This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. What makes a place creative? Why is it that some big cities are sad cultural wastelands, while others have got hit records, new genres and stylistic innovation coming out of the taps? The history of electronic music provides plenty of curious case studies, among them the post-war motorik of Düsseldorf, and the post-industrial futurism of Detroit.