Detroit Techno Militia shirts are now available overseas!  Tired of the long shipping delays and the high shipping costs?  Now our shirts are available locally for the European consumer.  We've had a bit of a shipping delay for some of our shirts due to the holiday shipping season and some of our sizes going on back order at the beginning of December.  We've fulfilled all the back orders, so now we'd like to direct you to the BEWOL site for future European orders. 

Thank you to all our customers all around the world for your continued support!  Many wishes for a happy and healthy 2007!
-The DTM Crew

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Detroit Techno Militia is proud to present the first in a series of archived broadcasts of the show "Stick It In Your Ear". For 11 years "Magic" Mike Young and Alisa Ruffin hosted "Stick It In Your Ear" Friday nights on 90.9fm - WDTR. Over the years, several of Detroit's most prominent and influential artists filled their studio and the airwaves. Some of the artists that appeared in-studio include: Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Eddie Fowlkes, Alan Oldham, Alton Miller, Mike Grant, Niko Marks, Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Keith Tucker, Tom Tom, Black Tony, Scan7, Santiago Salazar, Invincible, Jeremy Ellis, Tony & Unsel Brown, Strand, Timmy Reggisford, Norm Talley, Mike Clark, Nicole 11:11, Dan Diamond, Reggie Dokes and many more! Each show gave it's listeners a chance to learn more about all genres of electronic music (with a heavy focus on Detroit...of course) and about the people that made it happen. Listeners were able to call in and give their shout-outs, ask questions and participate in on-air contests.

Magic Mike & Alisa always provided listeners with up-to-the-minute information on all the major electronic music events in our community including all of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, The Pontiac Techno House Festival and Techno Brings People Together. They've broadcast live from the Concert of Colors the three years that featured Carl Craig & Kevin Saunderson/Trance Global Underground and the Tom Tom Club.

In 2004, WDTR changed formats and their call letters to WRCJ. This is the reason why we've started sifting through piles of DAT's, mini-disks, CD-R's and tapes to ensure the knowledge they provided us continues on for the future generations. To preserve their historical nature, we are not editing out things like PSA, stations ID's, callers or commercials (many of which were produced by Detroit Public School students).

Show Facts:
Keith Tucker wrote the most current theme song for the show. The record is called "Stick It In Your Ear" and it is track A titled WDTR Vocals by Wanda Dixon.

This show was one of the last "Stick It In Your Ear" shows recorded in July, 2004. It features music by: Keith Tucker, Eddie Folwkes, Agent Sumo, Los Hermanos, Andre Loademann, Mrs. Wood and others. Track ID's are available during the show.

Now without further ado...

Ladies & Gentleman, Boys & Girls... Click here to download the first show in the series.
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Detroit Techno Militia is proud to present another chapter in Detroit's techno history: Abdul Qadim Haqq. He has been serving the techno music community since 1989 and he is dedicated to Techno Visual Art. His artwork continues to inspire fans all over the world.

Abdul Qadim Haqq
Third Earth Visual Arts / Underground Resistance - Detroit

If you have ever bought an Underground Resistance record, a Red Planet one or been to the old Submerge building on Grand River and looked at the ceiling you know Abdul Qadim Haqq. For over 16 years, Haqq has contributed to the science fictive creeds of the Submerge crew, Juan Atkins, Derrick May and others by making visual worlds that are synonymous with the music. Characters such as The Illuminator or Firekeeper legends all have Haqq’s multimedia infusions. Each time he writes or colorizes one of the riddles to the multi-cultural electronic disbursements of funk the underground resists more junk talk about the mainstream having a chokehold on the world’s sound consciousness.

Haqq, (AKA the Ancient) spent a lot of time with television as a child and got his first ideas about other life from TV space cadets like the Star Trek family, Speed Racer cartoons and all sorts of fantasy. He did not know that he would draw from those days of channel blinking to literally illustrate what the tales of the Little Bighorn looks like remixed into Techno. After completing art school, he met Banks in ’91 and did his first project for him. He recalls having the same feelings about the sound then and now. “It [the music] always sounded like it was from beyond this world.” At the time UR was new but the music had already been living and Haqq knew this from his nights spent dancing at the Music Institute, which is burnt into the city’s history of computer dance jams. One day Derrick May skimmed some of his journal entries on Native American rituals and chose some of Haqq’s notes on the Lakotah for the backsleeve of his magnum opus, Rhythim is Rhythim’s “The Beginning”. That instance was just one of the increasing moments of Haqq’s eye and eye (third and physical) visions that are evenly building optical rapture.

Jacob Lawrence’s urban inspired hues flipped into almost fluorescent space people at a party are one way of describing Haqq’s new Submerge mural. However, the green dreadlocked man called “The Martian” definitely exhibits some Afro sci-fi reality. DJ Rolando’s key to the Aztec Mystic for the “Vibrations” CD contains more text from the Ancient. When asked how he picks and matches the otherworldly sounds to specific cultures, he explains: “The rhythms are tribal and Native Americans as well as African-Americans have healthy tribal histories.” His Islamic practices also inform the work because as he says, “Techno can be about realizing your fullest potential spiritually, the concepts work across the board.” The cover for Scott Groove’s, “Music in the City” is another piece from Haqq that melds his sight of cement verging on the fantastic approaching stuff farther than the stars.

Since ’98 he became the artist for most of UR’s productions. And working for others is one part of his mission as he develops more for art shows. Haqq’s role as the Ancient is a further affirmation of the fact that we do hear and see sound.

by Tamara Harris

Upcoming Event
August 11th, 2006 - London, England - ISF2 Movie Primier and Art Exhibition

For more info about Abdul Qadim Haqq, please visit his site: Third Earth Visual Arts

Writer: Tony Marcus
Original Source: http://www.techno.de/mixmag/interviews/DerrickMay1.html

It must be strange to be Derrick May, the man who, along with schoolmates Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, started the thing we call techno. Who is still treated with reverence for his intensely spiritual DJing and for some of the most important records ever made. Who sits silent in his Detroit warehouse, releasing nothing, appalled by the drug culture that envelopes the music he created. Derrick May knows the secret of techno, but will he share it?

Who knows the secret of techno? Derrick May, the man who, with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, started the whole damn thing does. And it's a lot more to do with what's going on in his head than computer love and the soul of the machine.

Detroit Techno Militia is proud to present a brief history of Anthony "Shake" Shakir. If you aren't familiar with one of our favorite producers/dj's, now is the chance expand your knowledge base.

Anthony "Shake" Shakir
Frictional Recordings - Detroit

One of Detroit Techno's great unsung heroes, Anthony "Shake" Shakir has been a talent integral to the genre since it's formative years. Like many producers, Shake started out as a DJ while at Cooley High School (also the alma mater of Carl Craig), though he spun Electro, R & B and funk rather than House. He was introduced to Derrick May and Juan Atkins (and subsequently the nascent Techno subculture in Detroit) through DJs Mike Huckaby and Eric Sims. Shake had been experimenting with keyboards around the same time, and gave some of his tracks to May on tape. By his own admission, those early songs were "pretty terrible", but one track that mimicked Fingers Inc.'s "Mystery of Love" caught May's attention and he recognised Shake's potential.

Before long, he found himself contributing to the seminal 1988 compilation Techno! - The New Dance Sound of Detroit on 10/Virgin. Shake recalls recording his contribution, "Sequence 10", while compiler Neil Rushton was in Detroit finalising the album's running order. But while other artists rode the waves of attention that the compilation attracted, Shake remained behind the scenes for several years after, preferring the roles of producer, A & R and remixer instead. Many have benefited from Shake's talents and connection to May, Atkins and Saunderson - most notably Octave One, whose suprise anthem "I Believe" he co-produced, co-wrote and mixed.

Shake re-emerged as a solo Techno artist on Metroplex with 1992's 5% Solution EP and continued to find outlets such as KMS, Trancefusion and Peacefrog. In the following years he founded two labels: Frictional Recordings with Claude Young in 1995 and Puzzlebox with Keith Tucker in 1996. While Puzzlebox is now Tucker's responsibility, Shake continues to run Frictional on his own and the label has provided a home for brilliant an diverse series of releases, including "Mood Music for the Moody", "Club Scam II" and the "The Revisionist's Theory".

In addition to his Techno productions, Shake has also been involved with local hip-hop artists like Scarelly Moe. He has also remixed many artists, including Inner City and the Belgian Techno-pop band Telex, but one of his finest moments remains his co-production of Urban Tribe's exceptional album for Mo' Wax, The Collapse of Modern Culture (1988).

-Tim Barr, Techno: The Rough Guide

UR added a new gallery to their site.  They will be adding event photos as they become available.  The first galley featured is from the Paris show (Nov '05).  Many thanks to http://www.technotourist.org for providing the images!  Click Here to check out the archives.

Bj was bitten by the music bug at a very early age. As a young boy he would listen to the radio for hours at a time, imagining that one day his music would be the sound coming out of those speakers. As fate might have it, his creativity and talent would guide him down a path to help create and influence an entire genre of music. So, who is POSATRONIX?

Bj was born and raised on the east side of Detroit. The shear struggle and rawness of Detroit city had certainly influenced his perspective on life. But even having gone through learning the hard lessons of life, he never gave up, and music became his mental escape, his absolute outlet for imagination and creativity. While attending high school Bj. met Tommy Hamilton. They discovered that they had a lot in common. Both were in the dance scene and soon after became partners in the legendary Devo Dancers and Cosmic Dancers, going on to dominate the Detroit dance scene. They would create there dance routines to the music of groups like, Kraftwerk, Model 500 and Soul Sonic Force (Africa-Bam Bata). That’s when it really started to hit him and he knew right then that this music was something he had to do. He later teamed up with Tommy Hamilton, Keith Tucker and Tony Horton to form an R&b Band called "Regime". Long after that, he joined the Military and served four tough years as an Airborne Ranger. Upon his return in 1989 he teamed up with Keith Tucker and Jesse (Beck) Anderson to form the group "Frequency". They toured the local scene, unleashing a fury of raw unreleased original Detroit Techno. After years of playing, he became well known and respected for being a very talented drum programmer and awesome keyboard player. He could play just about any instrument he put in his hands, and his talent began to shine. But it was his keen ear, his ability to meticulously dissect notes and frequencies that would set him apart from the rest.

Bj's fascination with sound and frequencies had totally consumed him. He submerged himself into the art and studies of sound theory and engineering. He was what the people in the music industry called a "Studio Rat". In other words, he practically lived in the studio. Eventually becoming one of the most well known sought out producer/ engineers in Detroit. During this time, his good friends Tommy and Keith would sign with Direct Beat Records and go on to create the Legendary group "AUX 88". After receiving a call from Tommy, Bj joined the AUX team as a partner. His engineering skills was the perfect fit and would soon be put to the test. While in the studio, he worked on track, after track, after track and "POSATRONIX" was born. Tucker and Hamilton offered him an opportunity to work on the "Alien FM" album, and then he created the Detroit Electro Classic "My AUX MIND". Soon after Keith left to pursue his solo career and Bj. filled his position. Upon joining AUX 88, Tommy and Bj would go on to record the "Man or Machine" and aggressively toured Europe and the States. Together Bj and Tommy pushed the Direct Beat catalog to new heights and recorded remixes for several artist including " Control" for Undergroud Resistance and " Cripy Bacon" for Laurent Garnier. Later, Mike Banks gave Bj the task of Mixing and engineering "Millennium to Millennium" by Timeline which went on to be another Detroit classic by UR.

Now it was time for him to focus and channel his energy into POSATRONIX, and Direct Beat was certainly behind him. Bj reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a record call "Shake it". Little did he know, this would go on to be a Detroit Classic as well. He would later record some of the " POSATRONIX" catalog on Direct Beat with such records as: DANZ, NIGHT VISION, 142 mph and a host of other POSATRONIX material. He would then later release "CONDOR" (The Auxmen) and "The Hubble: Posatronix Mix" on "Puzzlebox Records". Bj also gave a sample of what’s to come on the release of "POSATRONIX 2010". Credited as one of the pioneers of the Detroit Electro Techno Bass movement, William (Bj) Smith continues to amaze us with a unique sound of his own. 

So, what is POSATRONIX?, who is POSATRONIX? . The answer is in his music. The mission of POSATRONIX is to transmit Detroit Techno Music in its purist form. To create an epic, a body of music that attaches itself to the soul. To create something that will last forever. Not because it sounds good, but because it feels good. There is no doubt that this soldier has paid his dues. When asked, he said "Earning your stripes is good, but keeping them is what counts, and when people acknowledge your work, that's when you know you've made a difference". POSATRONIX is now releasing his musical vision on the well anticipated label "Cratesavers" together formed with "Trackmasta Lou" .POSATRONIX is sure to stamp his signature sound on generations to come.

This interview is from our friends over at TechnoTourist.org!

Time, Space, Axis

Jeff Mills has always been a techno innovator. Exploring the balance between music, art and philosophy, every project is another milestone. In july 2001 John Osselaer asked Jeff some questions. Following is the result...

For a long time it's been rumored that Detroit is built on an ancient Indian burial ground and that the city is haunted by Yam-Ko-Desh. It is believed that the Ottawas, Ojibwas, and Potawatamis formed an alliance to exterminate them.

Many mounds along the Detroit and Rouge rivers had been leveled in the previous century to make way for development.

One, the "Great Mound on the Rouge" in Delray at the junction of the Rouge and Detroit rivers, captured the fancy of early historians. It was 400 feet long, 200 feet wide and 40 feet high. It was so packed with bones that they were easily exposed by wandering cattle.

I will post the rest of the article below. Here is the original article from the Detroit News Click Here

Charles "The Electrifying Mojo" Johnson was a Detroit, USA radio disc jockey from the 1970s through the 1990s, whose on-air journey of musical and social development shaped a generation of Detroit music-lovers, and was of paramount importance to the development of Detroit Techno. The trio of artists widely cited as the founders of Detroit Techno, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May have all made mention of Mojo's influence on their musical development. Second generation Techno artists like Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) and Carl Craig have also praised the diversity of Mojo's playlist.

Mojo's seminal radio show ran from 1977 through the mid-1980s, and while broadcast on stations marketed at the African-American market, his programming was an inspired blend of the best soul, funk, new wave, and rock that defied standard radio industry formats and genres.

He is recognized for having "broken" many artists into the Detroit radio market, including Prince, the B-52's, and Kraftwerk, and was occasionally thanked on-air by the artists for his support of their work. Because his habit was to play entire recordings without interruption, regular listeners became deeply familiar with each recording.

The amount of influence that Mojo had on his listeners cannot be overstated. Detroiters from this era still speak of the diversity of Mojo's shows, and it is a common opinion that if someone is from the Detroit area, it's Mojo's fault if they are a Prince fan. Mojo would often play hours of Prince's music, not only his hits, but deep album cuts, b-sides, and sometimes bootleg tracks as well. Prince returned the favor by granting Mojo a lengthy live interview following a sold out birthday concert at Cobo Arena in June, 1985. A rarity during a time when Prince rarely if ever granted interviews. When Prince was about to release a new album, Mojo would often play the album in its entirety, and this practice continued into the '90s.

Mojo moved from the smaller WGPR to WJLB in its prime years, then on to WHYT as its star passed.

There will come a time in your life when you will ask yourself a series of questions.
Am I happy with who I am?
Am I happy with the people around me?
Am I happy with what I'm doing?
Am I happy with the way my life is going?
Do I have a life or am I just living?
Do not let these questions strain or trouble you just point youself in the direction of your dreams find your strengh in the sound and make your transition.

Do not spend to much time thinking and not enough doing.
Did I try the hardest at any of my dreams?
Did I purposly let others discourage me when I knew I could?
Will I die never knowing what I could have been or could of done?
Do not let these doubts restrain of trouble you just point yourself in the direction of your dreams.
Find your strength in the sound and make your transition.

There will be people who say you can't - you will.
There will be people who say you dont mix this with that and you will say "watch me".
There will be people who will say play it safe, thats to risky - you will take that chance and have no fear.
You wont let these questions restrain or trouble you.
You will point yourself in the direction of your dreams.
You will find the sreangth in the sound and make your transition.

For those who know its time to leave the house and go back to the field.
Find your strength in the sound and make your transition.

--The Unknown Writer
(Underground Resistance - Transition)

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