Follow the thread

Scenes don't start from nothing. Each route follows one line of influence through several issues, in the order it happened.

• From Kingston Sound Systems to Reggaeton

  How Kingston's studios and sound systems produced dub and dancehall, and how one dancehall riddim became the pulse of Puerto Rican reggaeton.

  70s Dub Reggae → Jamaican Dancehall → Reggaeton

• The Detroit-Berlin Techno Axis

  Tracing techno's path from Kraftwerk's Düsseldorf studio to Detroit and on to a reunified Berlin, where it met Jamaican dub.

  German Krautrock → Detroit Techno → Berlin Techno → 70s Dub Reggae

• DC Hardcore's Long Aftershock

  How a handful of straight-edge teenagers in Washington left their mark on grunge, riot grrrl, and emo.

  DC Hardcore → Seattle Grunge → Riot Grrrl → 90s Midwest Emo

• Breakbeats, Bass, and London

  How the breakbeat left the Bronx and, through Britain's rave and pirate radio scenes, became jungle, garage, and grime.

  Early New York Hip-Hop → 90s UK Jungle and Drum & Bass → Underground UK Garage → UK Grime → Dubstep

• From the Garage to the Warehouse

  How New York's disco DJs taught Chicago to build a night, and how Chicago's records reached Detroit.

  New York Disco → Chicago House → Detroit Techno

• Sound Systems to Bristol

  Jamaican dub's bass weight and space, carried by sound systems into a British city, then sped up.

  70s Dub Reggae → Bristol Trip Hop → 90s UK Jungle and Drum & Bass