For those of you in the Bay Area, I’ll be playing alongside Joe Rice and Matt Holland tonight in SF, at UndergroundSF in the lower Haight. Come celebrate the new year with us, and expect to hear a ton of deep cuts spanning many genres!
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Words of Support for the “Techno Rebel”
Posted by detroitio on 08.26.11 | 3 Comments
As some of the subscribers to the 313 mailing list may already know, Dan Sicko, the author of the book “Techno rebels”–the seminal work about the beginnings of techno/dance scene in Detroit during the late ’70s/early ’80’s, and the creative force behind the Moodmat blog–is very ill. Details regarding Dan Sicko’s current condition are on…
Jeff Mills: In Detroit, he’s still The Wizard
Posted by detroitio on 06.10.09 | 10 Comments
DEMF wasn’t as happening of a weekend for me as it was for my ISM compatriots. However, I did catch most of Derrick May’s closing set at the main stage, and, most importantly, I was there to witness an excellent Wizard-style performance by Jeff Mills at the Mixworks party–replete with self-made edits, multi-layered blends, and…
This Friday, in SF
Posted by detroitio on 04.30.09 | 5 Comments
For those of you in the San Francisco bay area that would like to hear some of the music we write about on this blog, I’ll be playing this Friday, May 1st, at Swig (561 Geary St. @ Taylor), alongside Dave Siska of Sonic Sunset fame. Expect to hear Italo disco, Brit-tech (such as B12,…
techno as composition-the antidote to the “soul-less” charge
Posted by detroitio on 02.18.09 | 28 Comments
Aside from the question of aesthetics and personal preference, few casual listeners realize that techno, unlike its more straightforward verse-chorus-verse-structured musical peers, does not rely on a recording of a performance, but on a recording of sound directly from the sheets of musical notation, as MIDI data performs the function of sheet music, in the…
it’s not over, or more favorites from ’08
Posted by detroitio on 02.17.09 | 6 Comments
Since many excellent records weren’t released until closer to the end of 2008, it took me a while to listen to them closely and really zero in on a few that hadn’t been reviewed here yet. Here are a few standouts (some are hidden in the links): The revisited X-102 album As the name suggests,…
dub in moscow
Posted by detroitio on 08.15.08 | 11 Comments
Moritz Von Oswald recently played a rare live show with Tikiman, a long time collaborator. Here’s two hours of dubbed out basic channelings, courtesy of sound+. Much thanks to Matt Cohen for use of the photo from R&S’ 2007 DEMF performance.
Rond and a-Bot in 2008
Posted by detroitio on 05.13.08 | 4 Comments
A sunrise at Watamu Beach, Kenya
Extending the Play (of the techno record)
Posted by detroitio on 03.05.08 | 17 Comments
Are the golden days of the full-length album and the 4+ track E.P. of house, dance, whatever we care to call our beloved funky dance music well and truly over? Or is there still hope? Based on my recent vinyl purchases from overseas, I will say that all is not lost yet. Terrence Dixon, one…
A case of the old (guard) making the new exciting again
Posted by detroitio on 09.04.07 | 9 Comments
Few long term EDM (electronic dance music) fans can claim not to be familiar with A Guy Called Gerald (AGCG)–and for good reason. He’s been making funky and genre-defining dance music since the mid- to late 1980s. Before making dance music history with this release, Gerald Simpson made abstract and futuristic acid house as the creative lead behind 808 State.
