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Genre: Detroit Techno
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A veteran DJ with more than ten years of experience underhis belt; Detroit native, T.Linder has done his homework and paid his dues.
T.Linder takes a no-nonsense, working-class approach to the art of spinningrecords. He cites old-school Detroit street jocks: The Wizard (aka. JeffMills), Gary Chandler, and Steve "DJ Energy" Crawford among others,as major inspirations for his unorthodox aesthetic. "Ifsomeone's going to pay money to hear me spin, I'm going to make it worth theirmoney. The way I look at it, there's too many DJs out theremeticulously and methodically blending records that all sound the same. As alistener, I'm easily bored with that. I like to take some risks when I perform,skipping across genres and eras, doing scratch tricks with two copies of thesame record. I want to give the listener the experience of hearing somethingthey haven't heard before."
Over the past decade, T.Linder has kept a busy performance schedule that hastaken him to literally thousands of events across North America. Hehas played at most, if not all, of the venues in Detroit catering to ElectronicMusic. Notably, 2030 Grand River, The Works, Motor Lounge,St.Andrew's Hall, and the Underground Stage at the 2002 Detroit ElectronicMusic Festival (a gig that he considers one of his career highlights).
In 2007, T.Linder released his first EP entitled DTM002, on Detroit Techno Militia (a record label/artist collective that heco-founded). He has also done remix projects for legendary DetroitTechno producers K.Hand, and Scan 7.
In the future he plans to continue doing what he has does best, creating andplaying timeless records, and asserting his position within the rich history ofDetroit Techno. "A lot of DJs are switching over digitaltechnology as a medium for their performances. I've been veryreluctant to take that step. I am a vinyl DJ first and foremost, so I'llprobably play records until my favorite labels stop pressingthem. Mainly because I find them more reliable. I'venever had a record crate crash in the middle of one of my shows and kill all ofthe music. Additionally, I think there's something to be said for the traditionof DJs playing old fashioned wax with analog turntables. Music from the future,made and performed with equipment from the past!" Discography
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DTM Soldiers 
