Electronic Music Archive Official

Digitization is not enough. The archive must preserve the object:

This unique archive allows users to select a country and a decade (1900s to 2010s) to hear what was playing in bars and clubs. It features an immense collection of forgotten global electronic gems, from Soviet synthpop to Nigerian electro-boogie. electronic music archive

The archive is organized not chronologically but by lineage. Below are its primary wings: Digitization is not enough

To understand the urgency, consider the "lost decade" of electronic music: roughly 1985 to 1995. While pop stars were being pressed onto millions of CDs, techno, house, and acid producers were pressing 500 copies of a record, handing them out at a warehouse party in Chicago or Detroit, and moving on. The archive is organized not chronologically but by lineage

Thousands of these records have no digital footprint. They were never uploaded to Spotify. They were never Shazammed. If you are lucky, a collector has a crackling vinyl rip in a private folder. This is the dark matter of music. An electronic music archive exists to pull that dark matter into the light.