Underground club music has a penchant for existing beneath the radar. Its parties squat in the sweat-soaked shadows of unsuspecting dive bars and undisclosed (RSVP for address) locations that are constantly threatened by gentrification and crackdowns by the authorities. Visibility is key to bolstering these vibrant communities but many exist beyond mainstream dance music culture, making them difficult to find outside major cities like New York, LA or Chicago. But still, the momentum behind the Southern and Midwestern experimental scenes is steadily growing and you can now find incendiary sounds across America's heartland.

Disparate cities such as Atlanta, Houston, Milwaukee and Ohio may receive less shine, but the crews and labels behind their respective homegrown subcultures are intent on making an impact. They choose to write their own rules. Pay attention.

Elysium Alps - Creek 
Liquid City Motors - Funktional Mathematiks 
Mercury Drums - Interference Dub
Pressboard - Imbaru
MSOE - Untitled #1 
Mercury Drums - Oxygen Dub 
Ariel Zetina - Addy 
Maxi Digital - Latin Intellekt 
CHANTS - Silencer Magpie (Liquid City Motors Remix)
Loft - Zissou (CHANTS Remix)
Itsï & thoom - Abyzou
Geodes - Call It Art
Asher Gray - Shapes On Waves
Altruist - Quicksand 
MSOE - Precision Dub  
Tarek Sabbar - 8 & 14
Zed Kenzo - Touchdown

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Between Two Coasts: An intro to Close Up Of The Serene, Milwaukee

Techno producer with old-fashioned Midwestern raver values.

Music nutter.

Shamelessly following the SoundCloud trainspotting massive.

Bonus points for anyone responding to their own track ID request w/ the ID in question. <3

Between Two Coasts: An intro to Close Up Of The Serene, Milwaukee

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