From the Far Future, Pt. 2

The Auto Factory

Drexciya - Aquabahn (Remix)

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt5YIwZQRac

G-Man - Quo Vadis (Davinson Remix)

 IMMARANA Mix

Claude Young - Nocturnal

Dirty Close

BUY / STREAM

Spin Off - Crank It

Luke Slater is celebrating his “Planetary Funk” series with several Rework Releases. This one by Octave One is from “The Light Years Reworks LP”, that also features Reworks by Function, Marcel Fengler, Lucy Psyk, KSP, Steve Bicknell and SLAM.

Release is set for March 10th on Luke Slaters Label Mote-Evolver.

The Lightyears Reworks

Pre-Order

Planetary Assault Systems - Booster (Octave One Rework)

Heavenly Revisited EP1

Forces

Various Artists | Soma25 Remixes Pt 2 
[SOMA496D] 

1. Slam / @paragraph - Dark Forces (@tensal Rmx)
2. @alexsmoke - A Moment To Myself (@Deepbass Remix)
3. Alex Smoke - A Moment To Myself (@edit-select Remix)

As we approach the end of the Soma 25 celebrations, Part 2 of the V/A remix package features 2017 updates of yet more of the label’s classic releases. Slam’s eternally renowned ‘Dark Forces’ and fellow Glaswegian Alex Smoke’s ‘A Moment To Myself’ are featured with epic remixes from Tensal, Deepbass & Edit Select. 

Having just begun a series of original releases on Soma, Tensal takes on Slam classic Dark Forces; using the original’s Detroit inspired hook and melding it effortlessly around his unique and hard hitting sound. Two special renderings of Alex Smoke’s ‘A Moment To Myself’ complete the EP with Deepbass delivering a typical clinical yet haunting take and fellow Glaswegian Edit Select turning in a spacial, tripped out reconstruction.

Mastered by Conor Dalton @ http://glowcast.co.uk/

Soma 25 Remixes

Dark Forces (Tensal Rmx)

Slam - Dark Forces (Tensal Rmx) (Soma496d)

Out now on Rekids: lnk.to/REKIDS165

Techno pioneer Robert Hood debuts on Rekids with a blistering release entitled ‘Nothing Stops Detroit’ ahead of an album this winter.

Over the last three decades the Underground Resistance alum has continually been at the forefront of the techno genre whilst releasing on many of electronic music’s finest labels to boot. In recent years his solo outings have appeared on a select few labels such as Dekmantel, Music Man Records, not to mention his very own M-Plant. Having made appearances on Rekids in the past remixing label boss Radio Slave - both as Robert Hood (‘Don’t Stop No Sleep’) and Floorplan (‘Feel The Same’) - the Detroit originator now drops a four track release in his official debut on the label.

With its machine aesthetic, ‘Nothing Stops Detroit’ is unmistakably Hood from start to finish. Precision kick drums propel the title track forward as stuttering effects and deep stabs work alongside a march band rhythm. ‘7 Mile Dog’ is next with its grainy synths and scintillating pads, making way for the meandering bassline, rattling atmospherics and trippy, oscillating top line of ‘Ignite A War’. Finally, ‘The Cure’ is a cacophony of twisted percussion and rumbling low-end that energetically concludes matters.

Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit

Stereotype EP

Stereotype 1

Listen to Melodica now: https://found.ee/EDancer-Melodica

Bookings: ed@arcade-talent.com 
Management: phil@onehouse.com

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.