Area One featuring:
Rob Hood (Detroit)
M Plant/ Axis / Tresor / Music Man
Live+DJ Set
Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. Having recorded for Metroplex, as well as the Austrian Cheap label and Jeff Mills' Axis label, Hood also owns and operates the M-Plant imprint (including the two sublabels Drama and Duet) through which he has released the bulk of his solo material. Hood was a founding member, along with Jeff Mills and Mike Banks, of the Underground Resistance label, whose influential releases throughout the early and mid '90s helped change the face of modern Detroit techno and sparked a creative renaissance. Infusing elements of acid and industrial into a potent blend of Chicago house and Detroit techno, UR's aesthetic project and militant business philosophy were (and remain) singular commitments in underground techno. Hood left Detroit (and UR) with Jeff Mills in 1992, setting up shop in New York and recording a series of 12" EPs. Through the mid '90s, Hood has focused on his solo work, setting up M-Plant in 1994 and releasing singles such as "Internal Empire", "Music Data" and "Moveable Parts". Although his desire to remain underground has been replaced by an urge to reach a wider audience, Hood remains fiercely critical of artistic and economic movements destructive to inner-city communities and has combined his musical enterprises with outreach and social activist ends. His debut Peacefrog album "Point Blank" took Hood's hypnotic minimalism to entirely new depths and territories, whilst his latest album "Wire To Wire" takes his productions onto new levels of musicality and sophistication within the world of electronic music.
Steve Stoll & Green (Parts Unknown)
Novamute / Proper NYC
Live PA featuring live cellist Green syncing various acoustics
Techno legend Steve Stoll is debuting to Detroit one of his newest recording collaborations "Stoll & Green" featuring live classical cellist "Green". The collaboration takes Steve's musical creativity even further than before. The two seem to tap into something magical each time they perform together, fusing the world of live electronic techno soundscapes/patterns & live strings/acoustics in ways previously unexplored. Steve Stoll has been banging around the worldwide techno and electronic scene since the early 90s. His first 12" was released on Richie Hawtin's Probe imprint. Since that time, Steve has followed standard techno artist protocol by changing labels, handles and partners only slightly less often than his synth patches. The short list includes collaborations with Ken Ishii, Pete Namlook, Damon Wild and members of Front 242.
Kyle Geiger (Ft Wayne, IN)
Drumcode
Named in DJ Mag as the "breakthrough DJ of 2008" by Adam Beyer, Kyle's explosive decks and effects DJ sets bridge the divide between techno and minimal. Originally inspired by the harder, percussive stylings of the late 90's Swedish techno sound featured on seminal labels like Drumcode and Code Red, Kyle has witnessed the evolution of the genre as it morphed into a slower, groove based sound. Still loving the energy and power of the earlier phases of techno while embracing the genre's changes, Kyle has refined his productions into what very well may be a new breed of techno that pushes things forward for the next generation of techno to come.
The Indiana-based producer has now come full circle. With his initial projects completed and urged on by long time friends and minimal techno veterans JPLS and Skoozbot, a demo made it to Drumcode label manager Adam Beyer who was on the hunt for what he describes as a "modern techno sound". Beyer immediately put Kyle's tracks to the test at the 2007 Winter Music Conference and invited him onboard as a Drumcode artist. The future is proving to be a very promising place for Kyle Geiger as he is set to drop two highly anticipated releases on Drumcode and take his widely recognized DJ set around the world and to the next level.
James Pennington (Detroit)
Underground Resistance / Dark Print
3 Deck Set
Saying that this man needs no introduction would truly be an understatment. Suburban Knight's (aka James Pennington) contributions to the world of techno, house and music in general are unequivocal. His influence on electronic music can hardly be summed up in a simple biography. Dating back to his early works as a member of Inner City for their two biggest hits "Big Fun" and "Good Life". He then made his way into the world of techno, forever changing it, with his killer "The Art of Stalking" on the fledgling Transmat Label. The heavy reverbs and abstractly angular synths were best described as musical cubism. His marriage of dark abstraction, melody, and menacing rhythms proved to have devastating effects on the dancefloor. He then went on to join the Underground Resistance camp as a producer and touring DJ. His first vinyl offering for UR was a massive techno hit "Noctorbulus Behavior." Thus reassuring his status as one of techno musicís truly great pioneers. On UR he also contributed to the "Dark Energy" release and his EP "By Night." And his track "Maroon" was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Underground Resistance compilation album "Interstellar Fugitives. After releasing his first real album "My Sol Dark Destination" on Peacefrog he returns with an outstanding new double album on Submerge.
DJ Shiva (Indianapolis, IN)
Dubkraft / ShutDown Audio / Dubstep.fm / SUBterror
Techno/Dubstep Mashup Bizness
For 13 years, Indianapolis techno mainstay DJ Shiva has brought a multitude of techno flavors to dancefloors nationwide. From electro to minimal, Chicago Jack to Detroit soul, the deepest to the hardest techno, her attention deficit disorder requires variety in both music and technique.
With her foray into the realm of dubstep, the same rules (or lack of them) apply. From straight up chest rattling bangers to skeletonized exercises in minimal dub to bits and pieces of electro and techno, it's all in the mix. Utilizing over a decade of experience on the ones and twos, combined with the flexibility and creative possiblities of Ableton Live to re-edit, loop on the fly and add effects and beats, Shiva brings a fresh approach to the dubstep palette.
From her techno releases on Philly's Internal Error and her remixes of Woody McBride and Ron S, to her recent release on Dubkraft/ShutDown Audio (w/ production partner Alien Pimp) and her radio show on Dubstep.fm, Shiva is determined not only to spread the eclectic sounds of dubstep and techno to new audiences, but to quite possibly live in a subwoofer someday.
Kero (Windsor, Canada)
Detund.com
IDM Live PA
DBit (Chicago/Detroit)
Ras, Detund.com
Live PA
Paranormal Tek (Detroit)
Detroit Paranormal Society
Techno Live+DJ Set
Area Two featuring:
Guys On Drugs - Live PA
Corbin Davis - Live+DJ
CFX - DJ Set
Psycho - 3 Deck Techno Set
Capitol Techno Showcase
Atwater Block Brewery & Cornerstone Tavern
237 Jos Campau
Detroit, MI 48207
Two venues, two full bars, two areas of sound.
9pm-very late
More info & door price TBA
