Techno at the End of the Future, Episode 1: London | On Music

Around 1989, what were the promises of techno and its fictions? How
are they significant today? And to whom? This episode is led by
DeForrest Brown, Jr., author of Assembling a Black Counter Culture,
in conversation with Steve Goodman (a.k.a. Kode9, founder of
Hyperdub) and Nkisi (co-founder of Non Worldwide). Collectively
they discuss the migration of techno music from North America to
Europe with an initial focus on the situated contexts of the dance
music scene in London and across the U.K. during the early 1990s.
With reference to techno’s spiritual and technological origins,
evolution and relationship with the so-called Hardcore Continuum.
Produced by Zakia Sewell Image: Abu Qadim Haqq (Detail)