These are the techno tracks that made the Midwest famous. Many originally played in sets by Deadly Buda, Hyperactive, ESP, Mindrive, David Hollands, T-1000, etc.....these are the ones that put the genre on the map and have kept it alive since. Most of these tracks are timeless, well before their time, and hold up even in a listen as compared to the footwork, glitch hop or glitchstep, edm et cetera you hear today. Give it a listen you will not be deceived.

No Question was there upon their release and is still kickin' it live today. 

Please enjoy Peon to the Bass.

1.>>Freaky Chakra>>Hallucifuge>>Blind Dive Mix (1993)
2.>>Disco Storia>>Trope>>Amphetamine (1995)
3.>>Cygnus X>>The Orange Theme (1994)
4.>>Caution Acid >>303 State (1993)
5.>>Red Planet>>Star Dancer (1993)
6.>>Marc Et Claude>>Ecoutez (1993)
7.>>Synaesthesia>>Feel the Dream (1992)
8.>>Dream Plant>>The Mighty Machine (1995)
9.>>Pilgrimage To Paradise (Beer Barrel Beat Mix)>>Sourmash (1993)
10.>>Jeff Mills>>The Bells (Original mix) (1996)
11.)>>X-313>>Sentinels (1993)
12.>>Subjects vs. Jeff Mills>>Beyond (1993)
13.>>Edge of Motion>>Set Up 707 (1992)
14.>>Felix Da Housecat>>In the Dark We Live (Dave Clark's 313 Mix)(1993)
15.>>Spastik>>Plastikman (1993)
16.>>Mecon>>Aurin (1993)
17.>>Public Energy>>Three O' Three (1993)
18.>>Freaky Chakra>>Transcendental Funk Bump (1993)
19.>>Bassbin Twins>>A-1 Love (1993)
20.>>Alkahest>>Kiss My Acid (1994)
21.>>X-Crash>>Lemon Head (1993)
22.>>Hard Attack>>Resonation (1993)
23.>>Mindscape>>Orange Sunshine (1993)
24.>>Disintegrator>>In the Machine (1993)
25.>>DJ ESP>>Humpback (1993)
26.>>Sonic Solution>>Arab Girl (1993)
27.>>T-1000>>Hunter KIller (1993)
28.>>The Rising Sons>>Afghan Acid (1993)
29.>>Acrid Abeyance>>Dynamique Twins (1994)
30.>>Love Inc.--Cosmic Indifference (1994)
31.>>Arpeggiators--X Plain the UnXplained (1993)

PEON TO THE Bass

Peon To The Bass

Well this is a transition from the very hard techno or acid onslaught of the early nineties into the more trancy and breaks oriented fare of the mid nineties. Still some hints of the earlier, harder stuff afoot, but with a little more of a laidback approach as techno was stemmed to fit the masses. My approach here is to show how some of the more underground stuff is what actually led to what was released on more shall we say commercial compilations....and I only include those of which stem from actual non commercial record labels and such like that. I think it is an actual representation of stuff you may have listened to in that time frame....I'm sure it was what I was bangin' back then....

1.>>Dave Clarke>>Wisdom to the Wise>>(Red 2)>>(1994)
2.>>Ian Pooley>>Chord Memory (Remastered>>(1996)
3.>>Inevitech>>Voice Control>>(1994)
4.>>Astral Matrix>>2>>(1995)
5.>>Astral Pilot>>Electro Acupuncture>> Rabbit In The Moon’s Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Remix>>(1996)
6.>>Electroliners>>Loose Caboose>>(1995)
7.>>Anoesis>>Trouble Down Groove>>(1996)
8.>>God Within feat. Scott Hardkiss>>The Phoenix>>(Rabbit In the Moon's River and Rain Mix)>>(1995)
9.>>Humate&Rabbit In the Moon>>West>>(1994)
10.>>Pete Lazonby>>Sacred Circles>>Quivver remix>>(2000)
11.>>Li Kwan>>Point Zero (1994)
12.>>Tim Taylor & Dan Zamani>>Planet of the Drums 001>>(1994)
13.>>Damon Wild  & Tim Taylor>>Bang the Acid>>1995
14.>>ESP Woody McBride>>Bad Acid No Such Thing>>(1994)
15.>>Canyon>>Cosmos>>(Accelerator remix)>>(1996)
16.>>Josh Wink>>Higher State of Consciousness>>(1995)
17.>>Trancesetters>>Roaches>>(Peace Division remix)>>(1999)
18.>>Dj Misjah & Groovehead>>X-Pact>>(Special Acid Edition)>>(1995)
19.>>Space Djz>>Side On>>(1996)
20.>>Dj Misjah & Dj Tim>>Access>>(1995)
21.>>JB3>>Forklift>>(Luke Slater's Filtered Re-mix)>>(1996)
22.>>Planetary Assault Systems>>Surface Noise>>(1996)
23.>>DBX>>Losing Control>>(1994)
24.>>ESP Woody McBride>>Wall of Confusion>>(1996)
25.>>Watchman>>Cut the Midrange>>(1995)
26.>>Wicked Wipe>>Rok Da House>>(1995)
27.>>Paul Birken>>Hang 202>>(1996)
28.>>Hyperactive>>Tilt>>(1994)

Peon To The Bass Vol. 2

Dose, is John Gfesser, who currently resides in Waukesha, WI. 

A ten year veteran of Milwaukee life, John grew up in none other than Dirty Stallis. Surrounded by vinyl records growing up, it is no surprise that the dj life so appealed to the impressionable youth. 

As the rave onslaught hit Milwaukee, it is also no surprise that the hard hitting impact with beats on vinyl records pumped thru loud ass sound systems made the impression it did. Not even two weeks after the first rave aptly titled Genesis, mixes were made and experimented with.

Although Lenny Dee and Hyperactive were what was up upon first listen, these later slipped over to the smoother sounds of ESP, Deadly Buda, DJ Dave Trance out of LA, R Zac23, Dieselboy, Soulslinger, Tim Krochalk and David Hollands and the like, and led to mass raiding of local record shelves on labels such as Soma, Contact, Drop Bass, Bonzai, Le Petit Prince, Network 23, Platypus, Toolbox Tunes and so forth. It was a mission to become the next biggest acid trance dj in the known universe.

Well, that never happened...

But the clubs were hit and doors at least opened to the possibility. Scoring a few part time gigs not even barely eighteen (at Ground Level and Moonshadows to name a few places--opening up for Doormouse one nite being a distinct highlight), a few years later clubs were a full time regime, including spots such as Thai Joe's, Mars Hotel, the Bremen Cafe, and Milwaukee's one time bomb hot spot the Bassment, where for a few years he lived not even two blocks away. 

Many friendships were made, and a few house parties played, but in the hustle and bustle no real fame gained...until about ten years later.

One night at Quarter's led to a few more nights at Studio and Up&Under, and before long there were three different times shows were being booked back to back in the same week. Opening for Dave UV, Syquest, the Devil's Rejects, and Spade One led to a few other shows for Plush, opening up for like the whole of Milwaukee royalty including Terry Dux and Fortune, and later on for Idiom, Decontrol, Tim Kasper, and even the legendary Dave Rodgers aka Delta 9....

Since then he has opened for the Demix at tha Circle as well as a few other appearances for Outlawed by Outlawed and now has taken a kind of "well deserved hiatus."

Once again though mixes being made and the thirst rejuvenated...

Dose resumes the quest.

John Gfesser

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