Electrifying Mojo

"Ask any Detroit techno artist about his or her influences and you’ll undoubtedly be regaled with stories about The Electrifying Mojo, a sci-fi visionary who ruled the Detroit airwaves while radio was still unrestricted. “He was an underground cult hero,” says Juan Atkins. “We would listen to him religiously every night.”

An enigma through and through, Mojo has rarely shown his face in public, refusing to be photographed and only granting a select number of interviews. Like the Wizard of Oz, Mojo was a voice behind a curtain or – in his case – a radio microphone. Although he mostly remains a mystery, his influence on Detroit techno is as clear as day. Mojo not only played the first techno records on air – A Number of Names’ “Sharevari” and Cybotron’s “Alleys of Your Mind” – but he also laid down a solid foundation of guitar funk and machine funk for techno’s development. “I think without The Electrifying Mojo, we wouldn’t have had Detroit techno the way that we know Detroit techno,” says Carl Craig"

–> https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/05/electrifying-mojo-feature

Electrifying Mojo – Midnight Funk Association – WGPR Radio – 1981

Sporadically producing. Releases falling somewhere between techno and house. Currently working with two aliases: Exploiting trip-hop vibes as 313 Cinema and rewriting Detroit techno as part of Prosthetic Hands (with Joshua Harrison). Vinyl and digital releases and remixes on Planet E, Faith Beat, Beretta Grey, Cryovac, Motech, Out Of The Box, Ferris Park, Thoughtless Music, Detroit Underground, maybe a few more.

Electrifying Mojo

Keith Kemp