To forum members in the states, in your opinion or experience, what are the best cities/areas with a great experimental electronic music/art scene?
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Minneapolis has been good to me. There is a huge community of synthesizer and electronic music enthusiasts, with regular synthesizer meet ups at a store here called Foxtone. This store also stocks loads of euro rack and new/used analog synth gear. I hang out there so often that the owner occasionally buys me lunch. Not a bad place!
The DMV (DC, MD, VA) has a good experimental scene with small venues that will host local acts. Then there is the Sonic Circuits festival every year…
What venues do you speak of in the DMV vicinity?
I’ve played and seen shows at like Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, An Die Muzik and Red Room in Bmore, TheFridge and Velvet Lounge in DC, even an Ethiopian restaruant called Dynasty in DC.
check here for upcoming shows:
http://dc-soniccircuits.org/calendar/
I’m actually playing @ Comet Ping Pong this Sunday night with some rock bands but we (Dubpixels http://www.dubpixels.com/) are going on last and throwing down heavy live electronic music: http://sashalord-presents.tumblr.com/post/46884040402/soccer-team-papier-tigre-and-dubpixel
Where I live sux. If I can get 4 shows a year, it’s a good year. This is a metal town or oldies. The only scene we had died in the mid 80’s.
Austin is an amazing city for this.
Why, Detroit of course!
By experimental electronic music, I assume you don’t mean a washtub bass with a transducer…freakin’ bluegrass and country gospel here on the Missouri bootheel. They have an Arp 2600 on campus but “noone wants to use it” and I can’t get the time of day from the guy who runs the lab to let me lay my eyes on it.
Chicago has too many clubs/venues to count, and more electronic musicians than that! Milwaukee is the same. 
Thanks for the replies everyone!
So far DC, MD, VA area and Minneapolis seem to have the most. My interest is piqued. I’ll have to do more research in those areas.
EricK that ARP 2600 sounds cool, hope you’re able to get at it.
T.R.O.Y, what venues/places in Detroit?
For a time Chicago was considered the experimental electronic Capitol. Not sure how it stands anymore. Back in the day there was a place called Deadtech. Some great concerts there. I do know The Empty Bottle still puts on experimental shows. There’s also a circuit bending group that gets together.
Carolina Beach, NC is a hotbed for Moog-infused music…, if you’re at MY house! 
Really its about catching the right place at the right time in Detroit for electronic music. Tech fest is always a good one, downtown in Hart Plaza. UDetroit Cafe when they have the OTHAISH parties, Main Street in Ann Arbor, there a place in Ferndale thats a good place, good crowd. We have electronic music in our blood there, even if we dont know it.
…And just 90 miles east, and nine years ago, I was essentially blacklisted for using a laptop on stage.
Second for Chicago. Tons of great clubs. I have a friend in west hurley, ny. He has a guitar based noise rock/looping project and there is a pretty loyal noise/drone/diy instrument/circuit bending scene
Hi guys, what about Los Angeles & Colorado?
Obviously LA is a great place to be for all things creative, but I’ve heard that Colorado’s electronic producer scene is growing, anyone out there want to share any experiences?
Sean
I can vouch for Denver being an AMAZING city for experimental music and art. I can see myself living there, easily.
I have no interest in Los Angeles. It’s too big, it’s dirty, and the general demeanor of its inhabitants seems to go against my nature.
One of the “Big Popes” of experimental synth-music is still living in a small town near Freiburg/Germany.
His name is Weinhold. But I don’t know if he’s still active like previously. He has done over the decades tons of recordings. In the last ten years I had no contact with him any more, 'caus that’s not my music. But I should ring him up again. 20 years ago I bought one of his two AKS 80s, but ten years later I had given it back to him 'cause of that bloody sequencer-keyboard. He didn’t want to sell me the “mechanic” VCS-keyboard.
Portland, Oregon seems to be heating up. Several makers have moved here recently, a very nice shop (Control Voltage) some live things going on.