Seth Troxler

In 2003, the British broadsheet newspaper The Guardian famously declared that ‘dance music was in terminal decline’. Citing the greed of superstar DJs and unimaginative, uninspired music as the reason fans were leaving the genre, it seemed at the time to be the lowest point for dance. Yet out of these ashes rose some of the most seminal dance record labels of today. 2003 was the year in which Toolroom, Size, Cadenza, Ed Banger, Refune, Armada and Buzzin Fly were born. Despite emerging in the toughest year for the music industry, these labels survived and were eventually flourishing in 2013, ten years later. This documentary tells the story of this explosive decade.

In March 2025, the Zurich cultural institution «Zukunft» was forced to close its doors for good. This prompted Stephan Schulz and Julian Kirchner to produce an independent, community-funded documentary. They document the final days of «Zuki» and the essence that made this gathering place so special.

Lyon’s Nuit Sonores festival welcomes two living legends of Detroit techno to the party: Carl Craig, a towering figure in electronic music since the 1980s and Seth Troxler, one of the world’s most popular DJs according to Resident Advisor.