Detroit techno
Singles, Reissues & Comps (2010 Catch Up!)
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 | Sounds | No Comments
I’ve been slacking off on posting reviews in the first half of this year and there has been a lot of great music released, so here’s a few bits and pieces that I’ve been feeling from the past few months.
Dutch label, Rush Hour, have been on fire this year. Not only have they been putting out new forward thinking music, but they’ve also been responsible for re-releasing classic hard-to-find house and techno. The much talked about ‘Frictionalism’ release from earlier this year, collects Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir’s works from 1994-2009, which is essential, as is the self-titled Virgo album and the Rick Wilhite ep’s. The more recent Boo Williams release collects the best tracks from three ep’s released on Residual in the late 90’s. If you enjoy Boo’s releases on Relief and Djax then this is a must. As for newer material, Tevo Howard delivers his updated acid house sound on the double 12″ ‘Crystal Republic’. Although nothing mind-blowing it’s definitely a grower and the crisp production sounds great. Also worth checking out is the 12″ from FaltyDL ‘All In The Place’. FaltyDL delivers his usual unclassifiable sound that brings together 2-step, house and techno.
If you’re into Nu Groove and the deeper side of NY house, the International Dee Jay Gigolo re-press of the Bobby Konders collection ‘A Lost Era In NYC 87-92′ is a must, complete with cuts like ‘The Poem’, ‘The Future’ and ‘Slackness and Sax’. Another must is Ron Trent’s ‘Altered States - Blak Tech Society’, which collects the three tracks included on the original 1990 Warehouse release, as well as remixes and other recordings from that period. Absolutely timeless and both collections providing much needed relief to original vinyl versions.
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Updating those deep sounds is Oakland’s Aybee and his Deepblak label. The forthcoming ‘Blaktropolis Vol. 2′ showcases new material from label regulars, Blaktroniks, Afrikan Sciences as well as Aybee, and also highlights some new artists; especially interesting is 17 year old Shen 7, who’s track ‘Void’, sounds beyond his years. Aybee also provided the thoroughly engrossing ‘Ancient Tones’ release on Seattle’s Further Records. There’s been a lot of interest around Further and their highly limited cassette only releases. At first I didn’t quite get the cassette only thing and the limitations that goes along with the format, however, a recent Resident Advisor article on Further provides some sound reasoning. For those without a cassette deck, it looks like Further’s vinyl experiment has worked out and we’re going to see the excellent ‘Ancient Tones’ on vinyl.
One of the key players of the genre defying sounds coming out of London at the moment, Floating Points, delivers (yet again) another massive record. ‘Peoples Potential’ has been doing the rounds for quite a while, however the flip side (’Shark Chase’) is where it’s at. It’s relentless jacking drums and bass, sound like it came straight out of mid 80’s Chicago. Absolutely devastating when played on a proper system. Other tracks meant for big systems, Levon Vincent’s ‘Double Jointed Sex Freak’, John Robert’s ‘White’, Mike Dehnert’s Dico EP and of course Wax 003.
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JGM 59 - thedetroitmixpt3
Monday, May 24th, 2010 | Podcast | 4 Comments
Artist - Track (Label)
1. Seven Grand Housing Authority - Love’s Got Me High (Intangible) Info
2. R-Tyme - Use Me (Trance Fusion) Info
3. Scott Grooves - Lights Outs (FTSOSG) Info
4. M.K. - Burning (Area 10) Info
5. Moodymann - Untitled (KDJ) Info
6. Precession - Sandcastle (Deep Transportation) Info
7. Intercity - Groovin’ Without A Doubt (KMS) Info
8. Mayday - Freestyle (Network) Info
9. Idol Making - Un, Deux, Trois (Ten) Info
10. Mister Monday - Future (Open) Info
11. Blake Baxter - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Logic) Info
12. Underground Resistance - Jupiter Jazz (Underground Resistance) Info
Direct download: JGM_59_-_thedetroitmixpt3.mp3
JGM 58 - Dave Siska
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | Podcast | 5 Comments
Massive guest mix from Sonic Sunset’s Dave Siska, recorded live at 222 Hyde earlier this year.
Artist - Track (Label)
1. Rod Modell - Space Age Mythology (Echocord) Info
2. Model 500 - Starlight (echospace detroit) Info
3. Motor - 7 (Audio.nl) Info
4. Shackleton - Death Is Not Final (Skull Disco) Info
5. Scuba - Speak (NakedLunch) Info
6. Resilent - 1.1 (Chain Reaction) Info
7. Quadrant - Infinition (Planet E) Info
8. DJ Pete - Latifah (Counterbalance) Info
9. Shed - Sweep Dreams (Ostgut Ton) Info
10. Helical Scan - Index I (Chain Reaction) Info
11. Agent Cooper vs. Thee Come Organization - Untitled (LL) Info
12. James Ruskin - Below (Blueprint) Info
13. 7th Plain - Pearl (Volume) Info
14. Pub - Summer (Vertical Form) Info
15. Monolake - Invisible (Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music) Info
16. Scuba - From Within (Hotflush) Info
17. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Hotflush) Info
18. CJ Bolland - Neural Paradox (R&S) Info
19. Millie - Path To Hell (Daphne) Info
20. Convextion - Solum Ferrum (Down Low) Info
21. Exos - Orangeblue (Statik Entertainment) Info
22. Baby Ford - Monolense (Ifach) Info
23. Dark Comedy - Solace (Elypsia) Info
24. Ben Klock - Gold Rush (Ostgut Ton) Info
25. Rene Lowe & Paul St. Hilaire - Faith (False Tuned) Info
26. Electric Birds - Frames (inc.us) Info
27. Pangaea - You & I (Hessle Audio) Info
28. Gez Varley - Le Soleil (Force Inc.) Info
29. Basic Channel - Octagon (Basic Channel) Info
30. 2562 - Enforcers (Tectonic) Info
Direct download: Just_Good_Music_4_15_10_-_Dave_Siska.mp3
Guest mix for Fine Art Recordings
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | Sounds | 2 Comments
The good folks over at Fine Art Recordings recently asked me to provide a mix for their SamuraiFM show. You can check it out here along with mixes from Basic Soul Unit, Placid, Titonton Duvante, Fabrice Lig and Orlando Voorn.
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JGM 54 - Best Of 2009 Pt.2
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 | Podcast, Sounds | No Comments
Some more of my favourite artists, tracks and labels from the past 12 months.
1. Reagenz - Dinner With Q (Workshop) Info
Jonah Sharp and Move D’s Reagenz project released their ‘Playtime’ album in late November. It’s everything that you could want from techno - deep and melodic, pushing analogue synths to their fullest (but never going overboard) coupled with a nice amount of live instrumentation. Highly recommended.
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2. Pepe Bradock - The Path Of Most Resistance (Atavisme) Info
Pepe Bradock graces us with one of his few and far between releases. The “Path Of Most Resistance” see’s Pepe back in fine form with a track that is on par with “4″, “Life” and “Deep Burnt”. “PLAY SUPER LOUD!” indeed.
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3. Reggie Dokes - Chicago Pimp (Clone) Info
Reggie Dokes had a stellar year of releases. The “Chicago Pimp” 12″ was a fine way to kick-off Clone’s Loft Supreme Series - hipnotic, raw and jacking. Treading a similar path was the “Spectacle of Deepness” EP on We Play House as well as “Until Tomorrow” on Royal Oak. Quality music from one of Detroit’s most consistent producers.
JGM 53 - Best Of 2009 Pt.1
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Podcast, Sounds | 2 Comments
2009 saw a tonne of great music in many different genres. Here are some of my favourite artists, tracks and labels from the past 12 months. Hopefully, I’ll have a part 2 together before the end of the decade!
1. Radiohead - Reckoner (Fascinating Rhythms) Info
I was fortunate enough to hear Balearic Mike play a couple times over the summer and was blown away by his selections. One of the tracks that really stood out for me was this Johnny Miller remix of Radiohead’s ‘Reckoner’, which Mike subsequently used as the debut release for his Fascinating Rhythms label.
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2. Cottam - Cottam#2 (Cottam) Info
3. Rainer Trueby - Ayres Rock (White) InfoSubscribe
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