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wow seems like a goodway to promote this party, so whos comped list am i on? And if one of ya can drop DJ GREGORY "ATTEND I" then it would be the perfect song to set it off.

almost time now isnt it.

A couple of hrs at sullivan room first for deepspell n bass boy and then its time for the only dj that i can say has never played a bad record for my ears. See some of you guys at sully and or cielo.

i'll be there around 930 or so.

I know your pretty much a ghost nowadays but luv ya and miss ya fool. Be good and see you out tehre soon. In case you dont know MSCREW is without a doubt the best dancer out there so many styles this man has its unbelieveable. So what if hes not all there in the head.

ahem!

thanks to some of ya who should up and made the party a success and for those who didnt theres always next time. We partied till about 4:50am and people loved every min of it. Seems like its gonna be upstairs setting the tone until downstairs opens up around 11ish or so then both floors will be throwing out some serious tunes. Lot of pics were taken and will post them up if i ever get them lol.

hey max may i suggest you check out TEDD PATTERSON at CIELO instead, believe me everyone who has gone to his party once always comes back each month, its amazing. And damn it alex you nor jason didnt say a word to me bout this lol. So many decisions on sat night for sure.

This is all the info i can find for this place ok guys n gals. Anticipating that YOU will come out to Asbury Park and bless us with your presence! It's an incredible feeling to have this space and complete creative freedom. Summer 2005 Schedule THURSDAYS - REGGAE DUB LOUNGE STYLE FRIDAYS - MODERN RETRO NEW WAVE SATURDAYS - UNDERGROUND CLUB DANCE MUSIC SUNDAYS - OPEN MIC/POETRY SLAM, R&B & CLUB CLASSICS ALL DAY OPEN AIR BAR SERVICE closed Mondays - Wednesday NIGHTS All Night Access to the beach A Work in progress towards my dream of having Gary Stewart come in and do his thing. But for now... Old School Analog 4-Way System Ashley Crossover 1500ks worth of Crown/Crest/Yamaha Power 4 Community Horns 4 Community Hi/Lo Mid Boxes 4 Custom Sub Boxes - 20" Fane Drivers 2 Custom High End Tweeter Packs Full complement booth system Music Sounds Better With YOU! http://www.NewJerseyDeep.com http://www.ravenfox.net

i have nothing to do with this party so i cant answer your questions,im from NYC but figured i would post the info bout this since i dont think people on here would know about it. Have fun whoever goes as for the djs thats all taken care of alreaydy from what i heard as well as other nights i think thurs thru sun.

I know some of ya are not into the JERSEY SCENE that most people think is the normal in your state. So i figured i would post this and if people are curious well then do your thing.

www.musicislove.net enjoy! And hangout if you enjoy his music and the energy he brings its like that with all DEEP HOUSE DJS, from TIMMY REGISFORD@SHELTER for 14 hrs every sat night to sun afternoon, to DANNY KRIVIT@718 SESSIONS, to FRANCOIS K @ DEEPSPACE every mon where he plays EVERYTHING. To OSUNLADE, KING BRITT, theres so many djs out there that bring out so many great vibes to NYC at thier parties and they have their HUGE followings from all over the world, but people who are into the whole progressive sound,techy, dark hard beats, are the ones who are missing out on these parties. Go to a 718 sessions party or a SACRED RITUAL or a SHELTER party HANGOUT and you will see what everything else in NYC clubworld is missing from their parties.: A CROWD WITH NO KNUCKLEHEADS WHO LOVE TO DANCE AND KNOW THIER MUISC AND ARENT FUCKED UP, ALL AGES N RACES AND GENDERS WHO ARE DRESS TO DANCE FOR HRS.

yo afa, if ya like roll with me after work on sun to BED everything will be cool. Fun beats and fun times for different reasons, hell its what you make of it. But on sat with sully n tedd at cielo dunno how im gonnabe at work and goin to bed or lseeping at my job for 2 hrs b4 cielo again for the FRESH FRUIT party might be the best idea for me. We'll speak. Have fun at ps1 everyone.

wurd man, deefex you will love cielo and tedd, and wurd up andres man you been missing out on VIBAL, wus wrong with you.

somebody forgot to mention the ORIGINAL LIMELIGHT was on 7th ave south. And it was a great read, but luckily this only applies to certain rooms and not all rooms or parties.

been hearing steve for a while now and i feel him very strongly, its quentin who i never head live b4, but his productions speak for themselves. If your free on weds afa come thru to le souk as well i made a post about it. As for the whole JOURNEY thingy, different people see different ways to a journey. I missed danny 2 times after crobar cause of my g/f, but i caught him at show and that was amazing believe it or not. See ya soon. Wut about the idea for the party name backupqueen, wut you think of that lol.

His name is Steve Travolta and he turns the mutha out! His annualHalloween Bash is unforgettable and his DJ set for the Richard Alvarezbenefit was outta this world. This month, he joins producer du jourQuentin Harris for the formation of their new party FRESH FRUIT! Here’sa some of what he had to say: NICK NAME STD NAME Steve Travolta NICK NAME STD AGE 35 PROFESSION DJ EDUCATION University of Washington, School of Communications. CITY Brooklyn, NY COUNTRY US TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW PARTY FRESH FRUIT: The idea for the party came after Quentin and I played together atStereo in Montreal and the night was nothing short of magical. Whileour sounds are both unique, they also fit together quite well. HOW DID YOU MEET QUENTIN HARRIS? I had known of Quentin and seen him around over he past 10 years in NYCbut we didn’t make a true connection until July of ‘04 through his Dubversion of Patti Labelle’s “New Dayâ€. Somebody had copied the track forme without his permission and next weekend I played it about 10 or 15times on a Saturday night gig at the Roxy. Ironically, I wanted to callhim and let him know how the kids were gagging on it, but feltuncomfortable about the situation because I don’t subscribe to idea ofunauthorized CD copying. Little did I know that Quentin had receivedthe reports by the next day and when I finally ran into him up atJellybean’s office about a month later it was all good. HOW DO YOU KNOW BENNY SOTO? I met Benny while he was working the door at a couple of parties that Danny Krivit was spinning in the late Nineties. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO CALL THE PARTY FRESH FRUIT? Originally the party was suppose to be called “Organicâ€, and I feltthat the name was too serious for the feeling that comes through whenQuentin and I spin together. At the last minute we decided on the namechange because it better represented the raw NY underground house soundthat we spin. HOW DID YOU BECOME AFFILIATED WITH DEF MIX? That’s a common misconception. I simply worked as assistant director ofFor The Record in ’98. David Morales and Frankie Knuckles and I havehad a very close friendship and working relationship since ’92. Ourconnection goes far beyond the music, they have taught me more aboutlife, love and humility than I ever expected to learn. WHICH OF YOUR REMIXES ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? I’m most proud of the edit of “Finally†by Kings of Tomorrow, which isactually more of re-working than a remix that I worked on with DannyKrivit. . WHICH OF YOUR PRODUCTION ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? This also brings up a key point. I’m not interested in being anythingother than a great DJ. I consider myself more of a “Producer’s Museâ€because, when in the proper environment, I take risks to break newground. Also, about three years ago I hired Soundman Shorty, of SBS andStereo fame, to install a Sound System for a few of the private loftparties I was throwing and from that point on I became much moreinterested in Quality of Sound, Engineering and Sound Systeminstallation. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CLUBS AND CITIES YOU’VE DJ’ED IN AROUND THE WORLD? My main focus is and always will be spinning in NYC. Although my secondhome is Stereo in Montreal, and I’ve had some wonderful opportunitiesto spin in Italy, Greece, Singapore and Berlin. WHICH DJ’s REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF HOUSE MUSIC? Alix Alvarez and Mr. V. - Along with Quentin Harris, they represent the future of the scene. FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT “Tainted Love†by Soft Cell. LAST RECORD YOU BOUGHT Joe Clausell’s “Mafungo†DEFINE HOUSE MUSIC FOR THOSE THAT DON’T KNOW? House music is truly a hybrid of cultures and sounds from around the world. WHATS THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE MADE IN HOUSE MUSIC? Some of my most memorable moments as a DJ could technically beconsidered mistakes. It’s always those small things that weren’t in the“plan†that keep the night and the music interesting. WHEN WERE YOU FIRST INTRODUCED TO HOUSE MUSIC? In ’86 when I purchased “Baby Want’s To Ride†WHAT CLUBS DID YOU FREQUENT WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED THE SCENE? Sound Factory Bar and The Original Sound Factory. DESCRIBE YOUR DJ STYLE I usually play just a little bit of everything. Programming is my true strength. IF SOMEONE WROTE A SONG TO DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY/LIFE, WHAT WOULD THE TITLE BE? “Novella†WHAT DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS DOING AS A CAREER IF YOU NEVER GOT INTO HOUSE MUSIC? Visual Artist WHO WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES? On a creative level: Danny Krivit, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Francios K, and Quentin Harris. On a business level: Phil Smith of Phazon Sound IF I LOOKED IN YOUR CD PLAYER NOW, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC MIGHT I SEE? Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Diana Ross and Art of Noise. WHAT IMPORTANT TRENDS DO YOU SEE IN OUR INDUSTRY? The scene seems to be headed away from the excessive commercialization and back towards the underground WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE HOUSE MUSIC MOMENT Frankie Knuckles at the Sound Fa ctory Bar in ’92. WHERE DO YOU SEE OUR SCENE 10 YEARS FROM NOW? In a much healthier well balanced place. WHAT ROLE WILL TECHNOLOGY PLACE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF HOUSE MUSIC? Although at present it seems that the internet is killing the scene,eventually it will help turn things around. Hopefully someone will comeup with a solution for the low quality sound of MP3s and Lap TopComputers. WHAT NIGHTCLUB HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART? Stereo in Montreal. WHAT SEPRATES A GOOD DJ FROM A GREAT ONE? Programming, Programing, Programming and the ability to play a sound system at moderate DBs. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ESSENCE OF SUCCESS? Staying true to your artistic vision. ACCORDING TO YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS, HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE YOU BEEN SO FAR? Extremely. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SEASON? Summer IN THE MOVIE VERSION OF YOU LIFE, WHO WILL PLAY YOU? Diana Ross OVER EASY, OR SUNNY SIDE UP? I’ll take the fifth FAVORITE TV SHOWS Americas Next Top Model FAVORITE MOVIES The Women, Auntie Mame and Show Girls. FAVORITE BOOKS Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Catcher In The Rye. FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS Chaka Khan FAVORITE NUMBER 7 SHOE SIZE 13 FAVORITE PLACE TRAVELLED TO Greece MOST MEMORABLE JOB AS A TEENAGER Grays Papaya WHATS UNDER MY BED A Glass of Water PEOPLE IN HISTORY I’D LIKE TO MEET Albert Einstein WHEN I RETIRE I’D LIKE TO Paint WHAT DOES BOUNCEFM.COM MEAN TO YOU Bouncefm represents the true mood of NYC’s house culture. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO’D LIKE TO BOOK YOU/USE YOUR SERVICES Jessica@collectivegroove.com PLEASE INCLUDE A RECENT PLAYLIST SO FANS CAN GET A SENSE OF YOUR MUSICAL STYLE. “Hauntedâ€â€“ Quentin Harris - Unsigned “Aw Shit†– DJ Thom T. – Peace Bisquit “Alright’ (David Morales 2005 Mix) – Sterling Void - ? “Love Affair†– Dalminjo – Out of Orbit Recordings “Joy†– Trina Broussard – Restricted Access “East Street Beat†(Danny Krivit Edit) – Chocolette “Hate Won’t Change Me†– Byron Stingly - Unsigned “We Belong Together†(LP Version) – Mariah Carey – Def Soul “Let Me Love You†– Anane feat. Mr. V – MAW “Inside†Gravity Beats – Wavetec Note: Benny Soto, Kevin Williams, with Jessica O' Connor present... "FRESH FRUIT" Sunday, August 7th Music by Steve Travolta and Quentin Harris 8pm-2am Cielo 18 Little West 12th Street (between 9th and Washington) $10 Steve Travolta and producer of the moment, Quentin Harris team up for aserious evening of music, madness and carrying on! You won't want tomiss this one as ST and QH promise to serve up a fruit cocktail offresh booty pumping beats lightly flavored with an occasional houseclassic! Something a little different..if you know what we mean....

and shit i almost forgot about all the good sunday afternoon parties at LE SOUK n BED NY, along with this hotel i cant remember the name now and in brooklyn SEA.

First this sat at SULLIVAN ROOM we have our own BASSBOY n DEEPSPELL playing at one of my fave places in nyc. Gonna be a great night of beats and friends. Sullivan room for a few hrs then its over to CIELO for one of the best consistent parties around in nyc, only 718 sessions and shelter sat are the only partie si can say that for. TEDD PATTERSON will be beating that box like only he can. Around 430ish im off to sleep at my job until work begins at 9am. But those who wanna keep partying make it over to SHELTER where TIMMY REGISFORD will show you what a party should be like until about 2pm, then if you still wanna dance go to brooklyn for the SOULSUMMITT FESTIVAL in fort greene park from 3pm till 9pm, then you can go either to TEMPLE for DJ REUBEN TORO in brooklyn or CIELO for djs STEVE TRAVOLTA n QUENTIN HARRIS, come 230am mon morning you can make it home, or if you want after hrs let me know i will tell you of 2 parties goin on the other is a private affair., So suck it up people, and see what parties are for you and which are not. I will see ya at SULLY for PEOPLE, VIBAL at CIELO ,CIELOfor FRESH FRUIT. I feel sad for those who only think crobar and spirit and all these bottles n models places are what nyc is about, bunch of people dont know shit.

im exicted and cant wait guys, was fun dancing to your beats gonna be like a reunion all over again. Also letsmake that trip to boston happen again, that shit was so much fun over at PRAVDA i believe the place was called right.

people who stop going out at 20 or whatever age and think there old is only because to them it is a FAD and only do it cause they think they have to. No real love behind it just a step onto their next FAD. To some one thing is a lifestyle to others its just a trend for a few.

and for you detroit lets put it like this, both the GENRES we love have influenced people from all over the world to make music NOW that we both love regardless of genre. And thats whats important. But at the same time while you and me can preach and teach to people on messageboards or whatever, i like to take my info from people who were there and part of the scene, which is why i use the pump up the volume links and the books like YOU BETTER WORK, LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE, LOVE SAVES THE DAY, KEEP ON DANCING as references, written by people who were there and contaiing stories from the sources and stuff.

hey whiteboy, i fixed them for ya, click on them again or click on these: http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume.ram http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume2.ram http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume3.ram

A history of techno music Related black science fiction - dance - Detroit techno - drum machine - electro - house - Kraftwerk - italo disco - Giorgio Moroder - Alvin Toffler - Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (1988) - Various artists image sourced here. [Apr 2005] On the origins of techno music Definition Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit. The word techno is often misapplied to a number of offshoots of the original Detroit style, such as trance, and is sometimes inappropriately used to describe all electronic dance music styles. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_music [May 2004] History Techno was primarily developed in basement studios by "The Belleville Three", a cadre of African-American men who were attending college, at the time, near Detroit, Michigan. The budding musicians – former high school friends and mixtape traders Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson – found inspiration in Midnight Funk Association, an eclectic, 5-hour, late-night radio program hosted on various Detroit radio stations including WCHB, WGPR, and WJLB-FM from 1977 through the mid-1980s by DJ Charles "The Electrifying Mojo" Johnson. Mojo's show featured heavy doses of electronic sounds from the likes of George Clinton, Kraftwerk, and Tangerine Dream, among others. Though initially conceived as party music and played at parties given by posh Detroit high school clubs such as Comrades, Weekends, and Rumours, the music soon attracted enough attention to garner its own club the Music Institute. The institute, though short-lived, was known for its all night sets, its sparse setup, and its juice bar (the Institute never served liquor). Over what was really a short period of time, techno began to be seen by many of its originators and up-and-coming producers as an expression of Future Shock and post-industrial angst. It also took on increasingly urban, science-fiction oriented themes. The music's producers were using the word "techno" in a general sense as early as 1984 (as in Cybotron's seminal classic "Techno City"), and sporadic references to an ill-defined "techno-pop" could be found in the music press in the mid-1980s. However, it was not until Neil Rushton assembled the compilation Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit for Virgin UK in 1988 that the word came to formally describe a genre of music. Techno has since been retroactively defined to encompass, among others, works dating back to "Shari Vari" (1981) by A Number Of Names, the earliest compositions by Cybotron (1981), Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder's "I Feel Love" (1977), and the more danceable selections from Kraftwerk's repertoire between 1978 and 1983. In the years immediately following the first techno compilation's release, techno was referenced in the dance music press as Detroit's relatively high-tech, mechanical brand of house music, because on the whole, it retained the same basic structure as the soulful, minimal, post-disco style that was emanating from Chicago and New York at the time. The music's producers, especially May and Saunderson, admit to having been fascinated by the Chicago club scene and being influenced by house in particular. This influence is especially evident in the tracks on the first compilation, as well as in many of the other compositions and remixes they released between 1988 and 1992. May's 1987-88 hit "Strings Of Life" (released under the nom de plume Rhythim Is Rhythim), for example, is considered a classic in both the house and techno genres. However at the same time, there is also evidence that Chicago was influenced by the Detroit Three. Allegedly May loaned Chicago producers the equipment they would use to make the classic House Nation. A spate of techno-influenced releases by new producers in 1991-92 resulted in a rapid fragmentation and divergence of techno from the house genre. Many of these producers were based in the UK and the Netherlands, places where techno had gained a huge following and taken a crucial role in the development of the club and rave scenes. Many of these new tracks in the fledgling IDM, trance and hardcore/jungle genres took the music in more experimental and drug-influenced directions than techno's originators intended. Detroit and "pure" techno remained as a subgenre, however, championed by a new crop of Detroit-area producers like Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin, Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, Drexciya and Robert Hood, plus certain musicians in the UK, Belgium and Germany. Derrick May is often quoted as comparing techno to "George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator", even though very little, if any, techno ever bore a stylistic resemblance to Clinton's repertoire. For various reasons, techno is seen by the American mainstream, even among African-Americans, as "white" music, even though its originators and many of its producers are black. The historical similarities between techno, jazz, and rock and roll, from a racial standpoint, are a point of contention among fans and musicians alike. Derrick May, in particular, has been outspoken in his criticism of the co-opting of the genre and of the misconceptions held by people of all races with regard to techno. In recent years, however, the publication of relatively accurate histories by authors Simon Reynolds (Generation Ecstasy aka Energy Flash) and Dan Sicko (Techno Rebels), plus mainstream press coverage of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, have helped to diffuse the genre's more dubious mythology. The genre has further expanded as more recent pioneers of the scene such as Moby, Orbital, and the Future Sound of London have made the style break through to the mainstream pop culture. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_music#History [Apr 2005] Japanese drum machines [...] Much has been written about Kraftwerk being the originators of house. While this is a nice idea, the truth is far more complex. Due to the relatively cheap availability of drum machines and synthesisers from Japanese companies like Roland (the feted 808 and 909 drum machines both originated in Japan) something was bound to happen anyway. -- John McCready Detroit Techno [...] Because it's now accepted as undeniable history that Carl, Kevin, Derrick and Juan Atkins somersaulted dance and electronic music beyond disco, electro, Kraftwerk, Eno, Kraut Rock, P-Funk, New Romantic and New Order into something new. At the time they called it techno. --mixmag.net [Apr 2003] Dance The idea of electronic dance music was in the air from 1975 on. Released as disco 12" records in the U.S., cuts like Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express"(1977) and "The Robots" came after Giorgio Moroder's electronic productions for Donna Summer, especially the 1975 "I Feel Love." This in turn had a huge influence on Patrick Cowley's late '70s productions for Sylvester: synth cuts like "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" and "Stars" were the start of gay disco. --Jon Savage A Complete Mistake Techno is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator." -- Derrick May A History of Techno Written in 1993 by Jon Savage for The Village Voice, this article is one of the best documents written on techno, focusing on the fusion of man and machine, machine soul. [...] Intelligent Techno [...] "[intelligent Dance Music] means the opposite of stupid hardcore. And of commercial dance music. Ambient music and intelligent techno were always linked in my mind and the audience largely overlaps. Intelligent techno has got to have more function than just to be utilitarian dance music. It has to give you something to listen to and be intrigued by. It has to work in the domestic environment." --Mixmaster Morris Machine Soul "The 'soul' of the machines has always been a part of our music. Trance always belongs to repetition, and everybody is looking for trance in life... in sex, in the emotional, in pleasure, in anything... so, the machines produce an absolutely perfect trance." --Ralf Hütter, 1991, quoted in Kraftwerk: Man Machine and Music, Pascal Bussy [...] Avant Garde If there is one central idea in techno, it is of the harmony between man and machine. As Juan Atkins puts it: "You gotta look at it like, techno is technological. It's an attitude to making music that sounds futuristic: something that hasn't been done before." This idea is commonplace throughout much of avant-garde 20th-century art --early musical examples include Russolo's 1913 Art of Noises manifesto and '20s ballets by Erik Satie ("Relâche") and George Antheil ("Ballet méchanique"). Many of Russolo's ideas prefigure today's techno in everything but the available hardware, like the use of nonmusical instruments in his 1914 composition, Awakening of a City. - Jon Savage in "Machine Soul" [...] Techno in the US and Europe The first wave of bands to make synthpop had nearly all been European, names like Telex , Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder will sound familiar. The second wave was clearly American, with Detroit techno showing the way. Black Sience Fiction Juan Atkins and 3070 called themselves Cybotron, a futuristic name in line with the ideas they had taken from science fiction, P-Funk, Kraftwerk, and Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave. "We had always been into futurism. We had a whole load of concepts for Cybotron: a whole techno-speak dictionary, an overall idea which we called the Grid. It was like a video game which you entered on different levels." By 1984-85, they had racked up some of the finest electronic records ever, produced in their home studio in Ypsilanti: tough, otherworldly yet warm cuts like "Clear," "R-9", and the song that launched the style, "Techno City." [...] Books 1. The Rough Guide To Techno - Tim Barr, J. M. Kelly [1 book, Amazon US] Crank up the keyboards, Rough Guides brings you the beat of the new millennium with The Rough Guide to Techno. This pocket-size reference covers 200 crucial figures in the diverse world of techno, concentrating on album artists and the pioneers like Kraftwerk and Cybotron who paved the way for them. In this ephemeral world, The Rough Guide provides essential, hard-to-find details for any fan, including biographies and inclusive discographies. The guide is organized alphabetically, with more than 200 entries on artists, producers, sub-genres, and other essentials. Black-and-white photos. 2. Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk (1999) - Dan Sicko [Amazon US] This book is very decent. It definitely tracks the growth of the techno scene and genre in America very well, especially for the techno enthusiast. This book is NOT, however necessarily appropriate for the person who thinks "techno" means everything electronic. Techno is a specific genre of electronic music that does NOT include trance, hardcore, jungle/d'n'b, or whichever other genres people have been complaining about the lack of in this book. If you note the author's review, he clearly states that the book is first and foremost a chronicle of American techno music. --joseph_ruszel for amazon.com CDs 1. Innovator - Derrick May [Amazon US] Thanks to legendary singles like "Strings of Life" and "Nude Photo," Derrick May is universally regarded as the definitive techno producer; by hijacking the rhythmic sensibilities of house and adding the intelligence of European electronica and the spirit of Motown, he single-handedly defined and articulated the sound of Detroit. But despite (or perhaps because of) his status as a "legend," nary a bleep had emerged from his studio since 1990 before the release of Innovator, a collection of his past work. This double CD contains the aforementioned "Strings" and "Nude Photo" singles as well as other classics like "It Is What It Is," "Salsa Life," and "The Beginning," all of which have been available only in vinyl form on May's own Transmat label. Until he reemerges from a self-imposed musical hiatus, your course in the spirit of Detroit begins and ends here. --Matthew Corwine [...]. 2. Programmed - Innerzone Orchestra [Amazon US] [with the Stylistics cover of People Make the World Go Round ] Future-jazz visionary Carl Craig's Innerzone collaboration project highlights his pedigree as a producer, arranger, and all-around genius, ranking him with the likes of Stepney and Jones. Craig has created an album that genuinely manages to break new ground, merging the musical past with the technological future, blurring the textures of the electronic and the organic. "Manufactured Memories" like "Blakula" sets the abstract pace, as breaksmith Fransico Mora executes immense live drum technique (as he does throughout) within an electronic framework. Like some lost studio session tapes of Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra, and Max Brennan, "Basic Math" and "Timing" are avant-fusion workouts. As some plunder and exploit, claiming originality, Craig makes no secret of the inspiration drawn from the others' works (including the superb reinterpretation of the Stylistics' "People Make the World Go Round"). By borrowing, reconstituting, and making his own, he has created something very unique and utterly sublime. --Amazon.co.uk [...]. 3. Norma Jean Bell - Come Into My Room[uK] UK only, very good Detroit House release on Peacefrog. Classic Moodymann material. 4. Harnessed the Storm - Drexciya [1CD, Amazon US] [more on Drexciya] 1. Under Sea Disturbances 2. Digital Tsunami 3. Soul of the Sea 4. Song of the Green Whale 5. Dr. Blowfins' Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres 6. Plankton Organization 7. Mission to Ociya Syndor and Back 8. Aquatic Cataclysm 9. Lake Haze 10. Birth of New Life 5. Abstract Funk Theory - Carl Craig [1 CD, Amazon US] 1. Atomic Dog - George Clinton 2. Mesopotamia - B52s 3. Shari Vari - A Number Of Names 4. Alleys Of Your Mind - Cybotron 5. Technicolor - Channel One 6. Forcefield - Reese And Santonio 7. Night Drive - Model 500 8. Lets Go - X-Ray 9. Galaxy - B F C 10. The Dance - Rhythm Is Rhythm [...] 6. Kevin Saunderson - Faces & Phases [1CD, Amazon US] 1. Bassline 2. Savage and Beyond - Tronik House 3. Pump the Move 4. Forcefield - Reese 5. Uptempo - Tronik House 6. Funk, Funk, Funk 7. How to Play Our Music 8. Groove That Won't Stop - Kevin Saunderson 9. Bounce Your Body to the Box 10. Truth of Self Evidence - Reese 11. Triangle of Love - Kevin Saunderson Disc: 2 1. Rock to the Beat 2. Feel the Mood 3. Groovin Without a Doubt 4. Let's, Let's, Let's Dance 5. Sound - Reese 6. Just Another Chance 7. Human Bond 8. Smooth Groove - Tronik House 9. Ahnongay - Inner City 10. Straight Outta Hell - Tronik House 11. Velocity Funk 7. Giorgio Moroder -- E=MC2 [1 CD, Amazon US] German reissue of the disco legend's 1980 album for Casablanca. Billed as the first electronic live-to-digital album. Eight tracks including two bonus tracks, 'Love's In You, Love's In Me' & 'Evolution'. 2001 release. Digitally remastered edition of the holy grail of most Moroderphiles. This was the meister producer at his peak, with 'Evolution', 'Wanna Rock You', 'In My Wildest Dreams' and of course, the title track. [...] 8. Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk [1 CD , Amazon US] 1. Europe Endless 2. The Hall Of Mirrors 3. Showroom Dummies 4. Trans-Europe Express 5. Metal On Metal 6. Franz Schubert 7. Endless It's ironic that electronica's forefathers include two German bands whom, at least on the surface, were polar opposites. On the one hand, there was Can--shaggy, Stockhausen-trained advocates of trance improvisation--and on the other, Kraftwerk: clean-cut control freaks and masters of the pristine machine groove. Yet, even at their most robotic, Kraftwerk manages to locate the soul of the machine, as they demonstrate throughout this 1977 outing. Hell, the mannequin manifesto "Showroom Dummies" alone is worth the price of admission. For a band so closely tied to technology, it's a testament to Ralf and Florian that their music continues to sound fresh more than two decades down the autobahn. --Bill Forman 9. Computer World - Kraftwerk [1CD, Amazon US] This is the album pundits like to point to when they accuse Kraftwerk of being digital-age visionaries; an all-too-easy assessment to make in the face of tracks such as "Home Computer" and "Computer Love" (not an ode to one-hand typing!). But to saddle the band with the reputation of sages is to completely miss the low-key wit and all-too-human playfulness of this album. "Pocket Calculator" and "Numbers" (the lyrics: numbers one to eight--period) could be read as tongue-in-cheek ripostes to too much bad "educational" programming, but that would smack of creeping punditry. Computer World is Kraftwerk's most lovable bundle of contradictions: at once its most technologically obsessed album and its most human. --Jerry McCulley 10. Silence in the Secret Garden (2003) - Moodyman [FR] [DE] [uK] This has just come out worldwide. I was lucky enough to have been given an advanced copy (thanks Philippe!) and I have played it regularly. Basically, if you enjoy what Moodymann did before, you are going to like Silence in the Secret Garden. All amazon outlets carry it but only France had a review, which is below. Oh and yes, you can listen to snippets at the amazon.de site. Kenny Dixon jr alias Moodymann, mystérieux producteur à la coiffure afro, célèbre pour son refus de tout exercice promotionnel, s’applique à donner une touche black à la culture house. Originaire de Detroit (fief des pionniers de la techno) et actif depuis le début des années 90, il s’évertue à incruster l’âme des esclaves dans des échos électroniques. S’inspirant de son héritage blues et gospel et muni de samples soul et jazz, il s’emploie à casser sa réputation deep jazz house. Entre martèlements robotiques et silences hypnotiques, sifflets d’oiseaux et pleurs de nourrissons (plus cool que chez Lou Reed) liés par des interludes vocaux, il construit un chef-d’œuvre de soul électronique. Silence In The Secret Garden baigne dans un downtempo voluptueux célébrant la rencontre de Marvin Gaye et de Carl Craig. --Sabrina Silamo for amazon.fr 11. Silent Introduction - Kenny Dixon Jr [Amazon US] This piece of electronic soul is a true masterpiece of music in any way, shape or form. Moody Man is actually Kenny Dixon Jr, one of the 'new school' of techno producers, and A Silent Introduction is his first full length album as an artist. The cover has a weird photograph of Kenny himself, looking like some sort of Afro-John Lennon(!), this bloke has grooves which could easily cause you to dislocate yr lower vertebrae. With its tempo sitting in warm confines of the 4/4 house beat, Moody Man makes a sound that is as pure and smooth as a blow job on a Sunday morning - concepts that would tickle the willies of you. The 2nd track on the CD - "I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits" - takes a sample from Chic, slaps down a deep-deep kick & beat, and washes down the concoction with a sonic wash that wouldn't sound too far off the 'ecstasy' sound of Spacemen 3/Spiritualised. By the time the perfect rhythm has peaked, you haven't realized that you've gotten of yr arse and you're dancing, even if it is like a grooveless spastic. There are tracks on the CD, that I know, many listeners will say "gee that sounds gay" - the dippy jazz of "The Third Track" or even "M Traxx" and "Music People" - but for dance pop, they still work better than anything by Armand Van Helden. Before you can say "but I thought he was...," you will have your mind fucked and twisted by the minimal squash of "Oceans," the filtered fuck of 'In loving memory' and the concrete ugliness of "Dem Young Sconies." For you 'purists' - which most of you Mojo motherfuckers are - slap your willy around to the mod-Gospel of "Answer Machine" or the jazz-fusion of "Sunday Morning" Listen to this fucken' CD, which is already two years vintage, and you will get some idea of where dance music will be heading for at least the next 8 years, give or take. -- Aaron Goldberg, Nov 1999 for Perfect Sound Forever This was taken from this website: http://www.jahsonic.com/Techno.html

um DETROIT you and i clashed oer soemthign b4, sohere we go again. I take it your from detroit so mucyh respect toyou, but you got your facts wrong. Taken formt eh mouths of dj pierre, derrick may, jesse saunders, kevin saunderson, the reasons they made their TECHNO musci was based on their fascination with what was goin on with the warehouse and the music box. Here you go watch n learn: http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume.ram http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume2.ram http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume3.ram Also you gotta understand house is what lead to techno which lead to acid which lead to trance which lead to dnb ,jungle,hardcore and all that other edm sounds n genres and shit. Much like house comes from disco, old school r&b dance classics, rock.