Detroit techno and the like...

Scubadevils

Having discussed with ianuss in the track of the day thread, decided there was the need for yet another youtube thread...

The 'and the like' bit allows for the European side of Detroit techno, so the stuff that crossed over or was being done around the same time, fair to say there was probably a similar sound evolving anyway around that time from both sides of the Atlantic. As per some other genre threads, I suggest sticking with no more than 3 tracks per post.

3 obvious-ish ones to start with...

Carl craig - Landcruising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKoHsvSN1n4

Kenny Larkin - Loop 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZEidKBBblg

Mayday - Wiggin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9cTBFFPt7s

Scubadevils

This guy has some great stuff, actually from the UK but obviously very influenced by Carl Craig and Detroit techno in general. His album 'Desert Scores' from 1996 is great.

Don't know though if I'm going a little too upbeat here though ianuss and with some of the previous ones too?! Anyways... a thread of this ilk was still needed :pac:

Ian O'Brien - Eurydice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPmV1-hcW4Y

Ian O'Brien - Monkey Jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IywuXQ_pvkU

ianuss

Great stuff there.

I'll wade in with some tracks I've been listening to a bit lately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRcUMOpd0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TX4VpVoYpA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKg4Hs5l27w

ianuss

Carl Craig could almost have his own thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3jUpqWRVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMzy1RLBFzQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F5W4lvMiug

Scubadevils

Yeah nice, I'm defo getting more of a feel now as to the buzz you're on!

Check out Arne Weinberg, much more recent but brilliant.

Arne Weinberg - Paranormal Existence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYOCatj9Pps

Arne Weinberg - Defining Negative Spaces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJYbEkM7l4

Arne Weinberg - Nuadu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYTnQhtA8LM

Scubadevils

3 from Tom Middleton & Mark Pritchard (more recently of Harmonic 313 and one half of Africa Hitech).

Reload & E621 - The Biosphere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA6ioKafHSU

Reload & E621 - Ptyzh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25vTabfzq1s

Reload - Peschi (Original Mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbT4y7uIvHg

Scubadevils

Going to give this one a mention all of its own, unbelievable track.

Balil - The Whirling of Spirits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btRdxaWPqag

Scubadevils

Ooh this while I think of it, another with Carl Craig forming part of the production as Urban Tribe.

Urban Tribe - Covert Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3MyziCA7rU

ianuss

I recognise the name Arne Weinberg but I've never listened to any of his stuff before. I love the second and third tracks there and that Reload stuff is right up my street.

Africa Hi-Tech were playing the night of Shed recently, I went up a few times but never really stayed for too long at all. They were banging some really fast D'n'B style stuff and the atmosphere in the stage was pants. Really odd crowd, just huddled in groups. No buzz or atmosphere in the room.

I find the UR stuff I've heard to be a bit hit and miss. Some stuff I really wouldn't be in to but then there's some other absolutely wicked tunes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzgWvISiFjw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fCYQBaMaE

ianuss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJqC8_QomPk

And I'm a big Stephen Brown fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvqJsHiquRc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Il4tDFallY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvdUNBa_2jw

Scubadevils

Yeah I'd imagine Africa Hi-tech may not have been great, initially I really liked the album but went off it pretty quickly, there are some good moments though. Anything either Tom Middleton or Mark Pritchard did in the 90s was pretty great, especially as Reload, this album is a must...

http://www.discogs.com/Reload-A-Collection-Of-Short-Stories/master/17159

And this is also essential, a collection of their early EPs...

http://www.discogs.com/Reload-Evolution/master/286759

Yeah UR are great and deserve all the praise they get but there are some moments alright that don't do anything for me, but equally they have some fcking stunning releases, whether together or as various individuals. I love 'Astral Apache'

Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Astral Apache

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0KeuAztbyY

And completed unrelated and back to Europe again, this is a fcking gem from 1991. Think I'll crack open the decks this weekend again, been a while and got the urge now listening to these!

2000 And One - Geometric Nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpSzQ0E8Gs

ianuss

Scubadevils wrote: »

Think I'll crack open the decks this weekend again, been a while and got the urge now listening to these!

Whip out the cassette player and hit record while you're at it

Scubadevils

ianuss wrote: »

Whip out the cassette player and hit record while you're at it

Still actually have the old Sony separates cassette deck hooked up and all, proper oldskool!

I'm off to bed, and something to finish tonight with from Detroit but considerably more down tempo, brilliant brilliant album.

Detroit Escalator Company - Force

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nWhISpc4E

ianuss

Scubadevils wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpSzQ0E8Gs

Three thumbs up in Chernobyl - what a tune!!

ianuss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWLHEPeQLfA

And I'm probably blurring the genre here a bit with these next two??....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8enX78qo4I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5sY3VOE91c

Entec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmbv_X9YAQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLL5dB4IhS0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxGNZknwYwg

ThirdMan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHkdH294UAc

francois

isn't speedy j dutch?

anyhoo not sure where to start have loads of this stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR11ExdrTXk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGrLpHWYdZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCg0Nt22S8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4qJ5CFPjs

Scubadevils

francois wrote: »

isn't speedy j dutch?

He is but in the opening post I mentioned about the European side of this techno from the early 90s etc - that's the 'and the like' bit in the thread title

Scubadevils

ianuss wrote: »

Three thumbs up in Chernobyl - what a tune!!

Worth checking out the label that track is on, 'Eevo Lute'. Dutch label which was partly founded by Stefan Robbers who I've posted many a track by in the track of the day thread.

http://www.discogs.com/label/Eevo+Lute+Muzique

Another nice one on Eevo Lute...

Max 404 - Fractal View

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiURYY-tV_w

Scubadevils

3 from Stefan Robbers...

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Florence

Terrace - In Search Of... Myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_XnsJKOi4I

Florence - Analogue Expression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4bP25n_mA0

Stefan Robbers - Mistified

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EclEEkH7vNI

Scubadevils

ianuss wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWLHEPeQLfA

You should definitely spend time also browsing the B12 label, they reissued everything (on CD only unfortunately) as a six part series a couple of years back. They did also reissue actually a few of the older 12"s too plus some new releases - they seem to have since disappeared again, nothing since 2009.

3 from the B12 label.

B12 - Hall Of Mirrors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_RomAnBlgA

Redcell - Practopia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHxA1MtbNk

2001 - Space Age

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ5t77G0HkE

Scubadevils

francois wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4qJ5CFPjs

Love that track, it was on the Stacey Pulllen DJ Kicks from years back, along with many other quality tracks.

http://www.discogs.com/Stacey-Pullen-DJ-Kicks/master/147505

Scubadevils

Oh and going back again to B12, Stasis (Steve Pickton) was another to feature early on along with Kirk Degiorgio... a couple of tracks from these guys.

Stasis - I Think It's In Here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPAyZaG8XQ

This next one is from the ART label which was founded by Kirk Degiorgio, another label to get stuck into for all of this...

Phenomyna - The Exiles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXL0cR6PnII

Finally one from Kirk Degiorgio...

As One - Epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTAyyskCrrk

SteoL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTzI6PYJsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwtiOfPx-gA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkjDI_9sSz0

D'oh didn't realise Hi tech jazz was already posted.

Scubadevils

Didn't notice that there were a couple of new releases on ART this year, very nice this one from Kirk Degiorgio & Ian O'Brien...

Kirk Degiorgio & Ian O'Brien - Promenade Eleven (Original Reworked)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SICZq5z5fvM

Which is a rework of 'Night on the Promenade' that featured on the brilliant compilation 'The Electric Institute' from 2005. Its on youtube but by one of those 'Mp3tube' poxy videos so I'm going to up it myself today!

While on the subject of the above compilation though, may as well post another 2 from it :pac:

Stacey Pullen - Liquid Letter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG6PRghfhFc

Beetlejuice - Whatever Happened to the Cosmic Kid? [weirdly this track is a collaboration with Kirk Degiorgio, Dan Keeling and Chris Martin of Coldplay - where he comes into it I've no idea! - great track though]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hA4oFrUMsI

Nolanger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T5nFCJzCpw

Scubadevils

Another from Stefan Robbers, I just upped this one to YT today as the one up already has terrible sound quality and does this gem no justice.

Terrace - Into Deep Space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJXXXDwrzNQ

ianuss

Serious amount of stuff to catch up on there. And I think I only know maybe 2 of the tracks posted.

Keep 'em coming.

SteoL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDOyKPjK1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTM4p0Hx0o

ianuss

More Carl Craig. And boobs. Big boobs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dif2XICDQ-g

Scubadevils

From the more melodic side of Jeff Mills.

Jeff Mills - The March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Oo_ekaIN4

Scubadevils

Actually its a disgrace that this thread has existed till now without a mention of The Martian! I think this track is likely to be my most posted track on boards... nothing quite like it, I always end up wanting to turn the volume up more & more - would kill to hear this out again.

The Martian - Stardancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zxle7SCLeY

ianuss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C4BsK0sJ4A

Billy Mays

Scubadevils wrote: »

Actually its a disgrace that this thread has existed till now without a mention of The Martian! I think this track is likely to be my most posted track on boards... nothing quite like it, I always end up wanting to turn the volume up more & more - would kill to hear this out again.

The Martian - Stardancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zxle7SCLeY

I hear ya. Amazing track. Never heard it in a club before. I live in hope.

Scubadevils

Billy Mays wrote: »

I hear ya. Amazing track. Never heard it in a club before. I live in hope.

An oldskool detroit techno night would be great actually.

Scubadevils

Another gem...

The Martian - Firekeeper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ3q9cCu4Hg

Billy Mays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6p4B9EbBp0

francois

Scubadevils wrote: »

An oldskool detroit techno night would be great actually.

gimme a shout, you supply the decks..!

Scubadevils

francois wrote: »

gimme a shout, you supply the decks..!

Cool, lets work out something for a Christmas night of Detroit techno, sometime in December? The only charity this time will be for aging blokes (and burds!) in need of a night out of decent music :pac:

ianuss

Some of these are going for crazy money on discogs....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cS_A1i0GN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARwrM1UGZWA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nUXGsZI8ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsLiUL7aquo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg-D73FE0Qg

joker77

Quality stuff - 700 million light years from earth is a great find

Scubadevils

I love pretty much anything Drexciya, even the more obscure stuff they did or Stinson in other projects. I think the album 'Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe' by The Other People Place is probably my most listened to though, just an all round great album that works any time of day!

This was the 2nd last album by Stinson and this track the last on the album - although not his actual last release, this kinda has that feel to it.

The Other People Place - Sunrays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBLlSHPiOSY

Scubadevils

Another essential that I've mentioned in various threads when it comes to electro is ERP (Gerard Hanson), otherwise known as Convextion for his dub techno stuff.

E.R.P. - Lodestone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4P3f50T8nc

Definitely one that when I've the cash I intend to pick up all of his 12"s.

Scubadevils

Some of my favourite Drexciya tracks...

Drexciya - Black Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPgAZS2oG4

Drexciya - Digital Tsunami

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHDucE6vhM

Drexciya - Lost Vessel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esOSZtSe05E

Scubadevils

And then the brilliant Sonar Base - fcking love this track - works well too with the Metropolis video...

Sonar Base - The Deadly Storms Of Uranus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOuyFYrOSE

Kingchip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlHhECAB_cU

Alright lads is there any good clubnights in dublin saturday 26.11.11? Haven't been out in town in a while and want to make a night of it after kasabian, Thanks

Kingchip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joml6NJ-icU

ianuss

Kingchip wrote: »

Alright lads is there any good clubnights in dublin saturday 26.11.11? Haven't been out in town in a while and want to make a night of it after kasabian, Thanks

Cosmin TRG in Twisted Pepper should be great

Kingchip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLiai4gg_0Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EarSRa19sZc

A bit obvious but you can't have a detroit techno thread without it:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilfRpA252y4

Kingchip

ianuss wrote: »

Cosmin TRG in Twisted Pepper should be great

Nice one I seen that but haven't heard of him, if it's on in the twisted pepper it should be good.

Thanks