Modern Classical? Sounds a bit of an oxymoron, doesn't it, like "contemporary artifact" or "improvised choreography." No need for confusion: while serious contemporary composers' styles run the table f …

In the classical music world, just as in our daily lives, everything old is new again, and we have the selections to back up our contention. Danish composer Per Norgard's "Bach to the Future: I. C Majo …

The synth pop scene died like a battery-powered (and completely drained) Moog in the late '80s - thank you very much, M÷tley Crne - but that didn't keep its influence from infusing every decade since,  …

Um, yeah, so the swinging synths of "Work for Love" aren't a hoax. They are, in fact, the first, candied synth-pop incarnation of Ministry - a fun-house mirror image of the highly influential band that …

Ever hear the phrase "God is a DJ"? Well, it's true, in the fantasy world of a rave, where the evening's endless and songs are an extension of your emotional and physical being -- forcing feet to move, …

Not in the mood for marinating your mind in the chill-out room tonight? Stick on the main floor, then, as we keep the club hits coming at a clip so fast it'll give you whiplash. "Fire" is one of Prodig …

Aside from being the spot to strut your stuff and sex drive, dance clubs are temples of a different sort - places to worship DJs as they lead the converted on a journey of exhausting, inhuman pr …

It's 4 a.m. - do you know where your head is? Of course you do. It's planted firmly on the floor of your favorite club, along with your feet, which haven't stopped moving since a support-slot DJ droppe …

Do as reggae lion Bob Marley instructs: "Get Up, Stand Up," because it's time for Reggae 201, your follow-up course of ska, dread, rocksteady, and roots tunes from sweet, sun-splashed Jamaica. W …