Techno

Full of wonderful people and some truly great pieces of history, if you’ve ever driven through Detroit during the day, you still can’t help but notice what a bleak and depressing place it is. Since the economic collapse of the domestic automobile industry in the late 70s, Detroit has seen better days. It’s the poster child for depressed, post-industrial America. The recovery has been a long time coming, and it isn’t there yet.
But at night, it’s a different story. The seemingly endless miles of winding highway, the lights of industry that resemble nothing so much as space stations—at night, the place might as well be Mars. Driving through the city, listening to the Electrifyin’ Mojo on the radio, three teenagers from Belleville High School suddenly got it. If you drive the I-94 at night today, playing their music, you will, too. The music is of the place and the place is of the music; they are totally and irrevocably linked.
The sound of classic Detroit Techno is eerily detached and mechanical (influenced by the city’s industrial roots, as well as by synthesizer-based music like Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, the B-52s, Prince, and New Order), but it is also smooth and soulful, making the music uplifting and dark all at once. The characteristic sound of the Roland TR-909 drum machine and the synthesized string sounds created lush landscapes of sound; the underlying funky edge, derived from a love of Parliament/Funkadelic and others, gave the music an otherworldly feel. The moody, melancholy edge of classic Detroit Techno also reflects the city’s depressed financial state and expresses a longing for escape—the outer space, to the future, to anywhere. The mix sounds like nothing else on Earth, and it isn’t meant to. Detroit Techno has always had a strong sci-fi influence, and if you’ve been there, you can certainly understand why. The futurist writings of Alvin Toffler were a major influence.
Today, producers all around the world are working with the template of the Detroit sound, especially in Berlin, one of the first European cities to really dig the Detroit sound. But back in Michigan, a new wave of producers are still ticking along, still restless, and still innovating. That’s the great thing about the future—it is always in front of you.

Careful with the over eulogising of the music equipment used. The only reason the Roland analogue gear was adopted, is due to folk not being able to afford the new digital gear on the shelves that was fresh'n'fly. All the older analogue stuff ended up in all the second hand store or selling a lot cheaper.

Jeff Mills - Casa.mp4 - YouTube

Oh FFS!

http://www.lfgss.com/thread16897.html

Thread merge....

Absolutely not. I'd rather merge the Detroit Tech stuff with house thread than some of the Euro washing machine down stairs stuff here

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Dubfire - Emissions - YouTube

Troy Pierce - 25 Bitches(Gaiser's Too Many Bitches Makeover) - YouTube

Kenneth Bager - Fragment One (Style Of Eye Remix) - YouTube

Format:B - Full House - YouTube

Marc Houle - Bay Of Figs - YouTube

Love this one was going to post this myself

RAMM001 '92, not techno? hardcore

ANDY C - MIND RISE - YouTube

OUTLANDER - AURAL SCENT - YouTube

KICK 3 '90, little heard gem on 'the bee' release

The Scientist - My First Memory - YouTube

Not sure if it's anyone's thing but Legowelt has reeleased a new album, has it on his website for free!
http://www.legowelt.com/

By way of explanation - he says:

[FONT=Helvetica]Its got a hella lot deep tape saturated forest-techno tracks on it and when I say Techno i dont mean that boooooooooooring contemporary shit they call techno nowadays with overrated tallentless pretentious douchebag cunt DJs playing a few
halfassed dumb mongo beats and being all arty fartsy about it.

F*ck that, I am talking about: Raw as fuck autistic Star Trek 1987- Misty Forests- X-FILES,- DETROIT unicorn futurism made on cheap ass digital & analog crap synthesizers recorded in a ragtag bedroom studio on a TEAC VHX cassettedeck in DOLBY C with an unintelligible yet soulfull vivacity.[/FONT]

So there you go.

Claude Young - Changing Factors (Frictional 001) - YouTube

Jeff Mills - Casa.mp4 - YouTube

and the sole comment on youtube...

claude young, class louis :)

Claude Young - Impolite To Refuse - YouTube

frankie bones - call it techno - YouTube

The Octagon Man - Demented Spirit - YouTube

Robot DJs - Energy - YouTube

Cio D'Or & Donato Dozzy present J @ mnmlssg.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgXgyOR66xE

big track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chKZnq9hOv4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqXYinPL8gg

Aux 88-Black Tokyo world tour PHASE 3 launches September 2011

1. sept Poland (bialystok uptodate FESTIVAL)
   
2. sept Vienna austria
   
3. sept Linz Austria
   
4. Oct Tresor Berlin
   
5. Oct. Madrid Spain
   more dates tba
   

I have the ScanX Wasteland track. Think I bought it from a second-hand shop in Hawthorn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpITa9c9wvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzsoH5pbOJU

Have not looked back to see, but need to post a few tunes from my fave tech label, Bush records: Apologise if they have already been posted.

Joey Beltram - Slice 2010 (Joseph Capriati Remix) - YouTube

Roel Salemink // This New Chair (Bush Records) - YouTube

Riley and Clay were one of my favourite doubleacts (after Stuart and Orde from Slam), they released records on Bush, but there is only one on you tube;

RILEY AND CLAY - REPERBAHN DELIGHT - YouTube

But the following tracks were better;

http://www.djtunes.com/riley-clay/red-light-express/all-night-fling__275856

http://www.djtunes.com/riley-clay/red-light-express/g-spot-high__275854

Riley and Clay were one of my favourite doubleacts (after Stuart and Orde from Slam), they released records on Bush, but there is only one on you tube;

RILEY AND CLAY - REPERBAHN DELIGHT - YouTube

But the following tracks were better;

http://www.djtunes.com/riley-clay/red-light-express/all-night-fling__275856

http://www.djtunes.com/riley-clay/red-light-express/g-spot-high__275854

Sorry these clips are so short, I'm about to record the best bits of my vinyl, so could play full versions to peeps soon.

This was Richie Hawtin and his bro as Hardtrax, I have another that they did under the same name, but its not on you tube.Hardtrax 1 - Hardphunk - YouTube

cheesy hoover action

Smart Systems - Tingler (Meltram Mix) - YouTube