It all started in the spring of 1997 when Detroit native Matthew Chicoine, aka Recloose, made contact with techno pioneer Carl Craig by way of a legendary ‘demo-on-rye sandwich’. This fateful meeting led to the signing of Recloose to Craig’s seminal Planet E label and the birth of an eclectic and vibrant musical career. Recloose’s musical…
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…
Moritz von Oswald, legendary master of electronic experimentalism and technical exactitude, has an unassailable place in the modern history of forward-thinking music. To follow his career is to take a guided tour through some of the most important developments, places and people in the history of electronic music. Trained as a classical percussionist, von Oswald…
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…
Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint…
Mirko was born in 1979 in Lausanne and has loved music for as long as he can recall. After DJing in the clubs, Couleur3 (Swiss national radio) snapped him up as a DJ and programme planner between 1997 and 2001. During this time he continued DJing nationally but also started performing internationally at places like…
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…
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…
