Romans on the Importance of Techno in the Face of Fascism

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This essay comes from Romans, the collaborative project of New York techno producer Gunnar Haslam and Vienna-based acid evangelist Johannes Auvinen (a.k.a. Tin Man). Its roots date back to 2014 when they released Romans 1 on Global A Records; and, since then, they debuted on The Bunker New York in 2015 before returning to the label earlier this year with the first Romans album, titled Valere Aude. The project, both explain, is a "third entity," a joint endeavor that must be considered separate to their respective successes as solo artists - of which there is a considerable amount upon which to reflect.

Last week, however, Haslam and Auvinen downed their studio tools and picked up their pens to write what is a profound and powerful essay reflecting on the events of the past 12 months and elaborating upon techno's role in the fight against fascism. In the interests of honesty, we didn't wish to run it so soon after our previous addition to our Real Talk series - but following the catastrophe of the past week during which Donald Trump has gone to work on undermining both human rights and his nation's constitution, we could wait no l...