Jeff Mills is the prophet of Detroit Techno. Hari Kunzru spoke to him and tried to unravel the meaning of the city of electronic minimalism.

A hard city:

This collection of singles and remixes by Detroit’s finest synthcore rebels Adult has been available in the shops from the end of last year but there are many reasons for bringing this masterpiece of über-glacial electronic assault to everybody’s attention now.

James Flint explores the connection between environmentalism and techno