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6 July 2026 · 3 min read

Paco Tyson : the free open air collective in Nantes

Paco Tyson has kept Nantes dancing for free since 2017. Three big-top editions at La Chantrerie, then the Station Nuage open airs, from Parc O Tyson to the Blue Fridays. A portrait of the collective with the grandma name, its springboard label Paco Tyson Records, and the most open party in the Nantes scene.

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29 June 2026 · 2 min read

Nantes Rave Techno : hard techno collective at the Warehouse

Nantes Rave Techno (NRT) has driven Nantes hard techno at the Warehouse since 2022, built around its 360° Boiler Room stage. Hard headliners (Sara Landry, I Hate Models, Nico Moreno), invited local collectives, and two XXL editions coming in 2026 with Nikolina then Novah.

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18 June 2026 · 1 min read

Hybrid : hardgroove collective in Madrid (Sala Cocó)

Hybrid (formerly Hard Brutality) is the Madrid hardgroove collective with a Saturday residency at Sala Cocó. On the bill in late June 2026: GIØ, SVS, then NORO$T, RAFFF!, RODS and TÜMBA. Rolling city-centre techno, away from the warehouses of Blackworks and the Fabrik mega-club of CODE.

8 June 2026 · 5 min read

Electronic music styles explained: from techno to hardcore

Techno, hard techno, schranz, hardstyle, hardcore, frenchcore, trance, makina, drum & bass, dubstep, electro: the guide to electronic music styles, techno and rave side. The BPM, sound and artists of each genre, family by family, from the softest to the most extreme.

8 June 2026 · 3 min read

Your first techno festival or rave: the beginner's guide

Your first techno festival or rave? We brief you on the essentials: tickets and early-bird, how to read a lineup, what to pack (earplugs, water, cash), dancefloor etiquette and how to last until peak time and the after. Everything a first-timer needs before the doors open.

8 June 2026 · 2 min read

Techno glossary: b2b, peak time, after and the scene lingo

Lineup, b2b, peak time, warm-up, after, open air, live or DJ set, free party, BPM: the glossary to decode a techno night and never be lost in an after-hours conversation again. Every scene word, explained simply, for first-timers and seasoned ravers alike.

8 June 2026 · 3 min read

What is hard techno? The sound, the BPM and the scene

What is hard techno, exactly? We break down the sound (saturated kicks, 145 to 160 BPM), how it differs from techno, hardcore and hardstyle, where it comes from (from schranz to festival main stages) and where to hear it in France and Spain, from Thunder to Blackworks.

5 June 2026 · 2 min read

Nexus, Madrid's hardstyle festival at Fabrik by 150

Nexus is Madrid's biggest hardstyle festival, run by 150 at Fabrik since 2022. On 13 June 2026, eighteen hours of hard dance with Project One (Headhunterz and Wildstylez), Showtek and over fifty artists. Hardstyle, uptempo and hardcore in Spain's largest venue, from 45 EUR.

2 June 2026 · 2 min read

CODE by Fabrik, Madrid's techno institution since 2003

CODE has been Fabrik's monthly techno night in Humanes de Madrid since 2003, run by residents Nuke and Cesar Almena. Past 150 editions in, it brings Amelie Lens, Nico Moreno and Oscar Mulero to a 4,000-capacity mega-club, and peaks each July with the CODE Summer Festival.

2 June 2026 · 2 min read

Duro, Barcelona's hard techno festival in Montmeló

Duro is Catalonia's biggest hard techno festival, born in spring 2023 and now running several editions a year in Montmeló, just outside Barcelona. Open-air stages by the Circuit de Catalunya, a widening hard spectrum, and the XXL edition on 10-11 October 2026 with Kobosil, Ben Klock and Alarico.

2 June 2026 · 1 min read

Encore Lyon, big-format techno promoter at Halle Tony Garnier

Encore is the promoter scaling Lyon techno to arena size, filling the Halle Tony Garnier with big-format nights. With the x model (Encore x 23:59, Teletech x Encore), it runs from a free Fête de la Musique open-air on 21 June to a hard techno XXL with Vieze Asbak and Toxic Machinery on 24 October 2026.

2 June 2026 · 1 min read

Fury, Barcelona's touring hard techno brand and rave

Fury is a hard techno brand born in Barcelona in 2023, now touring Spain's biggest rooms (Razzmatazz, IFEMA Madrid, Elysium Seville). Pure hard techno, late-announced lineups and big crowds. Its peak is the Halloween warehouse rave at Razzmatazz on 1 November 2026, across four rooms, tickets from 22.50 EUR.

28 May 2026 · 2 min read

23:59 : the Lyon hard techno collective from Tapage Nocturne

Born January 2020 from a walkout at Tapage Nocturne, 23:59 brings together Florent Aguerra, Morgane Hugé, Valentin Demay and residents (Beauz, Sköne, Protokseed, Creeds). Wide spectrum : techno, hard, industrial, hardcore, hard trance, from Le Petit Salon to the 23:59 Weekender (8,000 attendees, October 2024).

28 May 2026 · 2 min read

240 KM/H : the Barcelona techno collective and label

Officially launched in 2021 at Club Gotec in Karlsruhe by Adrián Mills (a.k.a. 2HIGH), Javier Navarro (CEO) and Toskano, 240 KM/H is a Barcelona-based techno collective and label running the Face2Face format : split booth, two DJs trading sets all night. Format now exported to 4 continents.

28 May 2026 · 2 min read

Organïk, Paris rave collective : 1 ticket = 1 tree

Born from the Fée Croquer x Pisica merger in 2019, Organïk has planted more than 5,300 trees since its first edition : one per ticket sold, profits to Reforest'Action. Techno, hard and trance on separate stages, plant-based scenography, Kilowatt format in summer. Portrait of a signature of the new Parisian rave wave.

28 May 2026 · 2 min read

Thunder, the Paris hard techno arm of Amnexia agency

Thunder is the hard techno and acid format of Amnexia agency (SAS, 2016), residing across the Mia Mao / Kilomètre25 / Studio Saglio cluster in Paris. About ten roster artists (Helen Frey, Lauwend, Cyur, Enfan), systematic no-photo policy, and a 2026 tour reaching into Besançon, Lille and Toulouse.

27 May 2026 · 1 min read

Blackworks : Madrid's itinerant hard techno collective

From 200 people in a club to 30,000 at IFEMA in under five years : Blackworks is the hard techno movement that tipped Madrid. Founded in 2019 around Dexphase, early backer of Nico Moreno and Trym, now a giant festival rivalling Fabrik. Portrait of a Gen Z phenomenon.

26 May 2026 · 6 min read

Top techno festivals in France and Spain, summer 2026

Ten techno festivals worth aiming for between June and August 2026 in France and Spain : Sónar, Aquasella, Monegros, Astropolis, Peacock Society and five more dates, compared on lineup, venue and ticket value to help you pick the right summer weekends.