Detroit techno and house excursion

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About Deep Space Radio

Podcast journeys presented by Kevin Saunderson
Deep Space Radio was originally formed in the early 1990s by Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and Eddie Fowlkes. It was a Detroit radio show dedicated to house & techno. Deep Space Radio served as a platform where these young producers could have complete control in programming and the opportunity to expose the world to new sounds from the underground. Kevin went on to do a Deep Space Radio X-Mix for Germany’s Studio !K7 label in 1997. 2013 marks the return of Deep Space Radio as Kevin Saunderson’s monthly podcast, carrying on the tradition of introducing the most compelling new electronic music artists and presenting the deepest, funkiest techno sounds from the global underground.

Deep Space Radio  Episode 1 presented by Kevin Saunderson

As he'll happily tell you, Eddie Fowlkes has been DJing for 42 years. That's a long time for anyone, but especially for someone who never really stopped. From his early records on Juan Atkins' Metroplex record label through to newer releases on his own labels City Boy and Detroit Wax, he's been doing his thing and staying true to himself and his timeless combination of Detroit dance music genres. He doesn't always get his dues alongside his fellow Detroit techno pioneers in the Belleville Three, probably because his sound was always more hybrid, a blend of techno and house that he would come to call techno soul, including on his landmark 1993 album with Moritz von Oswald and Thomas Fehlmann, The Birth Of Technosoul.

But Fowlkes is still a force of nature, and a master at mixing too, having four decades to hone his craft. You'll hear that skill on his RA Podcast, which comes in the wake of two more prominent releases, for Rekids and Classic Music Company/Defected, that might help (re)introduce him to a wider audience. Touching on soul, jazz and funk, this is functional but deep stuff played by a master selector, whose hands you can always hear in the mixing—a personal, human touch that defines techno soul.

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RA.877 Eddie Fowlkes

Recorded somewhere around Ostbahnhof, Berlin. The second half of my 3 hour set is missing in action.

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Aired on the 17th of November 2012 on BBC Radio 1

1. 69 - Pungtang (Loop) - Planet E	
2. Jacques Greene - The Look (Koreless Remix) - Lucky Me	
3. Lorenzo - Get deep - Robsoul
4. Mike Huckaby - Baseline 89 - SYNTH
5. Moodymann - U can dance if u want 2 - KDJ
6. Jack Dixon - Hexagon - Leftroom
7. Anthony Naples - Mad Disrespect - Mister Saturday Night
8. Pepe Bradock - Path of most resistance - Atavisme
9. Fit featuring Gunnar Wendel - Roll out - FXHE
10. Daphni - Pairs - Jiaolong
11. Shenoda - Flex - Hypercolour
12. Herbert - It's only you (DJ Koze Remix) - Pampa
13. Danny Ocean - Back to the 90's - Sincopat
14. Ian Pooley - Compurhythm (Baikal Remix) - Innervisions
15. DJ QU - BLVD Beats - Reiterate Music Group
16. Mari Boine - Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz Remix) (Loop) - Universal
17. Falty DL - Straight & Arrow (Four Tet Remix) - Ninja Tune
18. Dense & Pika - Crackling - Dense & Pika 004
19. The XX - Sunset - Young Turks
20. Hot Chip - How do you do (Todd Terje Remix) - Domino
21. Ben Sims - Freaks (KiNK Remix) - Theory
22. Volta Cab - Don't give up (Trus'me Gotta Be Strong Remix) - Illusion Recordings (First play)
23. Midland & Pariah - Sheworks 03 - Sheworks
24. Boddika & Joy O - & Fate - Nonplus
25. LB Lynam - Get things straight - LB Lynam
26. Boddika - Soul What - Swamp 81
27. George Morel - Let's Groove (Ripperton Edit) - CDR
28. Bicep - Vision of Love - Bicep
29. N.Y.C. Me Hi - Dub - Unknown
30. Sade - Surrender Your Love (Kenny Larkin & Stacey Pullen Remix) - Illegal Detroit
31. Answer Code Request - Main Mode - MDR
32. George FitzGerald - Every Inch (Deetron Remix) - Hypercolour
33. Unknown - Music is the Answer - UPS 
34. Benny Rodrigues - Funky Drummer - Desolat
35. Blawan - Why they hide their bodies under my garage - Hinge Finger
36. Martyn - We are you in the future (Redshape Remix) - 3024
37. KiNK - Existence - Ovum
38. Koreless - Lost in Tokyo (Jacques Greene Remix) - Vase
39. Mr. Scruff - Be the music - Ninja Tune
40. Sinkane - Runnin' (Daphni Remix - Edit) - CDR
41. Plastikman - Spastik - Plus 8
42. Ejeca - Night Rays - W&O Street Tracks
43. Headless Ghost - Fire on the Geeeman - CDR (First play)
44. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Revelee (Carl Craig Remix) - DFA
45. Hot Chip - Look at where we are (Four Tet Remix) - Domino

Deetron - Essential Mix - No words - 17.11.2012

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Platinum-selling recording artist, label boss, festival promoter, true innovator in the pantheon of popular music, cultural champion, cracking DJ: there’s a lot to be said about Kevin Saunderson.

His influence runs deep, through both adopted hometown of Detroit, and music culture as a whole: as one of the Belleville Three, the high school trio which also includes Juan Atkins and Derrick May, he irreparably changed the face of electronic music; with Inner City, he gave it some of its most memorable tunes. 

The genesis of today’s enormous techno scene can be retraced straight to Kevin, Derrick and Juan, as their formative experiments on rudimentary hardware sketched a blueprint for a genre that was yet to exist. By absorbing Kraftwerk, cutting-edge funk, local radio stalwart The Electrifying Mojo’s electicism, and all manner of new synthesiser and drum machine-led pop music, the Belleville Three broke new ground as musicians and DJs in the 80s. 

Saunderson’s comparatively late start as a producer – kicking off in ’87 under the moniker of Kreem, with E-Dancer and Reese two of the more well-known names to follow – inadvertently gifted him a headstart. With the eruption of house music a few hours down the I-94 in Chicago, Saunderson married Detroit’s raw sound to more tactile, pop-leaning sensibilities. Inner City was born, and global success followed.

Between “Big Fun”, “Good Life”, debut album Paradise and a number of follow-up singles, Inner City (Saunderson and vocalist Paris Grey) amassed 12 UK top 40 hits and over six million records sold worldwide during their peak. A dancefloor-dominating remix by Luciano in 2008, and a globetrotting reunion tour in 2012, underscores the longevity of Inner City’s classic sound. 

His nickname of ‘The Elevator’ is apt: for his role in transporting Detroit’s new sound to a wider audience; as anyone who has seen him perform live can attest, his high-energy, high-spirit and high-impact DJ sets; and for spending the past 35 years of his life progressing the culture he helped create. 

Operating in tandem to his golden run as a producer in the late 80s and early 90s, Saunderson’s own KMS record label – a remarkable 30 years strong in 2017 – has chronicled the early footsteps of R-Tyme, Blake Baxter, MK, Chez Damier, Derrick Carter, Bicep and even Saunderson’s son and regular DJ partner Dantiez more recently. 

A special 12” series in 2008 called History Elevate, released in tandem with fellow polymath Carl Craig’s Planet E label, brought contemporary names like Mathew Jonson, Simian Mobile Disco and Loco Dice into the fold, proving his nous for fostering relationships with each new wave to come through techno’s gates. 25th anniversary compilations and numerous reissues have followed suit. 

Saunderson has a behind-the-scenes role to play, too: he is intertwined with the history of Detroit’s flagship Movement (formerly Detroit Electronic Music Festival / Fuse-In). Having produced the event in the mid-2000s, the last handful of years have seen repeated invites from Movement to display his ORIGINS showcase at the festival, bringing acts like Delano Smith, Phuture and DJ Minx under his curatorial umbrella. 

And of course, with a stacked international touring schedule over the decades, playing in nearly every country and at nearly every festival or club worth mention, he has not stopped pushing the feeling of techno on and on. 

The Groove That Won’t Stop, indeed.