From Pitchfork On any given night in Brooklyn, someone is throwing a dance party. This particular NYC borough seems to attract a constant stream of promoters, DJs, organizers, label heads, venue owners, and artists breathing life into their local music scenes. Hotbed neighborhoods like Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bed-Stuy have seen an especially dense influx…

From Dancingastronaut. Classic synthesizer usage is coming back into vogue. Though the sharp instrumentation and dramatic drops of contemporary dance music currently dominate the scene, a new wave of retro-influenced electronic is taking over the underground and slowly bubbling up into the mainstream. One recent example of this trend was realized upon the release of Netflix’s critically-acclaimed…

From Electronic Beats. As the yearly festival circuit grows bigger and bigger, A-list DJs like Nina Kraviz, Ellen Allien and Gerd Janson have started to reach for ’90s anthems, which have been, for better or worse, frowned upon for more than a decade. Classic trance hymns like Sven Väth and Ralf Hildenbeutel’s “L’esperanza” and Energy 52’s…