The Rebel Troupe podcasts are programmed to explore the minds of those whose lives are driven by electronic music. Each podcast is accompanied by an in-depth interview with the artist who has been carefully selected for their creativity and dedication to the electronic movement.

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Deetec was born in Edinburgh in 1975, his love for music comes from his parents and extended family, he came from a family of established disco DJs (back in the day) and rap artists. His love for dance music, techno in particular was born during the 80s when he listened to his mums high energy tunes and bands like Depeche mode, Eurythmics and New Order.

During the early 90s he would swap mix tapes with his friends that they recorded from pirate radio stations. However, Edinburgh and Scotland at that time only had a limited number of stations, so it was a great treat when he would get mixes from London. The main names coming out from London at that time were Dave Angel, Groove rider and Carl Cox.

At the age of 15 and 16 he attended his first rave at the Hacienda in Glasgow (not to be confused with the Hacienda in Madchester), it was an established club that ran for years with the main DJ spots being taken up by DJ Mark Smith. Each week he would run the risk of not getting in for being under age and a series of fake ID's had to be produced or re-produced when the last one was confiscated.

It was at this time when one of his friends (Troy Curren) got his first set of Technics 1200s and from then on most of his time was spent at his house playing his favourite tunes and practicing the skills required to become a good DJ. Week in and week out he would watch Mark Smith do his thing on the decks and try to copy what he saw during the week. About a year later he saved every bit of money he had to buy his own set of Techincs 1210s, which he still has to this day.

A big part of his music has to be credited to his friend and pure legend Dave Angel, at an early age Deetec and his friends would travel the length of the country just to go and support Dave and in time got to know him, Deetec still remains good friends with Dave Angel and visits his studio (Rotation Records) a few times a year and hopes to complete a remix of one of Dave's tunes in the near future. At this time Deetec continues to work hard in the studio and pushing the boundaries of his music, so watch this space and be part of the future.

Followers of Mitchell Smith.