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Mike Grant is a true Detroit dance music originator. From his beginnings as a DJ in the early 80s, Mike has been a part of many classic institutions while still managing to walk a unique path. Whether it was one of the first DJs to have their mixes played for dancers on TV (WGPR’s The Scene), the first American DJ to secure a residency at the world-famous Tresor Club in Berlin, one of Detroit’s first radio mix show DJs as part of the “Street Beat” crew, included in the Detroit Historical Museum’s exhibit “Techno: Detroit’s Gift to the World,” or running the Metroplex label and shop, the diversity and quality of his output allow him to stand out.

As founder of the legendary Moods & Grooves record label, Mike has released music from some of the biggest and best names in deep house while also breaking fresh young artists into the scene. Mike’s music productions run the gamut of styles, making classic techno for Metroplex and his End-to-End label under the Black Noise moniker, and soulful deep house under his name. He also started the Cool Peepl project as a way for him to try his hand at orchestrating jam sessions between new and established Detroit musicians to create a more organic vibe. The results so far include a jazzy cover of the Detroit classic “Sharevari” and his original funky broken beat production “Free,” with more to come.

Mike perfected his DJ skills in some of Detroit's significant club venues/events: The Downstairs Pub, Studio 54, Music Institute, L’uomo, Cheeks, Motor Lounge, and the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival. But in 1985, he committed to join the Army, unaware of the doors that would eventually open. While in the military, Mike continued to DJ on the base and in Seattle, where he introduced the sounds of Detroit techno to the unsuspecting West Coast, garnering a well-earned new audience. He wanted to stay involved in music and did promotional work for Metroplex Records. Mike gave the record “Technicolor” to an associate of Sir Mix-a-Lot who sampled it for the huge hit “Baby Got Back.” Additionally, Grant applied his technical talents in managing the Kandahar Gospel ministry while deployed for a year to Afghanistan, earning the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal.

While his work could easily take up a lifetime, Mike accomplished much while dedicating a large part of the 1980s and 90s to military service. Mike Grant’s dedication to the art form and self-discipline has created quite a legacy, and he continues to push forward to keep enriching that legacy.

Photo by Mathias Schmitt

Tracklist:

Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada - Low Tension (Jimpster Remix)
Long T, Dav Risen, MoreSoul - John 14:6
Myazisto - I Am Your Friend
Reggie Dokes - Detroit-s Linwood
Studio Apartment feat. Toshi - Njengengoma
Wbeeza - Grove Park
Kevin Yost - There It Is
Skhalo & Bones_SA - My Girl
Dav Risen feat. Macaia - Yahweh
Vick Lavender - Astral Plane (Timmy Regisford Edit)
DJ Spen feat. Carla Prather - I Got The Love (David Morales NYC Mix)
Frank & Tony feat. Eliana Glass - Eastern Meantimes (Timmy Regisford & DSOL Retouch)
Quentin Kane & Simon Sheldon - The Blue Room (Kaidi Tatham’s Shokazuku Remix)


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Mike Grant

192 Mike Grant - Something Quick Atmospheres

Detroit dance music thrives on intergenerational connections. In the late '70s and early '80s, the late Ken Collier mixed disco, soul and early electronic dance music in eye-opening DJ sets that left a mark on up-and-coming artists like Delano Smith. Once Smith established himself in the city's explosive techno community, he, in turn, influenced soon-to-be legends like Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Jeff Mills, Norm Talley, Mike "Agent X" Clarke and others.

Now an elder statesman, Smith is etched into our history books as a crucial contributor to Detroit dance music, both house and techno. He's known especially for the Detroit beatdown sound he pioneered alongside Talley and Clark—slower, sexier records than what Detroit techno is generally associated for. (The trio even put out an RA Podcast under the name in 2010.) 

It's more recently that Smith has become known as a producer. He started his own label, Mixmode Recordings, and became a regular on Berlin imprint Sushitech, where he released many of his albums, including the jazzy deep house masterclass An Odyssey. His style has evolved over the years to incorporate ambient, dub and more contemporary techno influences.

More recently, Smith's career has been sidelined by an ongoing battle with a rare and untreatable form of cancer. He's hosted livestreams throughout his ordeal to keep in touch with his fans. His RA Podcast, which he calls his "Legacy Mix," is a celebration of his favourite sounds: euphoric chords, jacking drums and deep-space melodies, the elements that have and will continue to reverberate through Detroit and beyond. It also marks the beginning of a more hopeful period for Smith, as he gets ready to travel again, especially with his Legacy Detroit series, which celebrates the lineage he's an indelible part of, and always will be.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/914

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RA.914 Delano Smith

ReSolute Podcast 015 / Liquid Earth

One hour of a four-hour set New Years MORNING in NYC at Blk Market Membership....

...as broadcast on Space Opera - www.protonradio.com

Cobblestone Jazz - Chance dub - Wagon Repair (promo)
Cortney Tidwell - Michel Cleis is "Too Late" mix - Aus (promo)
Penner &amp; Muder - Are You Lost (Chopstick and Till Von Sein mix) - Mood Music
Few Nolder - Chika - Planet Mu
Mathew Jonson - Ghosts In The AI - Wagon Repair
Mathew Jonson &amp; Maurizio - When Love Feels Like M5 (Three's Re-Drum / mash-up) - CDR
Angel Moreas - Sounds So Good - Hot N Spycy
Benoit &amp; Sergio - Full Grown Man - thesongsays
Zev - Forget The World - Wolf &amp; Lamb
Pupkulies and Rebecca - Hold It Tight (Shaun Reeves &amp; Guti mix) - Wolf+Lamb promo


DJ Three - Live @ Blk Market NYC - New Years MORNING 2010

Harmony

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Simon Maurice - Harmony

Maryarty - Call (Long Play)

Ahmed Abdurahimli - Ocean

The eight edition of the RA Podcast is from Parisian Dan Ghenacia. 

RA.008 Dan Ghenacia

The highly-rated Italian selector steps up.

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=518

RA.518 Francesco Del Garda

Rinse FM Podcast

Rinse FM Podcast - #SaveFabric - Craig Richards - 3rd September 2016

Guest mix for John Digweed Transitions Radio Show broadcast & syndicated worldwide

Eddie Richards - Transitions (2018 - 01 - 19)

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It’s said that DJing is a job that needs no qualifications, but experience always shows. Eddie Richards, ‘Britain’s Godfather of House and Techno’(Mixmag), embodies this like no-one else. While many of his peers have faded into irrelevance or bloated into mainstream mediocrity, Eddie has remained at the forefront of cutting edge underground dance music, Often regarded as ‘the DJs DJ’, Eddie’s insatiable appetite for new music has meant he’s always one step ahead of the game, as his relentless schedule of gigs, remixes and original productions proves. The world of dance music may change with bewildering speed, but one thing remains constant: somewhere, Eddie Richards will be rocking the party.

Eddie Richards - Transitions (2018 - 01 - 19)

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