Aural States (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Richie Hawtin- a name that looms large in the world of techno, but one that many outside of the scene may find unfamiliar. To be clear, we are talking about techno here, not house, not trance, not generic electronic dance music. And more specifically we are talking about pummeling Detroit techno, and then, as Hawtin’s [...]
Stephen Kelly - Design - Twoplayer (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
For over 16 years, Abdul Haqq has contributed to the science fictive creeds of Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Underground Resistance and others by creating visual worlds that are synonymous with Detroit techno. A conceptualist and futurist, Haqq's role as the...
Eyebeam (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Recently found Kevin Saunderson's Faces and Phases on beatport and d/l'ed it. He is one of the " Belleville Three " (Detroit Techno) guys along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May. Gritty, direct, occasionally straight-up acid house-sounding, but where it's diverging into techno is the use of noise and potentially grating samples. Percussive sounds such as hats and claps rarely vary. It's just pow-pow-pow-pow...
Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Was meant to profile some bands, but instead here's a list of some bands I like*Abba,Afghan Whigs,Against Me!Alice Cooper Band,Aphex Twin,Aztec CameraFiona Apple,Tori Amos,Arcade Fire,Archers of Loaf,Arctic Monkeys,Ash,Juan Atkins,The B-52s,The Beach Boys,The Beastie Boys,both the US and UK bands called the Beat,Beat Happening,The Beatles,Beck,Belle & Sebastian,The Beta Band,Big Star,Blackalicious,Björk(the...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
DOWNLOAD: Green Velvet - The Stalker (I'm losing My Mind) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Franki Chan Scion Mixtape (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Radioclit BBC Bob Da Bank Unreleased Mixtape (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Energies - Born...
Mack the Hackistan (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Welcome to the Larger Than Life Chronicles, a new occasional feature here in Hackistan. It's a place to tell the stories of great, albeit under-recognized people from all walks of life. I can't begin to describe the glee I felt when I found this. Having grown up on a diet of the Electrifying Mojo in the 80s, in the iTunes-YouTube era, he's become a wonderful sub-obsession to the main music obsession...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
The Egyptian Lover started out as a DJ in the late 1970s. In the early 1980s, the Los Angeles native, whose given name is Greg Broussard, was among the pioneers of the West Coast rap scene with his bass-driven, electro-funk productions. He released several 12-inch records using an 808 drum machine, with funky beats in the spirit of Kraftwerk.
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Mad Mike: I think Juan is making a statement with this tour. “I’m not gonna lay down”, and if anybody deserves to lay down it is him. He don't wanna lay down, he’s got the fighter in him. He’s a gentle little guy, but he understands what's on the line. I think everybody in the band understands. I think everybody in Detroit understands what's on the line. Read and comment. From residentadvisor.net....
Last Plane to Jakarta (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Real talk from Mad Mike: "Model 500 was supposed to jump off way prior to this, but the problem was all our equipment that we had in the studio that we practiced with, this is what they gotta rent on the other side for you to play with. We couldn't afford to pull the shit out of our studio. Fuck that. If your shit gets tore up, you're hit, you're out of business. We needed like doubles of whatever...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
In the 1980s, Detroit techno and Chicago house offered hope to those Reaganomics abandoned. Twenty years later, they still sound fresh.
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
R&S began to fill a sizeable hole in electronic-music history last week, uploading six classic back-catalogue titles to Beatport. The legendary Belgian label has been on hiatus since the beginning of the decade, save for a handful of reissues in the intervening years. The relaunch has so far included digital remasters of Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works 85–92, CJ Bolland’s The 4th Sign, Ken Ishii’s...
DJ Martian's Page (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Some links of interest: New issue of Zero Tolerance Magazine features Meshuggah on the front cover. On sale March 15th in the UK. Article on ECM Jazz with some reviews of recent releases. the latest: FatCat Records : Newsletter for March 2008 Drowned in Sound - Features - The Weekly DiScussion: South By Southwest in focus (and our tips) latest column: Pitchfork Feature: The Month In: Techno by Philip...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Berry Gordy: "My own dream for a hit factory was shaped by principles I learned on the Lincoln-Mercury assembly line. At the plant, cars started out as just a frame, pulled along on conveyor belts until they emerged at the end of the line - brand spanking new cars rolling off the line. Juan Atkins: Berry Gordy built the Motown sound on the same principles as the conveyor belt system at Ford's. Today...
Marc Valdez Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
“Imagine a city designed for four million people that less than one-million people occupy now.” - Jeff Mills Review located here: http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/article_1290.shtml Oh this is interesting - a historically-oriented DVD about Techno music! Right up both my alleys! I purchased it the instant I saw it. Interesting DVD, with surprisingly little Techno music on the soundtrack. As the review...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 01/30/2008
I say debut, but Harmonic 313 is the latest side project from Mark Pritchard, who under a bewildering array of pseudonyms - the most recognisable being alongside Tom Middleton in the almost deified Global Communications - has been making dance music of all hues since the early nineties. In this incarnation he's chosen a template which will resonate with Warp's previously disaffected core audience -...
