Techno dance parties are an escape from all that for people like Xing. Every time he walks into a rave, the 31-year-old said, ...

Every time he walks into a rave, the 31-year-old said, his brain “jolts awake like a bang.” Xing first learned about techno music from a documentary made by the American media company Vice.

The newfound Yale rave and techno music organization has built a reputation since its inception two years ago, centering graduate student social life around student art and DJing. The title is ...