Positive Education Festival Saint-Étienne, France 1-4 November 2023
Expertly curated techno festival, the music was terrific and the sound systems impeccable – Positive Education is a really fabulous example of how festivals should be, with amazing artistic lightning and lasers used in a really minimal and subtitle way. The setting at Cité du design in an old ammunition factory was magnificent and the walls…
Bass Culture Bliss: D’Julz All Night Long at The Rex Club Saturday, 28 Oct 2023
We had the incredible opportunity to witness a magnificent All Night Long set by D’Julz at The Rex Club in Paris. The event promised an unforgettable night of music, and it certainly delivered on that promise. D’Julz, a true craftsman behind the decks, took us on a sonic House music journey that transcended mere genres…
Top DJs 2023
not finished yet! Top DJs we have seen this year: Marcel Dettmann, Rodhad, DJ Stingray 313, DVS1, Paula Temple, Dave Clarke, Ben Klock, Kink, Helena Hauff, D’Julz, Laurent Garnier, LSDxoxo, SPFDJ, Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig, Manu le Malin, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Adamant Scream, Li-z , Jeff Mills, Rebecca, Ricardo Villalobos, Hector Oates, Slam, Zadig,…
Why Melodic techno is bad dance music
We at Peace of Mind are not into melodic techno. We think that the music lacks rhythm and feels fake, overly emotional, melodramatic, pseudo-sentimental, and boring. The DJs sets are weak, stopping the rhythm and playing overly pretentious intros in the middle of the set is dull and interrupts the collective energy on the dance…
Peacock Society Festival – Saturday July 8, 2023 Paris
The Peacock Society Festival 2022 last Year was magnificent Laurent Garnier played an extended 3 hour set at sunset that was truly spectacular, so we can’t expect it to be as good as 2022 Paula Temple was terrific after the always reliable Richie Hawtin, and Trym needs more experience. Acid Arab was unique and different…
Astropolis | Brest – July 2023
Astropolis, the renowned electronic music festival, has become a haven for music enthusiasts and artists alike. Held annually at the MANOIR DE KEROUAL Brest, France
Partiboi69 Rex Club Paris Friday October 27th 2023
The Partiboi69 set at Rex Club was a messy and dirty Ghetto house music set – higher BPM, fast house with a lot of speed rapping. At one point he played Public Enemy sped up and that was very nice. We heard him play a good energy techno set at Marvelous Island festival in the…
Carl Craig: Party/ After-Party MOCA Los Angeles, July 2023
Carl Craig Party/After-Party is a compelling example of an attempt to recreate the clubbing experience in a museum or gallery, while being interesting and very good sound quality it didn’t create the feeling of a rave or nightclub. That said it was a very good experience and it is nice to see Techno being recognized…
TIME WARP | Mannheim Germany, April 1, 2023
Time Warp 2023 was spectacular, too commercial, too crowded, too histrionic, and proof that the underground sound of Techno is way better and stronger than so called “Business Techno” (external link) and that being a great DJ takes experience. This is what we did 22:00-00:00 KOBOSIL – FLOOR 1 We started here KOBOSIL was fine…
