In 2001, at the peak of Detroit techno’s third wave, one half of the controversial duo Drexciya broke off to work on a side project. Transllusion’s The Opening of the Cerebral Gate, reissued last month, was a deviation only in name from what James Stinson produced with his former collaborator. In the album’s beats…
An Ann Arbor-native, but longtime Detroit resident and musician, Shigeto is one of electronic music’s most intriguing figures. Shigeto (born Zachary Shigeto Saginaw) is able to practice musical exploration freely at his Rivertown Detroit, in-home studio. His label, Ghostly International (which has origins in Ann Arbor), boasts a long list of experimental, influential…
The history of techno is inextricably linked to Detroit, but if there’s any other city that’s played a formative role in the genre’s development, it would be Berlin. In 1991 — just two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall separating East from West and mere months before Germany unified — investor Dimitri Hegemann…
The organizers of Detroit’s Movement Electronic Music Festival have announced that early bird tickets for the 2015 weekend will be made available on October 14. In order to receive the special discount code by Tuesday, hopeful attendees are required to subscribe to the festival’s digital newsletter, by inputting their name and email address….
Local deep-house duo Golf Clap has announced an impromptu “fan appreciation week” by offering listeners a chance to score free downloads, cassette tapes, and vinyl pressings of their newest work, leading up to their performance Friday, October 10, at their resident venue – Ferndale’s Grasshopper Underground. After reaching more than 10,000 subscribers…
More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art is widely considered Carl Craig’s finest recorded work and a seminal tract in the history of Detroit techno. Now, the 1997 masterpiece is being remastered and reissued by the artist’s own Planet E label on double-vinyl, CD, and digital formats. The CD version will comprise sixteen tracks, including an…
Not to be outdone by like-minded producers, Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills announced on his Facebook page that he would not only be composing the score for an upcoming film, but that he would be writing and directing it as well. Life to Death and Back was created as for The Louvre Museum in Paris…
If you thought Richie Hawtin was done EXploring the intersection of museums and music, you’d be wrong. The second wave Detroit techno artist continues to prove he’s exactly that — an artist — by taking on a commission from the Centre Pompidou in Paris to compose an alternative score for Brumes d’automne, a French silent movie from 1928 directed by the…
Following a series of highly-publicized legal quarrels, Electric Forest promoters at AEG Live have announced a 10-year agreement with property owners of Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, MI, for future Electric Forest weekends. According to MLive, Norm Halbower (part of Double JJ Ranch ownership), came to an agreement with AEG Live…
As part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Fresh Detroit Sounds @ The Max series this fall, Detroit-area electronic superstar Shigeto has been scheduled to perform with a live ensemble. According to the DSO, Fresh Detroit Sounds aims to showcase a “unique collection of concerts spotlighting new music performed by local artists.” Three of the four…