Danny Daze has lived the lives of a dozen different DJs—from a 14-year=old playing electro at giant Miami raves to time spent doing actual time, rising among the ranks of mash-up masters under the tutelage of DJ AM, breaking into the deep house (or as he calls it, "social techno") scene with Jamie Jones, and finally discovering his own direction in the obtuse techno of his OMNIDISC imprint. "My first gig ever in Europe was London, at Fabric," he tells of his almost unbelievable career path. The ...
Aug 18, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Fighting Off Hangovers With Gorgon City and Rudimental The Rave Curious podcast catches up with the British bands, plus former Beatport CEO Matt Adell talks breaking capitalism. When two of the hottest bands leading the UK electronic scene hit the road together, even a Monday night is alright for a party. Rave Curious spoke with Gorgon City and Rudimental, a pair of acts continuing the grand tradition of energetic electronica live bands—first exemplified by Roni Size and The Prodigy in the late ...
Aug 17, 2016•1 hr 26 min
Max Cooper Wants to Explain Our Existence Through Music The musical philosopher takes on life, the universe, and, well, everything. Max Cooper had more than a few things on his mind when sitting down for his Rave Curious Podcast. Top of the list was his new Emergence show, an A/V experience inspired by concepts in math and science that seek to explain the fundamentals of the universe. Heady stuff—but not enough for the DJ who spends his weekends playing all-night-long sets that start with fans c...
Jul 19, 2016•1 hr 10 min
The Rave Curious podcast hits a California highway with the Bunker NYC resident. Derek Plaslaiko is one of the finest DJs to come out of Detroit's mid-90s techno scene. The current Berlin resident is known for playing extended sets that test the very limits of what might be considered house or techno, with a fearless attitude that's guided him through several important residencies over the past 20 years, including Family and Untitled in Detroit, and The Bunker in NYC. It's also the sort of music...
Jul 07, 2016•1 hr 23 min
Cassy Dug Deep Into the Heart of Techno and Instead Found Soul The European techno favorite talks about the challenges of getting funky. As the daughter of an Austrian mother and Barbadian father, raised in Vienna with a British passport, the appeal of Cassy as an international DJ has always matched her own global upbringing. Yet in practice, the DJ born Catherine Britton's experience as a resident DJ at Panorama Bar has led many to associate her singlehandedly with the underground Berlin scene ...
Jun 25, 2016•1 hr 12 min
The Chicago house producer won't suffer fools, even for the Rave Curious Podcast. This week's Rave Curious podcast features the house gangster himself, DJ Sneak. The Chicago icon has deep roots in the city's house music culture, learning his craft both in the club and behind the counter at the city's legendary Gramaphone Records. He has also become known in recent years as one of the outspoken DJs on Twitter, defending his old school ethics against the rise of EDM's alternative set of musical va...
Jun 21, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Jean Michel Jarre Reflects on His Life as One of Electronic Music's First Superstars Think EDC is huge? The French electronic pioneer once played for 3.5 million fans. Everybody likes to talk about how huge EDM has gotten, but you'd have to take the single day attendance at EDC Las Vegas (134,000) and multiply 26 times to reach the 3.5 million folks who witnessed Jean Michel Jarre's 1997 concert in Moscow. The event marked the fourth time Jarre broke his own world record for largest outdoor conc...
May 24, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Matthew Dear Holds the Secret to Techno Longevity The Ghostly International star on almost 20 years in the game. DJ, producer, and bandleader Matthew Dear has been heading towards the top of the techno game since he was straight out of the University of Michigan, helping to kick off the Ghostly International label, one of electronic music's most iconic and enduring imprints. With over 75 releases spanning almost two decades, he clearly knows a thing or two about staying both relevant and creativ...
May 10, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Adam Beyer and Ida Engberg Are Techno's Coolest Parents How techno's top DJ duo are also raising three kids together. Adam Beyer and Ida Engberg are a rarity in the world of techno, a couple who are managing to raise three children while maintaining a hectic DJ career that demands both parents stay up way past bedtime. But as Beyer explain it, their mutual love of techno is the best way to make the marriage work: "It's hard to explain why you want to be in a club 3 to 4 nights a week to someone ...
Apr 23, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Why Kate Simko Took a Break From Techno to Learn Classical Composition She talks new project with the London Electronic Orchestra on a new episode of the Rave Curious podcast. After years of textured electronic production, Kate Simko's shifting gears a bit with her new project, Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra. The album sees the Chicago-bred, London-based DJ-producer set aside her synthesizers and compose music for an ensemble of classically trained musicians who turn what might hav...
Apr 12, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Mr. C Thinks Everyone Just Needs to Relax and Meditate The techno elder statesman and Further Future founder Jason Swamy impart wisdom in this week's Rave Curious podcast. Before he was a beacon for underground techno and house, Mr. C was the leader of proto-rave band the Shamen. In the 30 years since he discovered dance music, the Los Angeles resident has done it all, using his unexpected chart-topping success to cultivate the vibrant community that sprung up around him. From founding the legen...
Mar 29, 2016•1 hr 29 min
Dustin Zahn Reflects on His Rise from Midwestern Monotony The Drumcode regular gives the lowdown on the latest Rave Curious Podcast. Dustin Zahn's uncompromising techno—which has found a home on labels like Adam Beyer's Drumcode and Radio Slave's REK'D imprint—has its roots in childhood boredom. Raised in a small town in Northern Michigan, he says that "all there was to do was snowboard, smoke weed, or make music." Naturally, he chose the latter option then moved to Minneapolis in the early 2000...
Mar 15, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Ambivalent Is Certain About His Life After Minimal Techno Kevin McHugh spreads his wings with new labels and artistic ideas. Kevin McHugh didn't set out to be a techno musician. But when his work in the world of NYC's modern art scene crossed over into the realm of minimal techno in the early 00s, he caught a wave that took him all the way to Berlin as part of Richie Hawtin's Minus label. He was soon traveling the world under the name Ambivalent, spreading the gospel of Berlin's trendy ambience ...
Mar 01, 2016•1 hr 41 min
Erick Morillo Is Back From the Abyss The house hero and photographer Michael Tullberg stops by this installment of the Rave Curious podcast. The prospect of speaking to superstar producers can be a daunting one. Like all ceIebrities, A-list DJs can come off as difficult divas who long ago left the underground club scene in favor of Las Vegas residencies and EDM excess. Even house heroes can seem out of touch after long days spent sunning in Ibiza and nights playing for the bottle service crowds....
Feb 16, 2016•1 hr 13 min
Tommie Sunshine Is Just Trying Fix the World's Problems The Chicago-born DJ is ready to revolt and Underground Resistance's label manager gets real about race on the Rave Curious Podcast. This week's episode of the Rave Curious Podcast goes beyond the usual dance music discussions and tries to tackle some serious issues facing the world in 2016 with two of the scene's most outspoken individuals, Tommie Sunshine and Underground Resistance label manager Cornelius Harris. Tommie Sunshine is an Amer...
Feb 01, 2016•1 hr 29 min
Chris Liebing Loves California and Classic Cars, Hates Cheese Dairy and EDM get dissed on the Rave Curious Podcast. Chris Liebing has a long-running reputation as one of the nicest dudes in techno, but that big smile doesn't mean he suffers fools. As such, our Rave Curious conversation covers both his love of Los Angeles and his vintage Ford Mustang, and his utter disdain for the dairy industry. Plus, he has some harsh assessments of mainline EDM structures. "It's the same thing over and over ag...
Jan 19, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Danny Tenaglia Has Seen It All Behind The Decks From Yoko Ono to overdoses, the New York legend talk about 30 years of DJing on the Rave Curious Podcast. The first Rave Curious Podcast of 2016 offers a nice long conversation with New York's genre-hopping veteran Danny Tenaglia. From his legendary series of NYC residencies in the '90s and early '00s—Roxy, Twilo, Vinyl—to his equally renowned marathon parties at Winter Music Conference, DT (as his fans call him) has been at the epicenter of the da...
Jan 06, 2016•1 hr 15 min
Meet The Man Who Replaced Jeff Mills in Underground Resistance Buzz Goree tells Detroit techno tales on the Rave Curious Podcast. As we wrap up 2015, we wanted to give you one last special holiday treat—a bonus podcast with Underground Resistance DJ Buzz Goree. Buzz is one of the true pillars of Detroit's electronic music scene, starting as a teenage house DJ in the 1980s before taking the reigns behind the decks for UR following Jeff Mills and DJ T-1000's departure. Today he remains "married to...
Dec 23, 2015•1 hr
Sneak Into Berghain With Lady Gaga BFF Lady Starlight and Techno Titan Surgeon We learn the stunning cosmic coincidence that brought these two "aliens" together, and learn the importance of following your instincts. Just in time for holiday travel, we're giving you a hefty does of techno talk with the latest episode of the Rave Curious Podcast. This week, our host Joshua Glazer sits down in the offices of Berlin techno institution Ostgut Ton inside of the legendary Berghain to talk with techno t...
Dec 22, 2015•40 min
Honey Dijon Dishes On the Essence of DJing, Canada, and Being a Trans Person In a Gay World Next on the Rave Curious podcast, Josh and the New York-via-Chicago DJ dig deep. The Rave Curious Podcast continues to engage the world's best DJs in open and honest conversations about the life behind the beats. In Episode 003, host Joshua Glazer spend a beautiful summer afternoon in a Berlin park with New York via Chicago DJ Honey Dijon. Having witnessed house music in its infancy as an inappropriately ...
Dec 08, 2015•51 min
Curses Discusses Moving to Berlin, Trouble & Bass, and a Crazy Shower A talk with Trouble and Bass founder and former Drop the Lime, Luca Venezia. Following a great talk with Radio Slave, the curiosity continues on the second episode of the Rave Curious Podcast with host Joshua Glazer. This time around, Joshua sits down in Berlin with New York native Luca Venezia, who is probably best known as the founder of seminal NYC label Trouble & Bass (RIP), as well as for his artist project Drop t...
Nov 23, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Radio Slave Sits Down For the Debut of Rave Curious Joshua Glazer sits down for an extended and honest conversation with Berlin's finest, Radio Slave. What are we curious about? Is it electronic music and culture? The magic we feel on the dancefloor? The sweet sound of the bass pulsating through or headphones or the club's thunderous system? And how do we satisfy that curiosity and endless thirst? By talking to some of the DJs, producers, and promoters who drive the electronic music scene year a...
Nov 11, 2015•1 hr 10 min
