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transounds - Dark Roots mix *SYNTHSD EXCLUSIVE!*

Transounds have given us a quite the moving mix! This features a deep house vibe and includes Detroit locals Omar S., Kyle Hall, and Malik Alston.

"Transounds are on guy and one girl hailing from London. They have known each other for over 8 years and now feel ready to share their varied musical taste with willing listeners. Transounds create mixes based on sub-cultures or a particular theme and provide sounds that hopefully provoke an image or feeling. Also catch them on London Fields Radio online."

Also, here's their Bandolero mix which also has a Kyle Hall track.


Track Listing:

Shlomi Aber - New York Dreamer [Ovum Recordings]

Abacus - The Abacus Chat [Prescription Recordings]

Inkfish - Detroit [Bedrock]

Omar S - Solely Supported [FXHE Records]

Kyle Hall - osc_2 [Third Ear Recordings]

Africans With Mainframes - Mogadishu [Creme]

Ray 7 & Malik Alston - I.D.F.D.F.I [Fabric Records]

SFV Acid - Wetdevil [100% Silk]

Dave Angel - Coming On... [Island Records]


London Fields Radio

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Moon PooL & Dead Band - Gossypol

Here's a newer release from one of my favorite newer local groups. As always, Moon Pool & Dead Band are proving themselves to be on the cutting edge of innovation (or something cool sounding like that). AA Records do have some cool things to offer, but they generally only produce limited runs, so pick this one up soon! Although MPDB are retaining their original style, some of the drum beats in Gossypol are almost hip hop-like. Neat stuff!

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Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich

Paperclip People is one of the many aliases of Carl Craig. Starting with his first contribution to a Virgin UK compilation in 1989, he will go onto establishing Planet E a couple years later and has been DJing and producing ever since. The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich is just another one of the great productions Planet E has put out. Easily the most interesting and unique (or at least this is the only label I've seen do this) aspect of the label's website would be their inexpensive mp3 downloads. As far as I can tell, for only $1.50 (1.12 Euros), all of the full lengths and 12"s Planet E offers can be obtained. Often, this is what services charge for a single track.

Super Cheap Planet E

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Urban Tribe - Loyal Opposition

This is a newer Urban Tribe record (2010) coming out of Planet E. The A2 track Apathy's great in particular with the more noise-ier style that it has, along with B2 Insolitology and its driving distorted synthesizer I'd expect from the likes of John Maus. Either Sherard Ingram is going more experimental or I just really need to listen to the complete Urban Tribe discography.

Planet E

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Drexciya - The Journey Home

Although Drexciya was technically two people, it's believed James Stinson (also with Elecktroids, well, both members were actually), who has since passed, did the majority of the production. Gerald Donald, the other member, continues to make music under different aliases. Like many techno artists, Drexciya primarily concealed their identities until their demise. Although they would do interviews, they were known to conduct them hidden under Star Trek masks. The Journey Home is Warp release, which in itself should be proof that I'm posting a solid record. They're responsible for releases from Aphex Twin, Autechre, and Flying Lotus, just to name a few. Drexciya are well-worth listening to in depth and their originality and creativity are tough to match.

Warp

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SoundCloud

I'm sorry it has been so long since I've actually posted much. I've been bogged down with other obligations and such.

This is my new SoundCloud and the track I have posted at this point is a free download if you're interested.

Simple Solution by Stone Coma

Viva la Free Media

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SynthSD

Tight Nights A Screwed Up Xmas

Well, I suppose this is my blog, so I'm just going to mention how I have a track on "Tight Nights: A Screwed Up Xmas". It's a Christmas remix album and a duel effort between Dior Nights and Tight Artists. While the contributors are from all over the world, local favorite "coyote clean up" also appears on here. This compilation mostly features witch house, chillwave, and chopped and screwed remixes, while my song is...not any of these. Please enjoy all the same!

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Tight Artists

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Blake Baxter - The H-Factor

The poet, techno producer, and vinyl protectionist advocate Blake Baxter is a Detroit veteran, even though he's currently living in Los Angeles. In 1988, he was one of the artists featured on the "Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit" album released by Virgin 10 out of London. A major Detroit venue, the Majestic, was practically home to Blake back in the early 90's and this allowed him to make an important contribution in expanding techno's audience. Disko B, or "Disko Bombs", out of Munich released the ever-so-bangin' "The H-Factor" and has been putting out a consistent stream of records since 1991.

Beatport

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Kessenchu - Music to Fap To

Caleb McPherson's project Kessenchu is rather more aggressive and unlike really anything I've posted thus far. Overall, he creates a chaotic blend of digital hardcore, breakcore, gabber, and plenty of other things not necessarily within the mainstream. His recent "Music to Fap To" is an attempt at what is called 'lolicore', and although I've enjoyed what I've heard of the genre, I've never exactly understood what defines it. As last.fm states, "Lolicore is characterized by heavily distorted, high-pitched loli vocals, 8-bit extreme tempos, frequently accompanied by techno beats". In other words, this is some good obnoxious fun.

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Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes - Black Technosoul

One of the seemingly lesser know originators of techno, Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes, is the self-proclaimed godfather of 'techno soul'. Growing up on a healthy diet of Motown and soul and receiving his first mixer in 1977, Eddie will go onto recording his first single "Goodbye Kiss" on Metroplex in 1986. This album, and along with many of his others, were released on the ever-so-famous Tresor out of Berlin, this being the third. Black Technosoul was such a pleasant surprise the first time I listened to it with its high energy, helping the explain his nickname 'Flashin'.

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Kyle Hall - Sun Goddess EP

Those people who view this blog and myself seem to agree that Kyle Hall's fantastic, so here's another release. It's a bit more recent than the Worx of Art EP 1 I posted earlier but still off of his Wild Oats label. Again, this album can be bought through his myspace.


Myspace

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Stone Coma - Booty Jam Smash Mix

Alright, I'm not even going to lie here, this is a mix I personally did. Yes, self-promotion. It's essentially a Ghetto tech/house and booty mix and the first one I've ever recorded, so it's a little rough at times, but I find it overall satisfactory. I just wish I didn't have to use the digital mixer on my DJ program because for whatever reason I can't use my physical mixer to record with. In all likelihood it's a hardware issue. Oh well, I did put a good amount of time into it and I hope you find it enjoyable. Thanks for the support SynthSD viewers!

Playlist:
1. 313 Bass Mechanics - Puff, Puff, Pass
2. DJ Godfather - Fly Skinnies
3. DJ Deeon - Move It!
4. Kill Frenzy - Nuff Said_Original Mix
5. DJ Omega - Pop that Ass
6. Bitch Ass Darius - Ride
7. DJ Spinn - Shawty off da Chain
8. DJ Slugo - Strap up before you Hit It
9. Duran Duran Duran - Booty Jihad

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Model 500 - Night Drive

Night Drive is one of the first Model 500/Metroplex releases and a Detroit classic. The primary track, Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) was supposedly inspired by the drone being dispensed from the factories off of a Detroit freeway, which melds together quite well with the themes within early techno. The term 'transmat' used (taken from the name given to a transportation device in Doctor Who) will later be taken up by Derick May to name his own label. On another note, the only difference between the first and second tracks (Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) and Time Space Transmat) is that the former contains Juan Atkins vocals while the latter does not.

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Leopard Moth - Skate Session EP *SYNTHSD EXCLUSIVE*

Leopard Moth has been cool enough to release this EP only on Synthetic Sounds Detroit! The music of Dane LeFevre includes a lot of instrumental samples and almost weird indy/no-wave characteristics He's rather new to the scene, but he's bringing something original and interesting (in a good way) to the table, so to speak. While Leopard Moth is still experimenting and building himself, it should be exciting to hear his future work.



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Here's a brief video of one of his live performances:

313 Bass Mechanics - Dress to Sweat

DJ Nasty simply went under "313 Bass Mechanics" for multiple releases for Databass (which this album is on) and Breakin' Records. The only significant difference I can sense between this and DJ Nasty is a greater push in the direction of electro. It almost seems bizarre how there's also a 'clean' version of the "Suga Daddy" track on here. Doesn't censoring ghettotech defeat some sort of purpose ( joking, kind of)?


Electrobounce

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Kenny Dixon Jr. - Soul Sounds

More often known by his alias Moodyman, Kenny Dixon Jr. has been a long contributor to the Detroit electronic scene for nearly the past twenty years with an impressive yield of releases and contributions. This album, Soul Sounds, was released by Soul City, which can attribute its brief existence to the legendary Mike Banks. As if it couldn't be inferred, this album very much so carries a soul influence. Perhaps I'm simply not used to music quite like this, but its clean production value and soothing rhythms seem to hit just the right spot while my body is being crushed by an intense magnitude of schoolwork. His lack of interviews (common for techno artists) makes it remarkably difficult to learn much about him even with all the work he's produced. In fact, one might not know Mahogani is Moodyman's label without a little searching.

Mahogani Music

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Autumus - Sequential Aspects I *SYNTHSD EXCLUSIVE!!!*

Autumus has been so kind to release this album right here on Synthetic Sounds Detroit! Russian-born Ivan Udintsev, under the alias Autumus, is quickly gaining attention, substantially more than when I saw him perform not even half a year ago. Being that he creates a dark brand of minimal synth, he's a definite rarity to be appreciated. More and more, Autumus is becoming a personal favorite of mine and I'm very pleased to have this album to share with the world. He even told me "Sequential Aspects I" is a collection of "outtakes and demos", although I wouldn't have been able to discern this if not informed.

For any questions or interest in purchasing tapes or CDs, he can be contacted at autumus@gmail.com.

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Soundmurderer - Gunshot/Lickshot

Soundmurderer is the moniker of Todd Osborn ('Clutch' from Starski & Clutch). As the ex-owner of Dubplate Pressure shop, the first Drum & Bass record store in Detroit, Todd holds concrete jungle credentials. His releases under Soundmurderer's solo work is somewhat limited ("Soundermurder & SK-1" records are much more abundant) as Todd seems to only put something out ever few years, but this 7" is worth the listen. It's possible one may also be familiar with the "Rewind Records" label that he ran for a little while. Clash Records, out of the Netherlands, the label this is on, is responsible for releasing some of the more popular jungle/breakcore artists, including Bong-Ra, FFF, and I:gor. I'm quite pleased to be able to post something along the lines of 'breakcore', which isn't exactly a popular thing in Detroit, yet I'm a tremendous fan of the genre.

I can't seem to find a place to download/purchase this release, so yeah.

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