Which Era of Dance Music Are You? · Result

Detroit Techno, 1985 to 1992

You are building for a city that has not been built yet.

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You think in systems and long horizons, you are comfortable being ahead of the room, and you would rather be understood in ten years than liked tonight. Detroit techno came from three friends who went to school in Belleville, outside Detroit, making music out of Kraftwerk, Parliament and the late night radio of the Electrifying Mojo. Like them, you build something new out of unlikely parts, and you can hold that idea for years.

You tend to go out with a purpose: a particular DJ, a particular system, a set you want to hear from start to finish. You like dark, focused rooms where nobody is there to be seen, and you are happy to stand near the speaker on your own while an idea plays out for an hour. People like you often hear the structure of a set while everyone else is still waiting for the drop.

Your strength

You can hold an idea for years without anyone confirming it.

Your blind spot

Being difficult and being early can look alike from the inside, and it is easy to mix them up.

Key takeaways

  • You can hold an idea for years without confirmation, which is rare.
  • Check the idea, not the reaction to it.
  • Claim the whole lineage, including the Black city it came from.

Rooms to try in Seoul

  • vurt., Hapjeong: A dark, focused techno room where nobody is there to be seen, so an idea can play out over a full hour.
  • Volnost, Itaewon: The Seoul basement most willing to let a set stay cold and mechanical until the floor comes to it.
  • Faust, Itaewon: A room built around its system, which lets Detroit records sound like the future they were describing.

Rooms to try around the world

  • Movement, Detroit: Hart Plaza on the May long weekend is where the lineage stands in front of you rather than on a page.
  • Tresor, Berlin: The Berlin vault that signed and imported Detroit in the early 1990s, and still treats it as a foundation.
  • Berghain, Berlin: A room where being early is allowed and the floor is willing to wait for you.

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