Built around sparse beats, repetitive loops and simple arrangements, ‘minimal’ dance music might look easy to make, but it's not as simple as it sounds... When you purchase through links on our site, ...

But Minimal Effort isn't meant as a throwback. In fact, the party's 28-year-old promoter, Cyril Bitar, has only lived in the city for two years. In that time, he founded the company Underrated, which ...

Towards the end of last year, a mild frisson developed on dance blogs and forums regarding the diminishing merits of minimal techno. Why the fuss over a genre big in Germany but with a profile as low ...