infinity In Loop with Exos (Oct 2026).
- [Loco Dice](https://rts.fm/artists/loco-dice): Loco Dice is the Düsseldorf-born house and tech house DJ who started out as a hip-hop DJ and rapper and co-founded the Desolat label in 2007.
- [Lola Palmer](https://rts.fm/artists/lola-palmer): Lola Palmer built her name as a deep house and tech house selector from Crimea, backed by five separate RTS.FM archive sets and a Sonar Barcelona booking.
- [Lost Frequencies](https://rts.fm/artists/lost-frequencies): Lost Frequencies is Felix De Laet, a Brussels DJ whose 2014 remix of Are You with Me hit No. 1 in Belgium and the top 10 across much of Europe.
- [Luciano](https://rts.fm/artists/luciano): Swiss-Chilean DJ Luciano, born Lucien Nicolet, runs Cadenza and earned DJ Mag's Outstanding Contribution award at the 2026 Top 100 DJs.
- [Maceo Plex](https://rts.fm/artists/maceo-plex): Maceo Plex is Eric Estornel, the Barcelona-based house and techno DJ who runs Ellum Audio and Lone Romantic and records as Maetrik and Mariel Ito.
- [Marcel Dettmann](https://rts.fm/artists/marcel-dettmann): Marcel Dettmann is a German techno DJ and Berghain resident who runs the labels MDR and Bad Manners and made Dettmann II and Fear of Programming.
- [Marco Carola](https://rts.fm/artists/marco-carola): Naples-born techno originator, Music On founder, and the DJ whose Ibiza residencies have run continuously since 2012, from Amnesia to Pacha.
- [Marek Hemmann](https://rts.fm/artists/marek-hemmann): Marek Hemmann built a career in melodic minimal techno from Jena, Germany, via Freude am Tanzen and a long-running partnership with Mathias Kaden.
- [Mihai Popoviciu](https://rts.fm/artists/mihai-popoviciu): Mihai Popoviciu built a deep house and techno career from Romania's 1990s rave scene, running Cyclic Records and releasing on Highgrade, Poker Flat and Bedrock.
- [Mollono.Bass](https://rts.fm/artists/mollono-bass): Mollono.Bass, Ronny Mollenhauer, has spent three decades in German tech house, from founding Kombinat100 to running Acker Records and 3000° Records.
- [Monolake](https://rts.fm/artists/monolake): Monolake is Robert Henke's Berlin dub techno project, begun with Gerhard Behles in 1995, and he is also a co-creator of Ableton Live.
- [Motor City Drum Ensemble](https://rts.fm/artists/motor-city-drum-ensemble): Motor City Drum Ensemble is Danilo Plessow, the German producer behind the Raw Cuts series, DJ-Kicks and Fabric mixes, and founder of MCDE Recordings.
- [Move D](https://rts.fm/artists/move-d): Move D, the Heidelberg producer David Moufang, co-founded Source Records in 1992 and has spanned ambient, techno and deep house ever since.
- [Nastia](https://rts.fm/artists/nastia): Nastia built Ukraine's underground techno scene from KISS FM to NECHTO Records, then rebuilt her career from Amsterdam after Russia's invasion.
- [Nemec](https://rts.fm/artists/nemec): Nemec is the producer behind RTSFM008 on the RTS.FM label (April 2025), with a Kandaurov remix, and a September 2025 RTS.FM session in Alicante.
- [Netsky](https://rts.fm/artists/netsky): Netsky is Boris Daenen, a Belgian drum and bass producer from Antwerp who signed to Hospital Records in 2009 and hit No. 1 in Belgium with Running Low.
- [Nicolas Barnes](https://rts.fm/artists/nicolas-barnes): Nicolas Barnes is a Riga DJ and producer who runs the dub-leaning label ECOUL SND and released RTSFM009, a four-track dub story, on RTS.FM in 2025.
- [Nicolas Jaar](https://rts.fm/artists/nicolas-jaar): Nicolas Jaar, the Chilean-American producer born in New York in 1990, runs Other People and releases the AEAEA album Mist on 20 November 2026.
- [Nina Kraviz](https://rts.fm/artists/nina-kraviz): Nina Kraviz traded a Siberian dental practice for techno's front line, building трип and treats into two of electronic music's boldest labels.
- [Okain](https://rts.fm/artists/okain): Okain is Samuel Thalmann, the Paris-raised, Berlin-based house and techno DJ behind Talman Records, releasing on Tsuba, BPitch Control and Truesoul.
- [Onlee](https://rts.fm/artists/onlee): Onlee is Boris Romanov, the Moscow DJ behind the Propaganda night Origin and the digital label Lichen Records, founded in 2006.
- [Paul Kalkbrenner](https://rts.fm/artists/paul-kalkbrenner): Paul Kalkbrenner, German live act born in 1977 in Leipzig, starred in Berlin Calling and released The Essence in October 2025, his first album since 2018.
- [Peggy Gou](https://rts.fm/artists/peggy-gou): Peggy Gou, born Kim Min-ji in Incheon on 3 July 1991, is a Berlin-based DJ, Gudu Records founder and XL Recordings artist behind I Hear You.
- [Perc](https://rts.fm/artists/perc): Perc (Ali Wells) is a London-based British techno producer, DJ and founder of the Perc Trax label, launched in 2004. Latest album: The Cut Off (2024).
- [Peter Van Hoesen](https://rts.fm/artists/peter-van-hoesen): Peter Van Hoesen is a Belgian techno producer from Antwerp who runs Time To Express, released Life Performance on Tresor and moved to Berlin in 2010.
- [Petre Inspirescu](https://rts.fm/artists/petre-inspirescu): Petre Inspirescu is a Romanian DJ and producer from Brăila, co-founder of the Arpiar label, whose records range from minimal house to ambient.
- [Praslea](https://rts.fm/artists/praslea): Praslea is the stage name of Bucharest DJ Florin Cunțan, a Sunrise and a:rpia:r roster artist who played the final Romanian edition of Sunwaves in 2025.
- [Priku](https://rts.fm/artists/priku): Priku is Adrian Niculae, a Bucharest DJ and producer on the Sunrise roster since 2007, known for releases on Arpiar, Eastenderz and his own Motif.
- [Raresh](https://rts.fm/artists/raresh): Raresh, Romanian minimal DJ from Bacău and a:rpia:r co-founder with Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu: fabric 78, Vivaltu LP, long sets with Villalobos.
- [Rhadoo](https://rts.fm/artists/rhadoo): Rhadoo (Radu Bogdan Cilinca) is a Romanian DJ and producer, one of three people behind the Arpiar label and a pioneer of the Bucharest minimal sound.
- [Ricardo Villalobos](https://rts.fm/artists/ricardo-villalobos): Ricardo Villalobos is the Chilean-born, Berlin-based DJ behind Alcachofa and the 37-minute Fizheuer Zieheuer, a defining voice of minimal techno.
- [Richie Hawtin](https://rts.fm/artists/richie-hawtin): Richie Hawtin is the British-born Canadian behind Plastikman, Plus 8 and M_nus, a Detroit-rooted pioneer of minimal techno and DJ technology.
- [Rick Wade](https://rts.fm/artists/rick-wade): Rick Wade built a deep house catalogue out of Buchanan, Michigan and Detroit, co-founding Harmonie Park Records with Dan Bell in 1993.
- [Robert Hood](https://rts.fm/artists/robert-hood): Robert Hood is the Detroit producer behind 1994's Minimal Nation, an early Underground Resistance member and founder of M-Plant, and the Floorplan project.
- [Roni Size](https://rts.fm/artists/roni-size): Roni Size, the Bristol drum and bass producer behind Full Cycle and the Mercury-winning New Forms (1997), tours its 30th anniversary in June 2027.
- [Sapunov](https://rts.fm/artists/sapunov): Sapunov is Sergey Sapunov, a Moscow house DJ who started playing in 1996, learned from Sergey Sanches and worked with Anton Kubikov.
- [Sara Landry](https://rts.fm/artists/sara-landry): Sara Landry, the US-born hard techno DJ and founder of Hekate Records, was named World's No. 1 Hard DJ in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2026.
- [Sergey a.m.](https://rts.fm/artists/sergey-a-m): Sergey a.m. is a Moscow DJ, listed on Discogs as Sergey Timoshov, behind a run of Propaganda club mixes from 2009 and a long record of RTS.FM sets.
- [Sergey Sanches](https://rts.fm/artists/sergey-sanches): Sergey Sanches is the Moscow house DJ behind Sanches' Thursdays at Propaganda, a weekly party that ran from 1998 until its final night in May 2023.
- [Seth Troxler](https://rts.fm/artists/seth-troxler): Seth Troxler, b. 29 September 1985: Visionquest co-founder, Tuskegee and Slacker 85 label head, RA No. 1 in 2012. Releases, labels and 2026 dates.
- [Shonky](https://rts.fm/artists/shonky): Shonky is Olivier Ducreux, the Paris-born, Berlin-based house producer and co-founder of Apollonia alongside Dan Ghenacia and Dyed Soundorom.
- [SIT](https://rts.fm/artists/sit): SIT is the Bucharest duo of Cristi Cons and Vlad Caia, behind the 2019 album Invisibility and 2026's Synaptic, both on Berlin label Sushitech.
- [Solomun](https://rts.fm/artists/solomun): Solomun (Mladen Solomun), Bosnian-German DJ born in 1975 in Travnik, runs Diynamic Music and the Solomun +1 nights at Pacha Ibiza.
- [Sonja Moonear](https://rts.fm/artists/sonja-moonear): Sonja Moonear, Swiss DJ born in Geneva in 1978 as Sonja Mounir: Weetamix resident since 2002, Ruta5 label, Cocoon mix with Carl Craig, Swiss Music Prize.
- [Soultape](https://rts.fm/artists/soultape): Soultape is a Moscow-linked producer whose debut album The Last Universe (RTSFM012, 2025) spans ambient, house, minimal, electro and breakbeat.
- [Soulwax](https://rts.fm/artists/soulwax): Soulwax are Ghent's Dewaele brothers, also DJs as 2manydjs, behind As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2, the DEEWEE label and 2025 album All Systems Are Lying.
- [Speedy J](https://rts.fm/artists/speedy-j): Speedy J is Jochem Paap, the Rotterdam techno producer behind Pullover and Ginger, and founder of the Electric Deluxe label.
- [Spekki Webu](https://rts.fm/artists/spekki-webu): Dutch producer Spekki Webu turned a teenage gabber and jungle obsession into Mirror Zone, then opened a new Brooklyn label with Bootstrap Paradox.
- [Stephan Bodzin](https://rts.fm/artists/stephan-bodzin): Stephan Bodzin is a Bremen-born techno producer and live performer, known for melodic synth records and for founding the Herzblut label in 2006.
- [Steve Rachmad](https://rts.fm/artists/steve-rachmad): Steve Rachmad linked Amsterdam and Detroit techno as Sterac in the 90s, and in 2026 he traded drum machines for a full orchestra on Dekmantel.
- [Surgeon](https://rts.fm/artists/surgeon): Anthony Child records as Surgeon: Birmingham techno, a Tresor residency, his own Dynamic Tension label and British Murder Boys with Regis.
- [Sven Marquardt](https://rts.fm/artists/sven-marquardt): Sven Marquardt, born 1962 in East Berlin, is a portrait photographer and the head doorman of Berghain, with books, shows and film roles behind him.
- [Sven Väth](https://rts.fm/artists/sven-vath): Frankfurt's own techno pioneer, Omen founder and Cocoon boss, still running vinyl-only marathon sets four decades into a career that built the genre.
- [Techu](https://rts.fm/artists/techu): Techu is a Romanian minimal house producer with EPs on Juuz Records and Heisenberg, a 2025 RTS.FM set and RTSFM019 on the RTS.FM label in 2026.
- [Terry Lee Brown Jr.](https://rts.fm/artists/terry-lee-brown-jr): Terry Lee Brown Jr., alias Norman Feller, helped invent tech house with 1996's Brother For Real and has stayed at the genre's center from Mannheim ever since.
- [Theo Parrish](https://rts.fm/artists/theo-parrish): Detroit-based DJ and producer Theo Parrish founded Sound Signature in 1997 and blends soul, jazz and disco into house, from Parallel Dimensions onward.
- [Tigerhead](https://rts.fm/artists/tigerhead): Tigerhead is a vinyl-only techno DJ from Bohemia now based in Berlin, playing Berghain and Boiler Room and releasing through Killekill and BPitch Control.
- [Todd Edwards](https://rts.fm/artists/todd-edwards): Todd Edwards, the New Jersey producer behind the sample-chopped garage house sound and Daft Punk's Fragments of Time, was born in 1972.
- [Tom Middleton](https://rts.fm/artists/tom-middleton): Tom Middleton co-created Global Communication's ambient landmark 76:14, worked as Jedi Knights and Cosmos, then moved into sleep science and sound design.
- [Topdown Dialectic](https://rts.fm/artists/topdown-dialectic): Topdown Dialectic has released untitled, uncredited techno since 2013 without a public face, and named False LP A hasn't really changed that.
- [Traumer](https://rts.fm/artists/traumer): Traumer, the Paris-based producer born Romain Reynaud, moved from straight techno to hypnotic minimal house and founded his own label, get-traum, in 2016.
- [Tripmastaz](https://rts.fm/artists/tripmastaz): Tripmastaz is Andrew Guyvoronsky, a Chelyabinsk-born house producer who built his name in St. Petersburg, runs Plant 74 and works with DJ Sneak.
- [TYGAPAW](https://rts.fm/artists/tygapaw): Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based producer TYGAPAW built Fake Accent as a platform for Black queer nightlife, then landed a 2026 album on Tresor.
- [Type B.](https://rts.fm/artists/type-b): Type B. is the producer behind RTSFM013 on the RTS.FM label (December 2025), with a Kandaurov remix, and a 2026 Moscow set for minim.all x RTS.FM.
- [Underground Resistance](https://rts.fm/artists/underground-resistance): Underground Resistance (UR) is the Detroit techno collective formed in 1989 by Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills. History, members, discography, 2026 news.
- [Victor Polo](https://rts.fm/artists/victor-polo): Victor Polo is a Valencia DJ and producer who co-runs the labels Wireless Marionettes and Eccentric, and appears on RTSFM003 and RTSFM011.
- [Vince Watson](https://rts.fm/artists/vince-watson): Scottish producer Vince Watson has made soulful, Detroit-minded techno since 1995, with releases on Rotation, Delsin, Planet E and Awesome Soundwave.
- [Vlad Caia](https://rts.fm/artists/vlad-caia): Vlad Caia is a Bucharest producer, co-founder of Amphia Records, half of SIT and one third of Amorf, whose debut album Division I came out in 2018.

## Festivals

- [Festival index](https://rts.fm/festivals): a curated list of the world's major underground house and techno festivals, with dates, cities, and official ticket links.
- [Festival calendar 2027](https://rts.fm/festivals/calendar/2027): month-by-month list of 2027 festivals with dates, cities and ticket links.
- [Festivals in Netherlands](https://rts.fm/festivals/country/netherlands): 7 festivals in Netherlands.
- [Festivals in Germany](https://rts.fm/festivals/country/germany): 6 festivals in Germany.
- [Festivals in Croatia](https://rts.fm/festivals/country/croatia): 3 festivals in Croatia.
- [Festivals in United Kingdom](https://rts.fm/festivals/country/united-kingdom): 3 festivals in United Kingdom.
- [CTM Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/ctm-festival): Berlin, Germany. 22-31 JAN 2027. A ten-day festival for adventurous club music and sound art spread across venues including Berghain and Radialsystem, running every January since 1999.
- [DGTL Amsterdam](https://rts.fm/festivals/dgtl-amsterdam): Amsterdam, Netherlands. 26-28 MAR 2027. A sustainability-minded techno and house festival at NDSM Docklands that opens Amsterdam's festival calendar every spring.
- [Time Warp](https://rts.fm/festivals/time-warp): Mannheim, Germany. 03 APR 2027. A single 19-hour night across five stages in Mannheim, the German original behind the Time Warp name now licensed to editions worldwide.
- [Rewire](https://rts.fm/festivals/rewire-festival): The Hague, Netherlands. 8-11 APR 2027. A four-day festival for adventurous music in The Hague's city centre since 2011, where experimental, electronic and club artists share bills across theatres, churches and clubs.
- [Nuits Sonores](https://rts.fm/festivals/nuits-sonores): Lyon, France. 5-9 MAY 2027. Lyon's festival of electronic and independent music, run by the Arty Farty association since 2003, with a daytime programme at the Grandes Locos and a night programme at La Sucrière in recent editions.
- [Lentekabinet](https://rts.fm/festivals/lente-kabinet): Oostzaan, Netherlands. 15-16 MAY 2027. Dekmantel's two-day spring festival in the Het Twiske nature area just north of Amsterdam, mixing club music, live acts and art on Pentecost weekend.
- [Movement](https://rts.fm/festivals/movement-detroit): Detroit, United States. 29-31 MAY 2027. Detroit's own Memorial Day Weekend techno festival at Hart Plaza, the direct descendant of the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival in the genre's birthplace.
- [Gottwood Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/gottwood): Anglesey, United Kingdom. 10-13 JUN 2027. A small woodland and lakeside house and techno festival on the Carreglwyd Estate in north-west Anglesey, running since 2010 and still capped at a few thousand people.
- [Waking Life](https://rts.fm/festivals/waking-life): Crato, Portugal. 16-21 JUN 2027. A six-day music and arts festival at a lake reservoir in Crato, Alentejo, run since 2017 with house, techno, ambient and experimental programming alongside film, workshops and a land regeneration project. Tickets are sold through a raffle.
- [Sonar Barcelona](https://rts.fm/festivals/sonar): Barcelona, Spain. 17-19 JUN 2027. Barcelona's festival for advanced electronic music and digital art since 1994, with the Sonar+D creativity and technology congress alongside.
- [Kappa FuturFestival](https://rts.fm/festivals/kappa-futurfestival): Turin, Italy. 2-4 JUL 2027. A three-day techno and house festival in Turin's Parco Dora, built around a former steel plant, regularly among Europe's earliest sellouts.
- [Love International](https://rts.fm/festivals/love-international): Tisno, Croatia. 7-13 JUL 2027. Seven-day festival at The Garden Resort in Tisno on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, run since 2016 as the continuation of the original Garden Festival, with boat parties and late nights at Barbarella's.
- [Awakenings Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/awakenings-festival): Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands. 9-11 JUL 2027. The Dutch techno institution's summer festival at Beekse Bergen, marking 30 years since the first Awakenings night at Amsterdam's Gashouder in 1997.
- [Sea You Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/sea-you-festival): Freiburg, Germany. 16-18 JUL 2027. A house and techno festival built around swimming and dancing at a lake outside Freiburg, six stages over a July weekend.
- [Garbicz Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/garbicz-festival): Torzym, Poland. 29 JUL 2027 - 02 AUG 2027. A five-day, artist-built festival on a lake in rural western Poland, run since 2013 on a deliberately anti-commercial, community-organized model.
- [Nature One](https://rts.fm/festivals/nature-one): Kastellaun, Germany. 29 JUL 2027 - 01 AUG 2027. A four-day open-air rave on the former Pydna missile base in the Hunsrück, running since 1995, with about 20 floors and a bill that stretches from club techno to mainstream dance and hardstyle.
- [Nachtdigital](https://rts.fm/festivals/nachtdigital): Leipzig, Germany. 30 JUL 2027 - 01 AUG 2027. A small, long-running techno and house gathering at a bungalow village outside Leipzig, known for a deliberately intimate, non-commercial setup.
- [Dekmantel Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/dekmantel-festival): Amsterdam, Netherlands. 30 JUL 2027 - 01 AUG 2027 (est., unconfirmed). The Amsterdam label's own festival in the Amsterdamse Bos, a multi-day program of deliberately eclectic house, techno and disco booking anchored by forest stages.
- [Houghton Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/houghton-festival): King's Lynn, United Kingdom. 5-8 AUG 2027. A Craig Richards-curated festival of extended DJ sets and hidden stages in the grounds of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, running since 2017 and selling out quickly in recent years.
- [Dekmantel Selectors](https://rts.fm/festivals/dekmantel-selectors): Tisno, Croatia. 19-23 AUG 2027. Dekmantel's limited-capacity, five-day summer festival at The Garden in Tisno, running since 2016, with day stages by the sea, boat parties and late-night sessions at Barbarella's.
- [MUTEK](https://rts.fm/festivals/mutek): Montreal, Canada. 24-29 AUG 2027. Montreal's festival for live electronic music and digital creativity since 2000, six days of audiovisual shows across the Quartier des spectacles each late August.
- [Berlin Atonal](https://rts.fm/festivals/berlin-atonal): Berlin, Germany. 25-29 AUG 2027. A biennial festival for experimental sound and audiovisual work inside Kraftwerk Berlin's former power plant, tracing back to the West Berlin underground of 1982.
- [Dimensions Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/dimensions-festival): Tisno, Croatia. 26-31 AUG 2027. Outlook's sister festival, running since 2012 and now based at The Garden in Tisno on Croatia's Dalmatian coast after years inside Pula's Fort Punta Christo.
- [Draaimolen](https://rts.fm/festivals/draaimolen): Tilburg, Netherlands. 10-11 SEPT 2027. An independent, not-for-profit techno festival in the woods of Tilburg's MOB Complex, built around art, nature and stages curated by artists and labels rather than one centrally booked lineup.
- [Junction 2](https://rts.fm/festivals/junction-2): London, United Kingdom. Dates TBA. London's underground house and techno festival at Boston Manor Park, first held in 2016, with its main stage under the M4 flyover. The 2026 tenth-anniversary edition ran July 25, July 26 and August 2; the official site now lists Summer 2027 at the park under The Bridge series, with no dates announced.
- [Sunwaves](https://rts.fm/festivals/sunwaves): Golden Sands, Bulgaria. Dates TBA. A beach festival of minimal and house that began in Mamaia, Romania in 2007 and now travels, with its 20th anniversary Spring Edition set for Golden Sands on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. Known for marathon sets, including Marco Carola's 24 hours in 2015.
- [Unsound Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/unsound-festival): Kraków, Poland. Dates TBA. Kraków's festival of experimental, electronic and leftfield music since 2003, with late-night programming at the brutalist Hotel Forum and satellite editions abroad; a founding partner of the TIMES network with Sonar and Berlin Atonal.
- [Dockyard Festival](https://rts.fm/festivals/dockyard-festival): Amsterdam, Netherlands. 24 OCT 2026. A one-day daytime techno festival timed to Amsterdam Dance Event, running since 2014 and now held at Havenpark alongside Mystic Garden Festival on a single shared ticket.

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