We love to hate on social media for a number of reasons, but not in this case. He found me first, followed Unmixed, and I followed back. Half-asleep at 1 AM, I watched his live performance on a tiny screen. That was Alex Wilcox. While Beatport was busy sorting music into genre bins, he was making something that ignored them entirely.

Jamaica Suk’s journey into techno sidestepped the standard route of USB sticks and DJ booths. Instead, she came here from through jazz ensembles, metal bands, and shoegaze projects and musicianship. Each was a world that taught her discipline and patience before she became a Dj.