What King Britt has done in the past could be considered very important. His curiosity has paved the way for the artist he is now. From creating house tunes for the legendary Strictly Rhythm, djing for Sector 6 comrades Digable Planets, starting Ovum Recordings with techno wunderkind, Josh Wink, being tapped to underscore Michael Mannʼs…
AWARDS: BBC Radio Top 10 Dance Records of All Time Inner City “Big Fun” Resident Advisor Top 10 remixes of 2008 Inner City “Good Love (Luciano remix)” (KMS) M8 Magazine Top 20 Compilations of 2007 “The Detroit Connection” Best Dance Act in the World DMC 1989 & 1992 4 Gold Singles & 1 Gold Album…
Always driven by his desire to explore new sound perspectives and ideas, Jona has forged his path into the electronic music scene by consistently bringing exciting and forward-thinking music. He developed his own unique sound, incorporating a wide range of styles into his work. At first a guitarist during his teens, largely influenced by blues…
“Led by the drummer and composer Francisco Mora-Catlett – the son of the Mexican painter Francisco Mora and the African-American sculptor Elizabeth Catlett – AfroHORN seeks a mystical but earthy vision of rhythm and folklore, inspired not only by Afro-Cuban music but also the Sun Ra Arkestra, in which Mr. Mora-Catlett played in the 1970s…”…
Eric Ericksson started producing music in the beginning of the nineties. Inspired by the deep house sounds and the melodic Detroit techno of the era he set out to create his own sound and expression. In 1995 he signed with Sundsvall based label Dunkla and the year after the debut single was released. A milestone…
KDJ is Kenny Dixon jr – aka Moodymann. Moodymann combines classic soul and jazz samples, low-slung bass in many of his tracks that always manage to create a captivating scope of sounds keeping you hooked in the groove from start to finish. This style of strong soul and blues-tinged tech house music is able to…
Initially inspired by the constant throb of the radio throughout his childhood, the seeds of Paul Woolford’s future direction were sewn by the time a record-collecting addiction kicked in properly during his teenage years. This insatiable appetite for musical stimulation has driven him to explore far beyond the cutting-edge house and techno that is his…
Stacey Pullen is the Kosmik Messenger. An innovator from the second wave of Detroit techno, he grew up under the mentorship of Detroit’s legendary three: Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson. Still continuing to produce his characteristic atmosphere laden electronic sound, Stacey Pullen compounds his reputation as a producer with that of being one…
Franck recalls vividly toying with his audiotape recorder, cutting voices out, matching the beat, a symptomatic, diy approach to music that soon translated into a mission of instinction; the very same intuition underneath the house movement from the beginning: a need for loops and beats. From raw-edged, stripped-down tracks to those flourishing with an intense…
Derrick May If one name crops up again and again in discussions of techno, it is that of Derrick “Mayday” May. Alongside Atkins, Juan, Craig, Carl and Saunderson, Kevin, May is regarded as one of the kings of the Detroit sound. Inspired by Yello and Kraftwerk, he began to make electronic music with Atkins and…
