Sterling Jones and Paul Lesley make up "A Number of Names." Their track "Shari Vari" was the first Techno track to be released out of Detroit in early 1981. Electrifying Mojo along with Detroit staff writer Jim McFarlin named the group "A Number of Names." 
 I actually heard about this while listening to a J-Rocc  (LA Hip-Hop DJ) mix, and he spelled out what track it was. Really dope considering the time it came out.

03 - Shari Vari by A Number of Names

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Garnier, the Grand Seigneur of Techno, surprises with his first EP for 50WEAPONS.

Known as pioneer and influencer of the global electronic music scene, internationally respected DJ and the undisputed godfather of the French techno scene, Garnier is always in touch with the emergence of new artists and genres. His music career has always been about integrity. Worth mentioning is the re-edition of Laurent Garnier’s book “Electrochoc”, which was released in 2003. The book is a journey through electronic music history via Laurent Garnier's career, starting in 1987 until the present day.

Nonetheless his release for 50WEAPONS doesn't at all sound like the “the French touch” one would expect, but pairs the dark sound of 90ies techno icons Underground Resistance with bleepy acid lines.

Here Garnier reiterates his close working relationship with the underground and shows once again his skill and rigour as a producer.

Typical Garnier basslines flirt with the Retro Charme of Chicago and the roots of house music as well as his own. There's a reminiscence of ”The sound of the big Babou” one of his great hits, but it seams like a version stripped down to the streamlines of an underground club between 4 and 6 a.m.

And quite the star, Monsieur Garnier garnishes his EP with a B side full of conoisseur hit potential. With its shouted vocals and driving bassline H.E. Is a killer of a swinger.

The EP, entitled AF 4302, is distinguished by an organic, raw, acid-flavoured techno sound. Three tracks and three different moods in which Garnier reinvents himself and takes his music to new, unchartered territories.

These tracks are razor sharp and should be handled with care!

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To warm you up for tomorrow night's Open Source Festival After Party, we bring you a cold, uptempo mix featuring new and exclusive tracks from Astro Lab Recordings (@Lau).

See you all at Salon des Amateurs...

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Fudge Fingas - What Works (Mastered)

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Roaming
Believe in Reflecting
Smallville

Maxi Single & EP
SMALLVILLE31
Out: 27-08-2012

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Next to all new music, we want to share some Delsin Records history, starting with this cut from John Harvey aka D5. 

Originally released on 50dsr - Planet Delsin, Interstellar Sounds Of Stardust Compilation back in 2005 and repressed a few years back as dsr-sp2. We have some last copies left of the D5 repress in the webshop, just follow the buy link. More songs from the archive to follow.

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Planet Delsin - Interstellar Sounds Of Stardust Sampler (2005)
The journey to the new Planet Delsin is about to take off!! Amsterdam's technosoul label Delsin starts the celebration of their 50th release with this rock steady Planet Delsin Sampler EP. Three magnificent experienced scouts are ready to explore the interplanetary sounds of stardust, covered by the Planet Delsin. From the USA comes $tinkworx of Down Low fame, Holland brings in Aroy Dee of the M>O>S-collective and UK's D5 (formerly known as Dimension 5) completes the collective. Whereas $tinkworx brings along the sound of Detroit Techno, Aroy Dee takes its Chicago House brother. Together with D5's gorgeous melodic input, they lay the fundaments for their new homebase. All proper quality techno!

Planet Delsin, Interstellar Sounds Of Stardust

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Still Music is based in Chicago, IL, and is the brainchild of Jerome Derradji. Now in its seventh year, Still Music has been instrumental in the worldwide proliferation of some of America’s freshest underground dance music. From raw disco to beautiful, refined techno, and stopping at every tempo and mood between and beyond, Still Music and its sublabels Past Due and Love For Music have found room to include artists both established and new, releasing what can only be described as GOOD music. 

This is the natural way of working for Mr. Derradji, who moved to the US in 2000 and cut his teeth working with various record shops and electronic music distributors in Chicago. He decided to launch Still Music in 2004, with the inaugural release featuring Amp Fiddler from Detroit remixing Patchworks from France. With this template set, Still Music went on to release music from veteran dance producers such as Rick Wilhite and Gerald Mitchell, while also stretching out into other genres on Randolph’s “Lonely Eden” album and Seun Kuti’s political afrobeat on “Think Africa”. Still also dropped the In The Dark compilation, showcasing the then-emerging Detroit house sound and featuring the production debut of Keith Worthy, which was touted as Groove Magazine’s #1 release the month it came out. These credentials have earned Still Music “Label of the Month” status in XLR8R magazine and on leading dance music site Resident Advisor. 

Not satisfied with Still Music’s impressive breadth and depth, Jerome also launched two highly successful sublabels to compliment the main label. Past Due records is the place for long-forgotten independent disco and funk gems to be unearthed, reissued, and remixed by modern producers, bringing artists like DIT and Greyship Daviz into the spotlight they (wrongfully!) never achieved the first time around. Love For Music (also known as Stilove4music) is the label dedicated to more underground sounds, from disco edits to lo-fi house and techno madness.

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