Anthony “Shake” Shakir is one of techno’s true innovators. Despite having tracks out since the initial “Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit” compilation, he is consistantly one of if not the most underrated techno producer out of the D. infinitestatemachine had a long talk with him, trying to see what makes him tick. Also…
Steel City Soul
Family of Eve was a Pittsburgh soul/funk/disco group that laid down a classic 45 in the late 70’s that now goes for crazy money on Ebay. “I Want To Be Loved By You” has since been comped, edited, and/or reissued by Keb Darge, Kenny Dope, and Dimitri from Paris. The second label to press the…
What Are We Paying For?
In these strange days now that the vinyl market appears to be in the middle of a collapse, we’re seeing a bunch of new practices for moving records. One that is particularly irritating to me is this current rash of ridiculous dub-techno doublepacks that seem aimed far more at collectors than anything else.
Work It to the Bone Bone Bone
Check out the new podcast from the boys over at To The Bone, promoters and deejays out of the UK who share our love for the eclectic dance mix-up. Pay particular attention to the next to last track, it’s by Mathes and is going to be coming out on To The Bone’s new label “TTB…
In My House There Is *Only* House Music
I have often had people refer to me as a “purist” when it comes to music. It’s funny, I guess in a way that is exactly true, but in most ways it is exactly not true. In Aidan’s post about house music, he referred to some artists that I consider to be at the forefront…
A Conversation with Omar-S
Alex “Omar-S” Smith has been dropping bombs on his own label FXHE out of Detroit since 2001. We had a chat with him while he was driving around with his family on a Sunday afternoon. For those familiar with his fresh sound that mixes Chicago’s jacking house rhythms with Detroit’s sublime atmospheres, this will help…
Dog Days Disco
Here in Pittsburgh it’s been about 90 degrees Fahrenheit and humid as hell for the past week, and the forecast for this upcoming week is the same. I banged out this mix for the dog days of summer, some jazz, disco, soul, house, and electro-boogie for that ass. Link and tracklisting after the cut…
The Beginning
Welcome to infinitestatemachine. We want to do our part to give some props to the music and musicians who are so often overlooked in this day of trendy sub-subgenres (complete with their own haircut and drug of choice, of course) and hyper-mainstream corporate-sponsored “artists”. We still love vinyl, we’re not interested in fabricated lifestyle marketing,…