As melodic techno continues to attract enormous crowds around the world, Denys Andriichenko of Woo York is questioning whether the genre still represents the music that originally defined it.
In a reflective Instagram post, the Ukrainian producer discussed the rise of Afterlife, the influence of social media, and the growing divide between underground techno and its mainstream identity.
“Are we calling it melodic techno because of the music, or because of who’s playing it?”
His comments highlight an interesting contradiction. While artists associated with the genre now perform for tens of thousands of…
