Detroit Techno

[Brian48026]

Since I'm pretty new to the board but from Detroit if anybody is looking for Detroit techno I can usually steer you in the right direction.

For Example:

Adult Swim

Adult Swim, usually stylized [adult swim], is an adult-oriented television network sharing channel space with the Cartoon Network in the United States.[1] The programming features animated shows, including original programming, syndicated shows, and Japanese anime, generally with minimal or no editing for content. The shows are geared toward a 16+ audience, in contrast to the child and pre-teen daytime programming on Cartoon Network.

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Ghostly International

Ghostly International is an American independent record label that was started in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Sam Valenti IV in 1999. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye (aka Tadd Mullinix), Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys. After Valenti and Dear met at a party, their shared affection for electronic music, particularly the sound of Detroit Techno, led to the label’s (and Dear’s) first 12 inch single "Hands Up For Detroit." Following this, Ghostly enjoyed early success with albums by Mullinix as well as Disco Nouveau, a compilation including artists such as ADULT., Solvent, Legowelt, Daniel Wang and DMX Krew inspired by the Italo Disco movement of the 1970s and 1980s.

Since then the label has widened its focus to include groups such as Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys and Mobius Band, whose rock-based sound meshes with the label’s eccentric leanings. Also known for forward-thinking package design by the likes of Will Calcutt and Deanne Cheuk, as well as the Boy, Cat, and Bird logos of Michael Segal, Ghostly International aims to be a complete aesthetic experience.

Ghostly International followed up Disco Nouveau with two more successful compilation albums featuring its artists: Idol Tryouts and Idol Tryouts 2.

Ghostly International also runs a companion label, Spectral Sound, dedicated to more dancefloor-oriented music coming from some of the same artists on Ghostly (such as James T. Cotton, another moniker of Tadd Mullinix (aka Dabrye)).

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Ghostly Swim

Recently Ghostly International and Adult Swim released a compilation album known as Ghostly Swim,

http://www.adultswim.com/williams/music ... lyswim.zip

[stulic]

Detroit Techno? Early nineties ringing bells but after that, nothing... Unless the genre didn't change with the time, I think it's antique.

[Nosferatu]

Regardless if it is antique or not, techno as a musical style originates from Detroit. The story from what little I know, goes on to say that most of dj's & mc's that reached certain level of fame during the times of Detroit techno - moved out and went to Europe to pursue their career since the style captivated more of audience overseas then in USA wich meant more cash and better pay. That's why Detroit tehcno remained underground movement that only attracted a small cult-like following and venues, outiside which not too many people knew what was really going on in their backyards.

Brian, I see your nick has 48026 attached to it, I suppose that's ZIP code from where you are writing from, Fraiser or Roseville Michigan? As you may know many Bosnians originaly came to Hamtramck area of Detroit during the mid 1990's. There are quite a few places that meant something during the times of Detroit tehcno in the vicinity, to name at least one, Motor club on Connant in Hamtramck.

I know when Prodigy came to State theater in Detroit, their after party was in Motor, just to symbolize how much the pioneering movement in Detroit meant to them. Motor for more or less, is a dump now that has lost its soul pretty much but I blame the ownership for that, as well as the location close to emigrant neighbourhoods that exerts a certain amount of pressure to close a place where "all junkies hang out".

If you could englithen us to Detroit techno and post few links as well, it would be greatly appreciated. I understand that people who have never lived or been in D-town may not get nearly as much out of the story but do not let that prevent your from putting an effort to expand the topic.