LIVE Performance by Jeff Mills and Mike Banks - June 21st, 2008 at the Sonar Festival in Barcelona!!

The first joint album of Jeff Mills and Mike Banks since their work together with Underground Resistance is due for release in June.

In 1992 Jeff Mills, Mike Banks and Robert Hood - still known at that time as Underground Resistance - released what was probably the most futuristic album in modern electronic music: “X-102 discovers The Rings Of Saturn” (Tresor.004/UR), as part of their X-10… series. The tracks on X-102 were reduced to minimal levels, looping with a marginal BMP rate, spacey and sometimes entirely without beats. This was revolutionary: listeners had just become accustomed to the uncompromising Detroit techno sound that the three of them had produced so far. Thus on the way to Saturn they surpassed even themselves, if not a decade jump then at least 15 years ahead of their time.

The transition phase between former recording techniques and the computer age resounded on the album, and seemed as if it had been recorded with computers that had not yet been invented. In fact, the unconventional tracks resulted from a process of cutting up the taped material and then pasting together again. The album has not been available since the end of the last century and thus it’s become difficult for the new generation to appreciate the work. One also tends to forget that very little was known at that time about the second largest planet in our solar system.

We are going to miss you Linda!  XOXO 

Free Comic Book Day was a huge success at Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, MI.  Hundreds of people came out to snag their free comic books.  Music was provided by DTM, UR and Bang Tech 12.  Thanks for everyone who stopped in!  We look forward to this event again next year!

New on Livesets! Teknology Intentional featuring Dimitri Pike...

Teknology is a radio show developed for years by DJ Dimitri Pike supporting qualitative techno music from all around the world. A little touch of Detroit roots in a melting pot of deep, tribal, minimal or loopy techno ...

Teknology started as a simple playlist with links to DJ sets found on the web, evolved to a basic shoutcast stream to finally, today, find it's way as a real radio show supported by famous Livesets radio!

Dimitri Pike is a member of the worldwide acclaimed Detroit Techno Militia DJ Team as a RECON 313 soldier! Vinyls or digital, he use both technologies to provides you mixes with a very strong appeal! His mixing technique is fast, tight and selective, new material melanged to classics and rarities with one reach point : make the dancefloor moves! Offering people a true techno experience.

He's also behind two netlabels Wildtek Virtual and Wildub where he tests his productions learned techniques as well as producing some of the most talented new artists such as Gareth Duprey from UK or AEOD and Mitch Walcott from USA ...

Your Saturday evenings are about to change ... 

So tune in to LiveSets Radio, every Saturday at 20:00 CET!

LINKS
http://wildtek.free.fr
http://www.myspace.com/wildtek

May 3.2008

Mike "Agent X" Clark [Beatdown Sounds]

T.Linder [Detroit Techno Militia]

DJ Psycho [Detroit Techno Militia]

Eitan Sussman [Detroit]

Superjoint [Corktown]

Join us as we say "bon voyage" to a true Detroit underground legend, Linda G, at her going away party. She is on her way down to Phoenix, AZ. This is also a birthday celebration for both Linda & T.Linder.

Corktown Tavern 1716 Michigan Ave. Detroit Doors at 9pm 21+. Free.

The Legendary Brothers of Detroit Techno Announce the First New Release in 3 Years on 430 West

Detroit, MI, United States - Electronic dynamic duo Octave One announce the release of their new SINGLE and new LIVE TOUR for 2008.

Electronic dynamic duo Octave One, Lawrence and Lenny Burden, announce the release of their new SINGLE, “I NEED RELEASE” b/w “HERE COMES THE PUSH”, on their own reborn label, 430 West Records.

Collaborating once again with Ann Saunderson (the vocalist on their hit single “Blackwater”, 2002), and MC P.Gruv (from their “The Theory of Everything” album, 2004), the brothers have produced a dance floor heavy double sided single. “I Need Release” blends Ann’s angelic vocals with the Burden’s signature rough and tumble production style, while “Here Comes The Push” takes a percussion driven ride off the edge, with P.Gruv as your guide. The tracks are already gracing the decks of the likes of Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, and Claude Young among many others. This project leads to the release of Octave One’s first studio album in four years, “Summers on Jupiter” (September 2008), also on 430 West Records.

Detroit Techno Militia is strengthening it's RECON:313 division with two new members, Dimitri Pike (Wildtek Concept) and Maxx T. (Code 316 Recordings).  

Dimitri Pike is returning to active duty with DTM after taking a short sabbatical to get his record label, Wildtek Concept, established.  Dimitri is a talented DJ and Producer with several releases under his belt.  His love for Detroit Techno runs deep and his heart is here in the city.

Maxx T. is joining our ranks after playing a show with T.Linder & DJ Seoul during the RECON:313 Tour in Europe.  Maxx has been a long time supporter of Detroit Techno and he fully represents that in everything he does.  Maxx founded his own record label, Code 316 Recordings, and runs the #1 French website for Detroit Techno: Go To Detroit. 

It is with very great honor that we welcome them back/to the crew!   Check back soon for their full Bios & DJ Mix Sets!

dj Horsepower - February 9, 2008:
Mount Otemanu, taken from Motu Tevairoa (a Western islet of Bora Bora, French Polynesia)

by Adray Ielus

One of the things that we Detroiters like to brag about is the serious amount of talent that’s here. One such artist is Bill Stacy, aka DJ Seoul. He‘s been on the set for so long that people can sometimes take for granted his impeccable mixing skill. All of that may change soon, as Seoul is finally bubbling up from the underground to make his presence known on a global scale.

Fresh off of Detroit Techno Militia’s European tour, RECON:313, he recounts his slow but sure rise to notoriety. “As a child, I was formally trained on the drums — counter-culture sounds and movements really motivated me,” Seoul says. “I‘m still into drums, as well as other traditional and electronic instruments.” Like so many of us, his introduction to electronic music came from two familiar sources: The Wizard (Jeff Mills) and the Electrifying Mojo, both of whom had mainstream radio shows in the ‘80s and early-‘90s. He cites other Detroit artists for influencing his DJ style, like Kenny Dixon Jr., Theo Parrish, Terrance Parker and Aux 88. In 1995, DJ Seoul was officially born at Juan Atkins’ Metroplex Records ten-year-anniversary event. Since then, he has developed a DJ style that is more akin to hip-hop turntablism, focusing on mixing and scratching, which is not the easiest of tasks when playing house and techno. DJ Seoul will be performing Saturday, March 22 at Corktown Tavern for the Funktion 2.0 event. Visit bangtech12.com.