Now this is a really special treat! For those of you who don’t know Steven Tang, he is the owner of deep techno label Emphasis Recordings. Emphasis has been a platform for much of Mr. Tang’s own productions under his name and the Obsolete Music Technology alias, as well as a few releases by other producers including this year’s EP by ESOM. Emphasis has also featured remixes by artists like Jamal Moss and Arne Weinberg.
When I asked Steven for this guest mix, my one request was that he include “Windy City” from the very first Emphasis release; what he ended up giving us is a retrospective of his work over the past decade! In his own words:
For this mix, I play my own records! This mix consists of tracks from my past, present, and future. It gives you a good look at, in context, what I’ve done the past decade with my label Emphasis Recordings. Raw and sloppy mixing! LOL! One take on 1200′s and CDJ.
That’s just how we like it! I’m very pleased with the results, and I’m excited to be able to host this mix here on ISM. This is beautiful, soulful techno music!
Tracklist:
Tang – Devout – Windy City 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP001
Tang – Visions Far Away – Deepsounds Vol 1. 12″ Red Ember DS001
Obsolete Music Technology – Evening Star – Evening Star 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP008
Tang – Unwind – Nightfall 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP003
Tang – Left To Memory – Unreleased
Obsolete Music Technology – Reminiscence – My Neurosis 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP006
Intrinsic – Tachyon – Dream Express 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP005
Tang – Space Dance – Machine Oriented EP 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP004
Tang – Translucence – Ominous 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP007
Intrinsic – Firewall – Unreleased
Obsolete Music Technology – My Neurosis (Jamal M. Remix) – My Neurosis 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP006
Obsolete Music Technology – Since The Accident – Unreleased
Tang – Windy City – Windy City 12″ Emphasis Recordings EMP001
Chris Fortier – That Being Said (Obsolete Music Technology Remix) – That Being Said (Digital Release) Manual Music Holland
Grab the mix here.
This is great stuff! I bought a bunch of these from Steve off Discogs recently. I hope I get to meet him someday.
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Lerato reply on December 15th, 2009 5:45 am:
classic !! i just played windy city in my dj set this past saturday .
i can’t wait to hear the mix .
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big thank you for this – i’ve wanted to hear more of his stuff since hearing windy city for the first time, so this is just the thing.
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This is great. Thanks so much!
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Fantastic mix, i’ve been jumping around the apartment like a little kid who shouldn’t eat the blue smarties. Steven Tang, if i had a hat on i’d dip it in respect.
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Bart (Red D) put me up on this dude a couple years back. I really dig his stuff, proper Tech. SOLID!
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Nice mix! I am glad to see that Steven is getting some well deserved recognition.
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this guy is dope….DOPE
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enjoying this one, ta!
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tang-tastic! this is a keeper. wish there were more mixes out there like this.
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I’ve been a fan of his for good while. Looking forward to giving this a listen.
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nice one! thx!
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Steven performed a similar set live a couple months back at my Living Sundays night here in Chicago. (bragging)
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[...] interview & download via ISM [...]
Steve is in europe for the first time on 2nd July.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?261216
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excellent mix!
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yeah I’m late tot he party on this stuff as well! nice sounds
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