In an interesting turn of events, the form of techno that used to irritate me in its ubiquitousness has also been eclipsed by the mnml fad. The ADATT technique (“all drums all the time”) of the hard techno scene has been replaced with the more urbane but no less limited in scope mnml. Hard techno…
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…
You Ever Dance With The Devil By The Pale Moonlight?
AKA “The Pen Is Truly Mightier Than The Sword.” Whichever Batman quote you prefer. One of the reasons behind the inception of ISM was the lack of coverage this music received in the dance press. XLR8R went hipster, Straight No Chaser went out of business, blogs were overwhelmingly about mnml and electrohouse, and the big…
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…
The Instigator
I mentioned Trevor Combee as one of the inspirations for my recent “Now THAT’S What I Call Techno” mix, but really he is as responsible for the music i listen to now as anyone else. Trevor owned and operated HyperVinyl Records in Pittsburgh starting back in 1997 and later started the label of the same…
Los Cabrones Del Discomixx
I thought I’d resurect this mix I did way back at the start of the year. It was fun to make and it’s probably one of my favourites I made this year. It’s one of the first I made after coming back from 8 months working in Brownsville, Texas – it was such a relief…
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…
Record Shopping In Other Places Is Fun
Today my wife and I attended the wedding of a friend of hers who lives in Akron, Ohio. I’ve had the displeasure of deejaying there in the past and let’s just say that it is not exactly a bastion of great dance music (although this was really my first time there in the daylight and…
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.
Our Current State
So, it has been a hot minute since our last post. It is that time of year when school gets insane in the run up to finals and it is killing me yet again. For fun, the lab report that my lab partner and I had spent at least 15 hours on over the last…