Just loving the stuff from the era that was most special to me.

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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.

Co-founder at TransFrequency Recordings



i make goth drum n bass

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Combined Awards                               (English Literature & Publishing)

poetry is the warm feeling in my belly. 

https://missjean6.wordpress.com

getting there aint gonna be easy but i know that in the end it will be worth it. Yeah, longings, sacrifices, cravings... this torture of the flesh will all be worth it. 

drinking is hell
not drinking is hell too
it's all hell
where the hell are you? 

drum & bass is missing something right now

you broke me open
exposed what's unhealed
it won't let me hide
in the silence you left behind
never stopped feeling
never stopped hoping
crossing my mind everyday
trying to find my way
wanting to tell you things
like not everything needs fixing
okay with space
this emptiness
without your voice
without your eyes
worlds apart

The image of a fractured female face was a way for me to express the fractured image of women in society. If you look carefully, you realise that the portrayal of women's bodies in movies, fashion, advertising, media, pornography and so on, only focuses on specific parts of the female body to satisfy and entertain a particular kind of audience while making financial profits. Women's agency is never taken into consideration as a whole: mental health, physical well-being, freedom of choice... Instead, women's bodies are fractured into different parts, broke into pieces, and these isolated parts become highlighted for specific purposes that do not reflect women's agency and its fundamental aspect of empowerment and equality. Unfairly, societal pressures ask women to conform to unrealistic and barely defined body ideals which in return create feelings of inadequacy and self criticism, these feelings reinforce the idea of a fracture or a disconnection of the body. In movies, advertising, fashion, women are often chosen for their aesthetic qualities which appeal to the senses: eyes, hands, mouth, hips, breasts, buttocks, legs are all specifically chosen and highlighted to create a carefully tailored result, often to sell us a product or a dream, a fractured dream, a fake dream... The issue here is that this image of a fractured female body is a clear reflection of a fractured society with disconnected human beings where unrealistic goals can never be achieved, where body dissatisfaction and self doubts prevail, where fierce competition drains every ounce of humanity left in this society... and by looking at the way things are going nowadays with the invasion of social media, it is possible that we have entered a new era that has gone beyond the image of a fractured female body. 

all these roads will lead me to you
i'll go where the summer screams
i'll go with the swirling leaves
through raging storms
or quiet morns 
in the soulful valley
or on top of a hill
i'll sleep under the stars
next to my compass




you've got secrets

think i got myself a Bristol blast! At last.

I arrived in England on the 6th of February 1997 with a tiny suitcase and £100 in my pocket. I took it from there. That's all I had. 

thank you. you're the best. 

can't break up with my rose
can't leave it alone 
my pink bonbon
lil miss wanty wanty
feather tongue
chewed up bird
below my navel
storm with no end
in my hand
no sleep tonight
just me and my rose


i guess it is his world or her world or their world... it's my world too, we have to share it, it's everybody's world.

i miss u so much

 

My new EP is ready! I'm over the moon. What a ride that was. Cant wait for the next project I have in mind. Those are the days

albums that changed my life

The Cure - Pornography
Can - Monster Movie
John Coltrane - Olé
Ed Rush & Optical - Wormhole
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Swans - Children of God
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
The Third Eye Foundation - Ghost
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume 2
Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest
No U Turn - Torque
Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms
Portishead - Dummy
23 Skidoo - The Culling is Coming
Techno Animal - Re entry



my love for you is protecting me from loads of nasty things happening in this world. keeps me safe

2025, that's the year our label owned it! Years of hard work.

in life's highest moment
i searched for you
for a hand to hold
and lips
wanting to be kissed
for things to be believable
with depths of clarity
in life's highest moment
i found you
by the fountain's brink



flower of flames
subjective beauty
private duty
cats have faith
in the dark
they do best
like us
sad as anything
distant voices
going nowhere
stuck against
the afterlife
that bass sounds right

summer berry lips
kiwi eyes
petal soft skin
sure sweet sign
of tender place
moonlight on her face
rose or jasmine fair
a gentle grasp
a touch that speaks
fingers tracing paths
with every whisper
young and old
forever young


some say shut up
some say keep talking

i'd go to hell with you

all my life i've been acting so prude, shocked by rude. I had so many opportunities though but I was too scared or too shy or too embarrassed to do anything about  it, at the same time I also knew that these hungry flames in my belly could and would devour them all. 

nothing comes between us
that’s the rule
lost soul
no love
no tomorrow
always alone
wearing the wrong clothes
i’m open and painted
cast adrift in your purity
i feel your warmth
in this cold life
in this dirt
where everything hurts


les eaux en guerre
deviennent tranquillement
la voix
dans la nuit noire
qui m'émut
me fait sentir bien
toujours entrain de rèver
éveillée
dans ton rève
je peux rester
oui
te dire oui
parce que je peux voir
a travers toi
l'eau a sa facon
les eaux en guerre
jusqu'a la fin

waters at war
quietly becoming
the voice 
in the cold night
moving me
moving right
still dreaming
awake 
in your dream
i could stay
yes
say yes to you
cause i can see
see right through you
water has its way
waters at war
right til the end






stiffened hell
one last spell
break even
up to heaven
suffocate
obliterate

rejection only makes me stronger. what's not to like. got years of experience. acceptance just dilutes me into nothing. 

Coming out as a trans woman was a long and chaotic process. For years I had no idea who I was. I spent my whole life denying and repressing this part of me, clearly faking it as I kept going through the motions of pretending to be the man I was not. I was closeted, it was awful, everything felt so mechanical, uncomfortable and solitary. The world can be hostile at times and I knew that coming out would be another struggle. I had to consider the impact that my choice would have on my friends and family. How they would deal with my decision. 
The turning point was when I started studying for a degree at Bristol university. There I found myself in a caring and nurturing environment where learning changed lives and that's when I realised that I was in the best place to come out. I knew it was finally safe to do it. Students and teachers were amazingly supportive and non-judgemental. 
For the first time in my life I felt accepted for who I truly was. 
Coming out is the best thing I have ever done. It has been so liberating and transformative. It was a curious mix of fear, relief and excitement as I started to feel a greater sense of self-acceptance, authenticity and a profound joy which culminated with my graduation ceremony and a whole new life ahead of me.   



i wanted to write an apology email to you but i had to choose between the cooler or hell so i chose hell. 

making that ep fixed my head big time.  

it is a crying shame that i cannot write about you. that's enough to upset the gods! my darling, if you could read what I cant write about you 



the deity standing tall
between stones
with light behind her
energy transfer
curled up lashes
ancient writings
face with no mouth
lost artifact




Magazine Article:

dnb/sci fi (from 90's to now, what happened?)

essential listening:

Dillinja (Silver Blade)
Matrix (Destiny)
Nico No U Turn (Droid)
Skynet & Stakka (9000 Series)
Dom & Roland (Deckers Theme)
Doc Scott (Machines)
Foul Play (Artificial Intelligence) Moving Shadows
Bad Company UK (Colonies)
Ed Rush & Optical (Mystery Machine)
Dave Shichman (The Running Man)
LTJ Buckem (Horizons) and GLR
Dunk & Black Opps (Bang Bang)
Ram Trilogy (Human Future)
A Guy Called Gerald
Metalheadz/Goldie
Adam F (Metropolis)
Johnny L (Piper)
Tech Itch (The Real)
Teebee (Behind The Sun)
Trace/Nico (The Mutant)
Current Value (Cybernetic Future)
Noisia (Stigma)
Photek (Rings Around Saturn)
Audio (Point of No Return)
Roni Size (Destination)
Krust (True Stories)
Die (Clear Skyz)
Cause 4 Concern (Future Shock)
Planet V
Fabio and Grooverider







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https://soundcloud.com/transvalue27
https://soundcloud.com/jazlu
https://soundcloud.com/sephiadnb
https://soundcloud.com/shar-worrell
https://soundcloud.com/neko-26
https://soundcloud.com/deluxe-83
https://soundcloud.com/officialdrumad
https://soundcloud.com/all172things
https://soundcloud.com/talisa_dnb
https://soundcloud.com/drum_pusher_audio_entropy
https://soundcloud.com/mia-sky-395009199
https://soundcloud.com/melinki
https://soundcloud.com/norealitymusic
https://soundcloud.com/catnapaudio
https://soundcloud.com/ame_chaos
https://soundcloud.com/geleeroyal
https://soundcloud.com/chid-aruma
https://soundcloud.com/brian-grimmlin
https://soundcloud.com/durability-dnb
https://soundcloud.com/urphdnb
https://soundcloud.com/rollyax
https://soundcloud.com/cyber_wuruhi
https://soundcloud.com/jane-doe-drum-n-bass
https://soundcloud.com/ninery
https://soundcloud.com/nitro_b
https://soundcloud.com/danny-jenk
https://soundcloud.com/orlan732
https://soundcloud.com/user-475721223
https://soundcloud.com/dj-willsyboy
https://soundcloud.com/diversepressure
https://soundcloud.com/sekhmetdnb
https://soundcloud.com/dnbtonic
https://soundcloud.com/rinor-hajdari
https://soundcloud.com/drophead303
https://soundcloud.com/kodekadnb
https://soundcloud.com/the_shrike
https://soundcloud.com/paramether
https://soundcloud.com/skynetaudio
https://soundcloud.com/goldrumz
https://soundcloud.com/e-leee
https://soundcloud.com/warnodnb
https://soundcloud.com/bankz91
https://soundcloud.com/entradnb
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https://soundcloud.com/ghostemane
https://soundcloud.com/user-610836157
https://soundcloud.com/dubudnb
https://soundcloud.com/timmi-c
https://soundcloud.com/h20-dnb
https://soundcloud.com/standbyexperience
https://soundcloud.com/bhelixmusic
https://soundcloud.com/shark-boy-31290690
https://soundcloud.com/torzx
https://soundcloud.com/mella_man
https://soundcloud.com/tim-e-aka-current-value
https://soundcloud.com/arleighdnb

entries:

some classic writing tropes:

Hero's journey, protagonist
Alternate universes
Detective
Chosen one
Quest/treasure hunt
Creating monsters
Forbidden love/triangle
Science-Fiction
Damsel in distress
to name but a few.
It really is all there.
It's crazy.
Just have to put everything together
with a strong narrative voice.
This is gonna take time.

Have you been stealing the attention again? Probably :) Shine bright

<a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/frankdw' target='_new'>Frank De Wulf's Upcoming Gigs </a>Saturday 27 July, 2013 <a href='http://www.tomorrowland.be' target='_new'>Tomorrowland 2013, Tomorrowland, Boom, Belgium</a> <a href='http://www.gigatools.com' target='_new'>Powered by GigaTools</a> Hey everyone,

When releasing new material, and especially when it has been so long as it was with Frank De Wulf …. you are kind of expected to tell a little bit about yourself. So, here you’ll find a quick overview of his career. You’ll discover how one thing led to another, without getting into too much detail.

You won’t find a list of his work here, if you are more interested in that please check out : http://www.discogs.com/artist/Frank+De+Wulf or soon the discography page on his web-site. If you are more into the insider info and personal anecdotes, you will soon find regularly updates with (sometimes) juicy stories from his days as a DJ/producer on the ‘by the way I just remembered’ page.

So here we go! Frank was born in 1968 as the youngest of three boys. Of course with 2 older brothers hanging around, he was introduced to all kinds of music, not just the mainstream tracks you heard on the radio.
He must have been about 10 when he started experimenting with tape decks, later he used his father’s 2-track recorder to make longer versions of hit records.
In high school, he got invited by one of his classmates to visit the local radio station. Impressed with their set-up, he asked if he could try mixing on their 2 ‘Technics SL1200 MK2’ turntables. It felt great! From there he got his own radio show called “Seventh Heaven Radio”. With Frank on the turntables and another guy doing the talking, they brought a whole new flavor to the dance hits of that time. By re-editing, remixing and manipulating the tracks, he wanted to create a particular atmosphere for the listeners and give them the idea that they were experiencing a live set from home.

Frank De Wulf was always into music with a strong, original sound & rhythm no matter the genre: from new wave, dance, electro European and American experimental post-punk with Kraftwerk and the Art of Noise as two of his major influences or dare he say “muses”. That fresh, energetic layered electro sound was something he aspired to bring himself, by creating his own music as well as through his work as a DJ.
After a while people started noticing his ‘work’ and around 1985, he was asked to do a show by a more ‘dance oriented’ radio station called ‘SIS’.

At the time he was regularly, DJ-ing in 2 of Ghent’s dance café’s. It was an excellent way to practice his skills and since he was still at school, these DJ gigs brought some extra money into his piggy bank … because he was also saving up to buy the Yamaha S7000 sampler and an ATARI 1024 Computer. The new beat movement had just started and he started to feel the need to create music rather than just mix other people’s work more and more. So he started to produce his own tracks and make remixes of existing tracks.
One of his first releases as musician/producer was the 12-inch Acid Rock track with his alter ego band Rhythm Device on Music Man Records. Thanks to Olivier Pieters, resident DJ at the famous night club Boccacio (one of the Belgian clubs where New Beat really took off), he could test run the track. To Frank’s surprise and great relief, the crowd loved it. The track became a big hit, and is now seen as a bit of a classic, or so he’s told.

His work as a DJ gave him the idea to make a record just for DJ’s. He wanted to create a kind of tool for mixing tracks while still keeping the familiar theme going. He started to work on several tracks, but due to a lack of time never really got to finish them. He had a series of beats, mixes and samples from international dance hits and newly created sounds that were not really fit to be released as a-side records. So still eager to release them, he decided to call them The B-Sides. The record went through the roof and he ended up releasing 4 volumes (on Music Man Records) plus remixes of them.
Due to the success of the B-sides, Frank was asked to give live performances as well as do DJ sets all over the world. He traveled around Europe, the States and Australia. It was a remarkable period, he met up with other performers and DJ’s, who where all starting their musical careers, people like Joey Beltram, Moby, Derrick May, Sven Väth. They all shared this great appreciation for each other’s work and Frank really felt that people understood his work. With each new sample or musical idea there was this immense reaction on the dance floor. He really felt that the crowd was on his side, the whole time pushing him on and inspiring him to break new boundaries. During his career, there was also Renaat, the owner of R&S records, who kept him inspired and focused. Renaats energy, drive and strong believe in the success of quality dance music had a major influence on Frank’s career.

He decided to start up his own record labels which gave him more creative freedom to release his tracks and do production work for other artists; like remixes for all kinds of artists in and outside the new beat scene like The Shamen & Erasure but also The Orb, Jam & Spoon, Orbital, Biosphere,…

At the end of the nineties Frank felt, he had reached the limits of what he could do with music at that period in time and decided to concentrate on another great love of his: the world of film and post-production.

He founded “GRID” a post-production company specialized in visual effects and motion design for commercials, video clips and films. He kept his musical career going at the back burner doing the odd remix or DJ set. 

So there you are… even though Franks work kept him quite busy and was creatively challenging, music is a part of who he is. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he always knew that this time would come. And now, he can no longer ignore this need to make music, this need to create and let the magic flow again. He hopes you will all enjoy the ride!

DJ / Producer / Label owner / Radio Broadcaster

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