BLACK TECHNO MATTERS

Our mission is to reclaim techno as a manifestation of Black expression in a society that has oppressed it by creating spaces, both virtual and IRL, that celebrate the black roots of techno. An assertion and a reminder that Techno IS Black.

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LIBER8 US 2025: RESIST THE ALGORITHM

TROVARSI x ALX-106 - Frequencies EP

BLACK TECHNO MATTERS @ Middlesex w/ Batu

TP2 - Galactic Gala

SONIC SESSIONS - February 2025

BLACK TECHNO MATTERS #JAMuary2025

Blvksite - Holy

MERLINBERLIN - ALBEDO (LANDO BLACK REMIX)

BLACK TECHNO MATTERS @ LOSO

B_X_R_N_X_R_D - THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BEARPUS & OCTOBEAR

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We release music from Black artists that celebrate and expand upon the rich tapestry of Black electronic music

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BTM0019 - STUKES - Asura EP

BTM0018 - Blvksite - Wild EP

BTM0017 - DJ DanceAlone - Owl Theory

BTM0016 - Various Artists - Liber8 v2: N3W P4RAD1GM

BTM0015 - MerlinBerlin - Lens Shift EP

BTM0014 - Various Artists - F_X_M_X_L_Y v2

BTM0013 - B_X_R_N_X_R_D - Liber8 Rem1xes

BTM0012 - Gladstone Deluxe - Purgatory 7 EP

BTM0011 - B_X_R_N_X_R_D - hell0

BTM0010 - Outputmessage & Blinkhorn - Selected Remixes (2019-2022)

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DJ Dissolve - Black Techno Matters Radio

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Gladstone Deluxe - Black Techno Matters Radio

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Fawks - Black Techno Matters Radio

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B_X_R_N_X_R_D - Black Techno Matters Radio

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The Sanmi - Black Techno Matters Radio

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Damon Bradley - Black Techno Matters Radio

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Oct 29, 2022

Studio 96 x Black Techno Matters 2022 - KAYY DRiZZ & Kotic Couture

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Studio 96 x Black Techno Matters 2022 - Damon Bradley & Stukes

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Studio 96 x Black Techno Matters 2022 - Blvksite & Gladstone Deluxe

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🔊: Cygnus - Science Dance [CPU Records]

One of 1,300+ songs on our BLACKNESS IS REVOLUTIONARY Spotify playlist. Link in bio.

@cygnus.avi @cpurecords #blacktechnomatters #techno

Surprise! A new remix of @merlinberlinmusic's "Albedo" dropped today on the Black Techno Matters Music Label! Producer Lando Black (@salnegroofficial) puts a cosmic techno spin on one of the standout tracks from MerlinBerlin's Lens Shift EP

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🗓️Sunday June 18, 2023

🪧: @merlinberlinmusic @trovarsiofficial & @jett.dc__ at Liber8 DC 2023 at @theowlroomdc.

📍Washington, DC

#blacktechnomatters #techno #btmrewind

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🗓️Sunday, June 18, 2023

🪧: DeForrest Brown Jr (@clinicalpoetics), @trovarsiofficial & @b_x_r_n_x_r_d take a photo with a group of black female students and their mentors (SALT: Successful, Ambitious, Limitless, Tenacious) touring t

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🗓️Thursday, May 25, 2023

📸: @b_x_r_n_x_r_d and @stukesm4 posing with @waajeed at the @undergroundmusicacademy studio launch ribbon cutting.

📍Detroit, MI

#blacktechnomatters #techno #btmrewind

Join us this coming Thanksgiving weekend at @losorichmond for an unforgettable high energy dance music journey featuring selections from Baltimore’s very own @tromac and @s.dotmusic, supported by Richmond heavyweights @lucidmoonlight & @mug

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🗓️January 13, 2023

🪧@shotbyguerrilla playing Liber8 SF at @f8sf

📍San Francisco, CA

#blacktechnomatters #techno #btmrewind @fawkstales

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🗓️January 11, 2023

📰"Techno Movement uses music to fuel 'Black fire'" - The @washingtonpost covers Black Techno Matters, @b_x_r_n_x_r_d, and the Liber8 DC event at the BTM HQ.

📍Washington, DC

📷 : Photo by @krispritch

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🗓️December 9th, 2022.

🪧BLACK TECHNO MATTERS in cooperation with the German Consulate General Los Angeles, the Goethe-Institut, and @dublab presents CONVERSATIONS IN THE RADICAL LIBRARY: The Detroit-Berlin Axis

📍Goethe Institut - Los

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BEARPUS & OCTOBEAR, by Black Techno Matters founder, producer, and DJ, @b_x_r_n_x_r_d comes out Dec 13!. 🔗Pre-order link in bio🔗

With this immersive 20-track 4-hour love album, B_X_R_N_X_R_D brings an inviting curiosi

The Asura by STUKES is out today on the BLACK TECHNO MATTERS Music Label! It features two tracks that expand the dimensions of STUKES's atmospheric and hard hitting techno style, "Asura" & "The Betrayal".

Each track gets its

By November 2022, we were 8 releases deep into the BLACK TECHNO MATTERS Music Label with the release of the Closing EP by @stukesm4. The video of the title track was directed by STUKES himself and featuring @diyannamonet and @b_x_r_n_x_r_d dancing in

TONIGHT at @losorichmond - Live demos + Q&A followed by live sets from @stukesm4 @92jelani & @b_x_r_n_x_r_d!

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Come through, learn, and dance!

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Finally by June 2022, things were opening up and people were comfortable gathering en masse in closed spaces again. So we went big with F_X_M_X_L_Y, a multi-day Juneteenth celebration highlighting 20 black artists from the DC, Maryland and Virginia (

And things were quiet for a while...After the march to the white house in June 2020, and like many others during the pandemic, we spent time reflecting and adjusting, but also brainstorming how BLACK TECHNO MATTERS would not only survive, but thrive

On March 14 2020, we were supposed to have our biggest event yet at Union Stage DC. The scheduled lineup was #Outputmessage, @diyannamonet, and @baronhawkpoitier . But everything shut down that week because of COVID. All events stopped.

A few month

If you look closely at the flyer for our 5 Year Anniversary party, you’ll see 20 images that represent some of special moments from our journey so far. We'll be going through each one and telling stories.

This first image is the flyer for our

“Electronic music and techno: real, raw, unapologetic, in-your-face techno, needs to expose itself. Techno needs to tell stories now, and not just make rhythm tracks. The best is yet to come for this sound.”

— ROBERT HOOD

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Hundreds of songs by Black artists, selected by Black artists.

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Apr 8, 2024

BlackmoonChild - IG Take Over

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Kilopatrah Jones & Colored Craig - IG Take Over

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MerlinBerlin - IG Take Over

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Olive T - IG Take Over

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SORAYA - IG Take Over

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Miss Twink USA - IG Take Over

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NIKS - IG Take Over

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Clark Price - IG Take Over

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softchaos - IG Take Over

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Niyah West - IG Take Over

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Selections from our Instagram Takeovers are added to the BLACKNESS IS REVOLUTIONARY Spotify Playlist, a living playlist of over 122 hours of Black music curated by Black artists including Kilopatrah Jones, Colored Craig, MerlinBerlin, Olive T, SORAYA, Miss Twink USA, NIKS, Clark Price, softchaos, Niyah West, DJ Mothersheister, Byzarra, Nature Nvoke, Russell E. L. Butler, SDOT, and many more…

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