Automatic Message
Experimental techno and audio/video duo based in Vancouver. Profile
Bound By Sound
Vancouver based community/ collective holding events supported by national and international techno talent
Decibel Festival
Annual electronic music festival held in Seattle (No longer active)
Depth
Techno event series run by Cory Simpson and Jaime Cereus
Form ‘n’ Kaos
Vancouver/Victoria, B.C. bulletin board
High+Tight
Seattle and PNW underground techno collective.
Innerflight Music
Seattle based house, techno, breaks label; scene blog, event promotions and podcast.
Jerry Abstract
Home site of Cascadia based graphic designer and experimental techno DJ/ Producer Jerry Abstract
Knightriders Recordings
Seattle based techno and tech house label
Lab-77
Site for Saigon and Justin Byrnes aka Cyanwave’s projects & releases
NorthWest Tekno
Northwest electronic music community site
No Nonsense Events
Facebook page for Seattle promo crew interested in no BS techno
PDX Techno
A curated links page by Subsensory to inform the community and visitors about Portland techno nightlife
Peloton Musique
A unique and wholly original electronic and techno label based out of the Pacific Northwest, featuring quirky minimal, to abstract electronic, deep techno, to field recordings
Plus Events
Seattle techno events outfit headed up by SoneÂ
Seattle Techno (Soundcloud)
Seattle techno soundcloud page aggregator run by the Knightriders label
Second Nature
fb page for underground techno crew out of Seattle. Request approval only.
Selector’s Records
New record shop open in Vancouver
Sound Rehab
Website from DJ/ Producer John Massey
SubSensory
Portland Netlabel with a focus on North West techno artists
Techno West
A West Coast techno website based out of Vancouver, B.C.
Tenth Aesthetic
Techno Crew by Jaime Cereus
UKR
Seattle techno and electro label UKR aka “Urban Kickz Recordings” run by Roman Zawodny and Relief Records own Lester Fitzpatrick
Vancouver Techno Authority
Facebook discussion group based on techno events, DJs and artists in Vancouver
19hz
Bay Area based event listing calendar headed up by Franklin Jen
Amoeba Records
The holy grail for new vinyl LP albums and lost techno anthems. Don’t go looking for anything specific, your music will find you
Asterisk Collective
Techno collective headed up by Tape Ghost, David Grunzweig
As You Like IT
Tech house, techno, and (actual) deep house monthlies at Public Works
Audible Oddities
Oakland Based mastering house run by Shawn Hatfield AKA Twerk
Audio SF
Upscale house club known to put on the occasional techno night or techno one-off.
Belladonna
Electronic music maven at KFJC, focusing on the more bleeding edge sounds of electronic music as well as her excellent taste in techno
Brix 581
Formerly known as Riddim, Brix is located in Oakland near 7th st. and is a happy home to many underground and alternative electronic music showcases
CCVO
Techno House collective with bases of operations in SF and LA
Cloudfactory
West Coast techno collective from the way back
Direct to Earth
Good time homeboys and homegirls dedicated to inject a little bit of fun into what it means to be apart of the Oakland techno phenomenon
DJ Zenith
Website for tech house, minimal, and techno DJ, Zenith
El Otro Mundo
SF and East Bay techno and house label featuring the brothers Leath
End Up
Occasional venue for quality techno and tech house events. One of the reasons why SF has always been and may for ever remain a house music town, is the amount of deep house and soulful house parties that happen here. Â Earlier in the night might cater to a specific clientelle but after 2am and the bars close, it becomes a melting pot and destination for SF’s entire nightlife community.
Excise Records
SF Label with a focus on darker deeper techno.
F8
Club on ‘Folsom and 8th’ St. SOMA mostly noted for their propensity towards bass heavy techno and DnB events (not to be confused with the 90s-00s techno-trance collective, Frequency 8 ).
Forbidden Transitions
SF Hard Techno Crew run by Miss Crafty.
From 0-1
Oakland and Seattle techno label run by JX-216, Rubidium, Sone, and John Massey
Gray Area
Art and multimedia space home of Recombinant Festival and Recombinant Media Labs. “RECOMBINANT MEDIA LABS (RML) was founded in 1991 by Naut Humon [Asphodel Records], to research and deploy the cultural qualities and artistic potential of Spatial Cinema”
Great Northern
Formerly known as Mighty, This SF club is host to many techno and house nights with somewhat of a button-down clientele.
Halcyon
Massive club located in the live music hub of SF on 11th St. Techno acts booked here consistently big names with progressive, big-room tech house sound.
Haptic Synapses
Page for San Jose techno heroes, Qorser, Rhythmist, and Steve Cooley’s live pa group
Honey Soundsystem
Queer friendly techno and house collective that also favors a touch of quality, hard hitting techno. Think, Ostgut Ton meets West Coast house/ tech house.
Katabatik
SF and Oakland techno and electro loving collective of under the radar producers and DJs
Konstruct
An event promotions outfit by the From 0-1 crew. [Recommended!]
Loose Conditions
New Oakland techno, experimental, electronic monthly at Brix581 hosted by Gadder and Marr0w. Their techno is diverse and non conforming
The Midway
“The Midway is a new, multifaceted creative complex, located in San Francisco’s burgeoning Dogpatch neighborhood. Equal parts creative laboratory and performance space, The Midway is a sprawling 40,000 square-foot venue for the public to engage with a variety of exhibitions, workshops, performances and special events. “
Monarch
Sf SOMA district club, currently a sometime among techno crews
Mr. Goodwrench
Program schedule of Mr. Goodwrench.. KFJC college radio personality and longtime influence on the South Bay electronic music scene
Nocturnal Code
Underground after hours techno and house crew in SF headed up by Lisa Rose.
Peer
Record label for West Coast and North American Techno artists based out of SF and Seattle.
Public Works
SF Mission District club favored among house and techno heads for it’s Funktion One system
Rare Form
Roving underground crew featuring abstract techno, tech house and acid
Robot Ears
SF/LA promoter of high quality techno events formerly hosted by John Kaberna, now mostly headed up by Lindsey Herbert .
Robotspeak
Synth shop in SF selling quality gear since 2002
RS94109
Techno and house vinyl record shop holding it down in SF, while promoting harder edged industrial techno club nights and undergrounds
The Shuffle Co-Op
Oakland techno and house underground party collective
Subspace Techno
San Jose/SF Based Techno Collective
Surface Tension
SF techno crew putting on some of the more harder edge and serious techno events for SF
Underground SF
Club formerly known as “The Top” in Lower Haight is now host to many techno and house weeklies and monthlies. Booked currently by Jeremy Bispo.
Vessel
Club venue in Union Square SF on the chi-chi side that has been known in the past to make the glamorous and Gucci sweat to schranz on a Thursday. Currently it is host to private events and forward thinking progressive and house music
Vexed Sphere
Multimedia record label and zine by Rubidium
Vinyl Dreams
Amoeba’s secret weapon and SF electronic music taste maker Mike B went solo to open up this new highly successful brick and mortar store in the Lower Haight, SF
Zettabyte
Independent underground label based in SF feat. techno / minimal music, and related sub genres. Founded by Zita Molnar.
6AM
6AM or 6AM-Group is a blog based out of LA with events presented in Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Mexico
Dirty Epic
SoCal Techno Crew headed up by Andrew Souto. Featuring world class events and a pretty nifty techno music review blog.
Droid Behavior
SoCal techno heroes putting LA on the global map with their quality events and releases.. now semi defunct.
Incognito
Los Angeles event promotion outfit
Invert Music Group
Label and party series founded by Danny Astle
Jealous God
Los Angeles based label of Silent Servant, Regis, and James Ruskin
Los Angeles Techno (Community on Facebook)
FB community for LA Techno events.
Modularz
Heady techno label run by Developer
Mount Analog
New and used vinyl shop and community stop-in
Noisebug
Pomona California based used gear shop. Great deals on outboard kit
Omen Recordings
Dark Techno label based in Los Angeles headed up by Tanya Leigh and Axkan
Perfect Circuit Audio
Burbank based electronic music instrument shop with stunning deals on new and used gear, now featuring full service gear restoration, modification, and repair.
Prototype LA
Los Angeles techno and tech house crew pulling weight in SoCal
Synthetik Minds
LA techno crew often collaborating with 6AM and Dirty Epic on their own event series featuring world class talent.
Truncate
Bandcamp page for David Flores’ self release label Truncate which has moved on to be a world leader in functional techno
VRV
Techno sublabel/offshoot of Droid Behavior started by Raiz and Subversive
Work
Los Angeles events promotion crew featuring techno and tech house from the world’s heavy hitters.
