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Cheri Lucas Rowlands

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Tag: techno

Techno(logy)

May 17, 2016April 28, 2017 Categories: 1997 · musicTags: Detroit · rave · techno · technology12 Comments

I started to hear the beat differently; I didn’t identify it with the face of a guitarist, drummer, or violinist — it transformed into the actual voice of the technology the DJ manipulated, and it talked to me, shapeless and mysterious, so I could mold it however I wanted.

Dubstep, Space, and the Malleability of Now

November 4, 2012April 29, 2017 Categories: memory · music · space · timeTags: abandoned · dubstep · EDM · electronic dance music · now · ruins · techno · time34 Comments

There’s just something about dubstep. It is unlike the music I used to go out and dance to. Good dubstep wraps around you. You get lost inside it. Or, it can get lost inside you. It morphs and shapeshifts, it clings to your body, it transforms into the moment.

On the Rave Underground and Pre-Digital Discovery

January 8, 2012April 29, 2017 Categories: culture · social media · the internetTags: dance · music · raves · social media · subculture · techno11 Comments

A boundaryless world where I participated and created, lost in moments mostly undocumented.

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