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album | Music Man
31 March 2001
There aren't many recording artists who can stake a claim on being the first to use a 303 on record. Phuture 303's current streamlined incarnation...
by Nick Craddock
album | Intuit Solar
31 March 2001
Intuit Solar seems dedicated to representing the best of underground music emanating from the much hallowed Motor City, and thankfully avoids...
by Nick Craddock
album | Intuit Solar
31 March 2001
Based around a radio show format (complete with shout outs from some of Detroit's finest citizens), Off The Chain... features 83 (count 'em...
by Nick Craddock
album | Intuit Solar
31 March 2001
As a member of the so-called 'Third Wave' of Detroit producers, Sean Deason has at times been eclipsed by the more famous members of the fraternity,...
by Nick Craddock
album | Electronic Corporation
31 March 2001
Following on from their 1999 debut Plastic Omnium, Ive Muller and Rene Kirchner release their second collaborative album. Although German...
by Motorboy
album | Urban Substance
31 August 2002
Don’t be fooled into thinking that Detroit is simply about looped, melodic techno and Drexcyian electro, for there is a much rawer street...
by Motorboy
album | Irritant
19 August 2002
I’ve been a big fan of Irritant ever since I heard their first (10”) compilation release and this, their latest (third) compilation...
by Motorboy
album | Quatermass
30 June 2001
Self confessed kleptomaniac (that is of sound not actual goods, as 'that would be wrong') The Rip-Off Artist aka Mark Haines has plundered...
by Motorboy
album | Mego
30 June 2001
At first listen Live Salvage appears to be little more than random feedback and unstructured white noise, the sort of effect you'd...
by Motorboy
album | Obsessive
31 March 2001
Mr Fresh is famous for his twin obsessions of breakbeats and analogue exploration, so his choice of music here should not surprise anyone. Probing...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Soma
31 March 2001
Ewan Pearson is otherwise known as Maas, who debuted with Latitude on Soma in 1997. Since then he has carried out remix duties for a number...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Tresor
30 April 2000
He may be one of Detroit's less well-known producers, but Dixon has previously co-produced Juan Atkins' Skynet, released two twelves on...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Component Records
2 September 2003
Mixed bag of stuff here on a label out of Canada, but presenting an international array of artists. There are some familiar names, some unknown (to...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Tresor
2 September 2003
And I’m sure it doesn’t, well not in my experience anyway. I was lucky enough to visit there over the Loveparade weekend in 1994 and...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Expanding
2 September 2003
Expanding continue to 'expand' (please forgive me) and serve up another delicacy for our enjoyment. This time it's the turn of Tim Martin from...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Vertical Form
2 September 2003
Matt Haines is the Rip-Off Artist, presumably named due to his penchant for stealing famous album titles. The light-hearted humour that I assume led...
by Miles Hawthorn
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