The Russian republic of Chechnya has reportedly banned all music outside of a range of 80-116 beats per minute (BPM), effectively prohibiting Western techno and rave music in the conservative Muslim-majority region, among other genres like pop music, samba and waltz.
“From now on all musical, vocal and choreographic works should correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute,” reads a statement from Chechnya’s Culture Ministry obtained by CNN.
The tempo ruling, which is slower than most Western pop music and nearly all electronic dance music (house, techno and dubstep all…
