Ron Murphy, the mastering engineer at NSC and a true legend in Detroit techno and house passed away today. A message posted by Mike Grant to the 313@hyperreal.org e-mail list this evening said this: It is with a heavy heart and great regret that I announce the passing of Ron Murphy. I was called with…
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2007 Year In Review
For me, 2007 ends about three blocks from where it began. Fortunately, those three blocks were the three blocks to the ocean. Looking out of your bedroom window and seeing the ocean right fucking there is what’s up. Big ups to the Baltimore crew for the hookup, it’s always a good time chilling with those…
We Are (A Blog) Family
The links sections here at ISM is meant to act as a dependable place to find MP3s, interviews, blog posts, and basically any good resource for music and record related sites. Every blog that is on there is in my personal reader, so that is the highest reccomendation I can give (and let me just…
Promo Action and New chit!
Before I begin, I would like to take a moment to thank Dancetracks (nyc) for all of the years of fine service, it’s sad to see another vinyl emporium shut down. …..Now on to the music: TERRENCE, DIXON Directions (Underl_ne) 12″ Another sublime offering from Mr. Dixon to follow-up the recently released Yore Album and…
A Bunch of Good Sh*t
In the continuing tradition of trying to post some things while being hectic with holidays and the end of the school semester, I have a few reccomendations for various media that have helped me keep my wits about me…. First up is a nice deephouse mix by the man like Rick Hopkins, one of the…
The Techno-logical Divide
Two of techno’s biggest icons are currently featured in a couple high profile magazines, and the differences between them highlight a divide that occured in techno music that seems to be more relevent now than ever before.
The Kings of Electro?!?!?!?!
The “Kings Of” series of compilations has been pretty solid thus far, especially the “Kings of Techno” with Carl Craig and Laurent Garnier providing very interesting listening that many who consider themselves “into techno” might not even recognise. Their upcoming “Kings of Electro”, though, is a straight-up joke.
You Can’t Download This From Beatport, Vol. 1
Yeah, I know we tend to go on and on about vinyl here at ISM. Deal with it. One of the reasons I love record shops is because you can find so much more than records there. Sometimes it might be a disco classic stamped with the info from a classic local deejay or disco,…