"You can trace techno's origins to the seminal 1988 album Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit, which featured many producers that are now regarded as techno pioneers." We discuss Detroit techno, Frankfurt's electronic music museum and more in this month's Critics' Roundtable.


As we approach the end of May, and with it, Movement Festival in Detroit—one of the longest-running dance music events in the world—Resident Advisor returns to a discussion about electronic music's roots.

In this month's Critics' Roundtable, RA music critics Kiana Mickles and Andrew Ryce talk with producer Chloe Lula about the newest release from Detroit "techno soul" stalwart Eddie Fowlkes and a breakout album from a newer Detroit name, DJ Girl, who just released on Planet Mu. 

The trio also discuss how techno's origins in Detroit's Black communities continue to be contested. The Museum of Modern Electronic Music in Frankfurt, which opened last year (and was written about recently in The New Yorker), has overlooked the city's key role in the creation and dissemination of techno, sparking backlash from the electronic music community. Mickles and Ryce lay out the implications of the continuous omission of Detroit from techno's narrative. Why is electronic music's origins an ongoing debate, and how do we honour its progenitors as electronic music moves further away from its foundations into the mainstream? Listen to the conversation in full.


Tracklist:

Eddie Fowlkes - Shake Your Hips
DJ Girl - Technician
Rhythim Is Rythim - It Is What It Is
Jossy Mitsu - World's End

EX.659 Critics’ Roundtable [May 2023]

Neptunian Influence, Fifty-Nine | Featuring @fleet412

In anticipation of Neptunian Influence's 6th annual Detroit brunch during Movement, we're thrilled to present a mix by one of last year's celestial gathering lead navigators, Paul Fleetwood! The Perimeter Junk label boss and @hot-mass co-founder has prepared a deep, ethereal and raw soundscape for the heart of the storm, which is where he took us on that glorious day nearly one year ago. The mix features selections from his excellent PJ label and even a few tracks from this year's party navigators, @shawn-rudiman and @fdbeardd. We want those far and wide to feel the Detroit daydream with us. Either in reality or illusion, let's meet in the Great Dark Spot <3

Secure your transit to Neptunian Influence Detroit Brunch 2023: https://ra.co/events/1639170

SUPPORT: https://perimeterjunk.bandcamp.com/

| Tracklist |
01: Blixaboy - Bushido Initiative // Science Cult
02: Francois Dillinger - Votrax
03: CTRLS - Transfer // Micron Audio
04: Grey People - 2SK30 // Perimeter Junk
05: Francois Dillinger - Need I Say More // EC Underground
06: Nicola Cruz - Surface Tension // Rhythm Section International
07: LA/4A - Dodged Question
08: Morphology - Irregular Satellites (DeFeKT remix) // Syntax Motorcity
09: The Missing Link - Detachable Hand (Paul Fleetwood remix)
10: Rudiman & GCZ - Catnip Freak // Love What You Feel
11: Oscean - Drivion // Tresor
12: Ben Pest - VCS Wig // Mechatronica
13: /DL/MS/ - Cinnamon // Frustrated Funk
14: Pino Peña - Maschinen // Schimmer Records Collective
15: Gladstone Deluxe - Pillars // DATA DISK
16: Jeremiah R - There Is No One Like You // Voodoo Gold Records
17: Fictional Devices - x13 // Perimeter Junk
18: Fictional Devices - Asteroid Island // Perimeter Junk
19: buen clima - Ninguna despedida podrá ser suficie // Peach Discs
20: otodojo - Returning to Detroit // Perimeter Junk
21: The Exaltics - With the lights out // Solar One Music
22: Richard Holhburn - Pulse Shifter // Perimeter Junk
23: sard - defused
24: DSPF - ALEPH // Perimeter Junk
25: Syrte - Obedience Paradox // Science Cult
26: Gesloten Cirkel - Prisonriot // Bad Manners
27: Simi - Untitled #13 // LACKREC.
28: PROXYMA - Total Eclipse // NECHTO Records
29: Nathan Surreal, As Far As I Know - Fact Speak Itself // Night Defined Recordings
30: Rico Casazza - Brutal Quesadilla // Follow da Groove
31: Rico Casazza - Twozerofour // Perimeter Junk

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot <3

NI59 | Paul Fleetwood

Live set recording from Monday, June 19th at Mercury Machineworks in Seattle, WA

Big thank you to Mike Morris (@ol-skinny)for having me!

Tracklist coming soon... most you can find via bandcamp.com/jelrgreen

Rebekkah Angeber -  On Track @ Mercury Machineworks

Lost Soul Enterprises til midnight! R Gamble going it solo with two hours of industrial rhythms and mutant machine sounds.

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http://www.instagram.com/richardggamble

LOST SOUL ENTERPRISES with R Gamble @ The Lot Radio 07-25-2023

Santuario is your sanctuary for deep electronic beats ranging from house music, electro and techno music, featuring music from underground labels throughout the world. This is a holy place for the music that drives us all.

Featuring music by Drexciya, Simone Starr, Claude Young, Boo Williams, Galcher Lustwerk, The Reflektor, Gary Martin, Omar S, a classic by Aphrodisiac (aka Ronald Burrell) and much more.

This month’s episode features Guest mix by a @miguelcisne from Ypsilanti, Michigan (Limited Network, Detroit).

From sound engineering to running a student led DJ collective in his hometown, Miguel Cisne’s midwest sensibilities and work ethic have jump started his music career. His practice is influenced by his locality; warehouse parties, record shops, Tectroit and the city of Detroit. While well versed in the fast and hard style of play, he’s unafraid to step out of the 4-4 mold into his own style.

[please consider being a sustaining member of Dublab: https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships]

August 2023 Santuario With Miguel Cisne (Limited Network, MI)

smart mix 79: @chiapudding

deeply inspired by the r&b and hip hop of the 90s and early 00s, DJ Chia Pudding selections are forward looking while also referencing an admired era of her earliest dance floor memories. while her sets are not confined to one genre, they typically lean towards the UK Bass continuum and invite you to fall in love and/or lose your mind. her smart mix exemplifies this ethos. 

check out DJ Chia Pudding's organization of choice and consider donating: https://www.midwestbookstoprisoners.org/about

Smart Mix 79: DJ Chia Pudding

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @bella_hall & @loradeniz

RRFM • AMPFEMININE w/ Bella Hall b2b Loradeniz • 20-09-2023

Rhythm Section Radio was founded in 2009 and moved to NTS in 2012, and has since pulled out the stops breaking new music, promoting independent labels and paying homage to the greatest music from the past, through a perhaps unhealthy obsession with record digging. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/rhythmsection/episodes/rhythmsection-4th-october-2023

Bradley Zero Presents: Rhythm Section w/ Tikiman & Richard Akingbehin 041023

An interdimensional transmission from 2000.

RA.474 Carlos Souffront

artist statement from @tristanarp:

I'm grateful for the adventure of producing this Bunker mix––a collage of polyrhythmic explorations from around the world that point to the pursuit of all rhythms slinky, freaked-out, and asymmetrical. I wanted to sculpt these selections into new forms by carving and collaging heavily, so you’ll hear up to four channels playing at the time. The hidden potential in a wild combination is what keeps me curious, and the glue that holds this web together. These zones have kept me moving while finishing Suggested Forms (out Feb 14th on Human Pitch) and Temporary Music by my collaborative project Asa Tone on Leaving Records. Please support all the brilliant soundbenders behind these tracks and buy their records :~)

tracklist:

Popp - Manate
Konduku - Bolu
rRoxymore - Hectadrums
Toma Kami - Negative Extasy
DJ Plead - Giz
LSDXOXO - Death Rattle
Natlek - Education
El Irreal Ventiuno - Nu
Kellen303 - Risky
Pelada - Perra
Two Shell - Run
Tristan Arp - Swept Thru (Unreleased)
Leif - Igam Ogam 
Bambooman - Bird Season
Tristan Arp - Squig (Unreleased)
DJ Firmeza - Intenso
Anunaku - Temples
Cassius Select - They Shook
Raime - The Nourishment Cycle
Pavel Milyakov - B.A.D.
DJ Balani - Electron (Tristan Arp Edit)
DJ Sotofett - Tribute To Sore Fingers
TSVI - Pull Up
LR Groove - 1st Step
Logic1000 - Precision
Slikback - Kyokai
Soundbwoy Killah - Loiner Dub
Beta Librae - Ephemeral
*Whale Sounds (Field Recording)*

The Bunker Podcast 210

The Bunker Podcast 210: Tristan Arp

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 380: The AM's Realms of Techno Mix

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