Music

The myth of Drexciya is coming to the Toronto Biennial — with playlist

The myth of Drexciya is getting its moment at the Toronto Biennial, as retold by Underground Resistance. That’s free through December 20th if you’re in Ontario, but let’s kick off a watery weekend with the accompanying playlist, too, courtesy UR and Sumberge label manager Cornelius Harris.

Bana Haffar’s Ancient Future mutates memory and meaning in machines

If you feel at sea in a starless night, Ancient Future might summon charts from the ancestors, fragmented through samples and voltages, a hauntology of modular deconstruction. Bana Haffar, co-founder of Modular on the Spot in LA and Beirut Synthesizer Center in Lebanon, has an essential offering out this month.

Peter Kirn - October 13, 2026

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Techno original Sean Tate, aka The Butcher, has died

It’s a painful year for techno’s originators and Detroit. News is spreading today that Sean Tate, aka The Butcher and an iconic techno originator, has died.