This mix accompanies the essay - 'The Sound of Detroit: Notes, Tones and Rhythms from Underground' written by Louis Moreno. Published in the book 'The Acoustic City' edited by Matthew Gandy and BJ Nilsen (Jovis 2014)

More details here: 
http://www.theacousticcity.com/

Distributed / sold in the UK via the RIBA

http://www.ribabookshops.com/item/the-acoustic-city/82215/

Also available via TouchShop 

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The picture is the General Motors Renaissance Center complex in downtown Detroit circa 1980. It's a screen-grab from the brilliant documentary 'Taking Back Detroit' directed by Stephen Lighthill (1980)

More info : http://icarusfilms.com/cat97/t-z/taking_b.html

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1. Jeff Mills - Landscape (Utopian Dream) (Tresor)
2. 'Little' Joe L Carter - Please Mr. Foreman (taken from the soundtrack to 'Finally Got the News')
3. Model 500 - Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) (Metroplex)
4. UR - Hardlife (Aaron Carl Remix) (Underground Resistance)
5. Theo Parrish - Early Byrd (Elevate US)
6. Model 500 - Mind Changes (Apollo/R&S)
7. Da Sampla - Pursuit (Mix 3) (M3)
8. Yukihiro Takahashi - New (Red) Roses (Alfa Records Inc.)
9. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove  (Warner Bros.)
10. Kraftwerk - Numbers (Warner Bros)
11. Moodymann - 9 Nites 2 Nowhere (Scion A/V)
12. The Vision - Detroit: One Circle (Metroplex)
13. Model 500 - Ocean 2 Ocean (Juan's Magic Mix) (Kool Kat/Transmat)
14. Paperclip People - My Neighbourhood (Planet E)
15. Omar S - Day (FXHE Records)
16. Underground Resistance - Code of Honor (Network Records)
17. Dopplereffekt - Speak & Spell (Dataphysix Engineering)
18. Cybotron - Alleys of Your Mind (Fantasy)
19. UR003 - Base Camp Alpha 808 (Underground Resistance)
20. Aaliyah - One in a Million (Atlantic/Blackground Enterprises)
21. Drexciya - Doctor Blowfin's Water Cruiser (Submerge)
22. Ken Cockrel Snr. speech from 'Finally Got the News'.
23. Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (Capitol Records)
24. Cybotron - Techno City (Fantasy)
25. Millsart - Gamma Player (Axis)
26. The Martian - Lost Transmission from Earth (Red Planet)
27. Drexciya - Neon Falls (Submerge)
28. The B-52's - Mesopotamia (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) (Strut)



The Sound of Detroit: Base Camp Utopia 808

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Straight from the bustling scene of Brussels comes Nous'klaer Audio's latest signing: an effervescent debut album by the young Belgian-Japanese producer, live-performer, pianist and DJ Gaiko.

Gaiko (real name Kaito) bursts onto the scene with a nine-track full-length album that highlights the rich and diverse output of this emerging talent. His first offering spans left-field electronics, IDM and DnB, blending intricate drum-programming with lush synths and contemporary, contrasting piano pieces. The long player has been shaped into a push-and-pull dynamic of tempo and mood, a flow of quests that gradually grow into their entirety. From atmospheric textures to tight, propulsive beats, Gaiko builds layers that ripple into each subsequent track.

This contrasting yet complementary energy flows from the tender ''Millennium'' into the unassuming highs of ''Setagaya,'' while the floating electronica of IDM-leaning tracks ''Subdued'' and ''Ever's Lullaby'' build up to standout tracks ''Martyr'' and ''Crush.'' Gaiko's self-titled debut balances euphoria with introspection through an unusually sophisticated playfulness, a rare quality that makes this vivid young artist all the more promising.

The 180g vinyl comes in a heavyweight sleeve with artwork by Loe Duval (aka Barwouf) and includes a download card.

Gaiko

Martyr

Stream / Pre-order

Gaiko - Martyr (Debut album coming on February 14)

Pre-order: https://oncetwice.bandcamp.com/album/kyso-001

Kyso Sound (@user-118669873) launches its debut release with an impeccable two-tracker from @oncetwice1, formerly known as Parallels - a mysterious duo with support from key UK tastemakers.

Club weapon 'First Thing' merges atmospheric depth, emotional synthwork, and sharp UK drum patterns, made for those euphoric festival moments or the heat of a packed club.

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ASOY - 3 Boys In Trouble (Closet Yi Remix)

Single #1 from the forthcoming V/A - 'Pattern Gardening' 

wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/pattern-gardening

rRoxymore - 'Nightbite'

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-rando-arand-fiber-optic-cable

Since its inception, Estonian imprint Liitheli has stood as a magnet for Baltic-bound adventurers of sound, channeling a distinctly off-centre sensibility. Their latest transmission comes from Tallinn-based polymath Rando Arand, whose latest opus ‘Child of the Internet’ feels like a conceptual USB stick plugged into the subconscious of Gen Z’s neural hard drive...Our spotlight turns to ‘Fiber-Optic Cable’, one of the album’s quietly euphoric outliers, a breakbeat meditation slathered in hi-res shimmer and digitised longing. Here, Arand spins a thread between IDM ambient kinetics and post-Myspace bedroom aesthetics. Snare ghosts and pixelated pads swim through a warm synthetic haze, while melodies glitch and refract like reflections in a cracked smartphone screen. It’s a track that captures the flickering intimacy of being online at 3AM, with no one else awake but your browser history and the hum of the router.

@randoarand

Rando Arand - Fiber-Optic Cable [Liitheli]

My mom told me to give them credits
original: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RfCKlEptY

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Peaceful Ones (Mercatale in Val di Pesa Atrice Edit)

Vanity Press 014 B2

juno:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/davis-galvin-ep/715900-01/
redeye:
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/104938-

available in some US shops now

Waterbody

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Usery

Taken from "The City Rings". Out on @nmbrs February 7th 2020

http://nmb.rs/perko-cityrings

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