WAXED Magazine

Ron Hardy: Where Acid House Begins
Ron Hardy: Where Acid House Begins
No interview. No archive. No replacement. The story of Ron Hardy, the Muzic Box, and the night acid house was born on a cassette tape. Read more...
Boards of Canada: The Brothers Who Broadcast From Somewhere Else
Boards of Canada: The Brothers Who Broadcast From Somewhere Else
Boards of Canada — Forty years of records, a decade of silence, and a VHS tape that arrived in the mail with seven hexagons and no return address. Read more...
Hiroko Okuda And The Preset Nobody Heard
Hiroko Okuda And The Preset Nobody Heard
How a rock rhythm programmed by a reggae-obsessed Japanese engineer in her first week at Casio became the bassline that forced reggae into the digital age — and how a... Read more...
Joe Meek: The Producer Britain Forgot
Joe Meek: The Producer Britain Forgot
He was fired, dismissed as difficult, and died broke at thirty-seven. Four decades later, NME named him the greatest record producer of all time — ahead of George Martin, Phil... Read more...
Best Record Stores in NYC for Electronic Music
Best Record Stores in NYC for Electronic Music
This guide highlights record stores across New York with strong selections of electronic music — including house, techno, ambient and experimental vinyl. Read more...
15 Essential Mixtapes from the 90's
15 Essential Mixtapes from the 90's
Highlighting 15 tapes from the era that defined electronic music. Read more...