Detroit Underground US レコード& CD

Review: The Bossfyte duo come through with their debut EP on Detroit Underground, and it's on 7" format for all the boogie collectors to reminisce over. The pair had thus far released only a couple of mixes and we hadn't really heard their studio skills until now, a subaquatic blend of sounds for the more skilful DJ. "Lil Dog Toes" is a fine Michigan special, a tune that finds its form amid blurry electro shots and twists itself into a slow-paced techno bruiser, complete with morphed and detuned vocal samples.

Review: The Detroit Underground label has truly seen a revival as of late, but it's a good thing they have because they're fast-becoming one of the hottest labels on our shelves. Although they've been going string since the late '90s, they've moulded their sound into more contemporary shades thanks to the help of artists such as Kyle Hall and Kero. For their latest release they've chosen Spanish techno veteran Exium to deliver four abrasive, acid-laced dancefloor numbers. From "True Force" to "Monolith", the mood is gloomy but the sounds are warm and straight out of the mothership, the whole EP sounds like being in the underbelly of a power station in a desolate industrial area. Lovely.

Review: Detroit Underground put out wildly variant musical styles on their label, from minimal to house, techno and electro - they certainly can't be genre pigeon-holed! This release comes from Swedish duo Kritical Audio and spans through the aforementioned genres and at moments even into dubstep, breaks and D&B territory. Moody, mind-tripping journeys are intricately created on Katacomb through eerie synths, deep glitchy 303 basslines and arresting electro rhythms. "Bugsmasher" rides electro punches and pounding 303s while the title track finds itself with a low slung, dubstep feeling. "Oceans 1300" meanwhile explores yet another route with emotive synths and tight percussion, while the spaced out atmospherics of "Taipei" round off an excellent 12".

Review: We will likely never know what it is that makes the underground electronic scene in Detroit so fertile and unique. Whoever appears from the Motor City, they seem to have their own unique sound but one that very much gets with the historic aesthetic of the 313 area code. Enter Derek Michael who keeps up that tradition with this excellent six tracker on Detroit Underground, which arrives on nice coloured wax. His take on house end techno is deep, raw, unhurried. His drums stay low on 'Cruise Control' while the grinding bass locks you in and unsettling synths hang in the air above. 'No U Turn' is heavy and lumpy with off-grid chords adding to the loveable wonkiness.

Review: From the ruins of the birthplace of Techno, Detroit Underground proudly presents their 7th release in the ongoing compilation series. This new 12’’ again reaffirms Detroit Underground’s commitment to exploring beyond the margins of traditional electronic music. Big tip!!!

Review: The first in a series of collaborative releases between Miami based Schematic Records and Detroit Underground, Armpit Buffet assembles some of the biggest names in experimental electronic music to pay tribute to living legend Otto von Schirach. Armpit Buffet fills you up with twenty courses of aural madness cooked fresh by the likes of Quintron, Jamie Lidell and Venetian Snares among others. So pick up your plate and listen until you puke!

Review: The first in a series of collaborative releases between Miami based Schematic Records and Detroit Underground, Armpit Buffet assembles some of the biggest names in experimental electronic music to pay tribute to living legend Otto von Schirach. Armpit Buffet fills you up with twenty courses of aural madness cooked fresh by the likes of Quintron, Jamie Lidell and Venetian Snares among others. So pick up your plate and listen until you puke!

Review: Some sonic communities grow even in isolation, in the lonely obsessive moments in the studio as time melts away. Deep inside the Detroit Underground nests a Berlin underground, chasing those resonant shared sounds. DU Berlin draws together some of that love felt through music in the German capital. It's not the wild city of reunification or *Berlin Calling* or tourist-style movies or the easyJet set. This is the side of the city that endlessly romances machines for the sheer joy of it, as The Allegorist titles her track, "until dawn." And with some big names and emerging, ranging from mainstays to veteran agitators, the Berlin DU crew have telegraphed each other through productions and mutual inspiration. The results vibrate and rumble with sympathetic frequencies, but never limited to grayscale or dithered palettes.

Review: By popular demand, Detroit Underground proudly present 'Friendly Integration', their first ever CD release. It represents the first three critically acclaimed volumes in the Detroit Underground series and includes the ultra rare DU001 in its entirety. 'Friendly Integration' furthers the labels reputation for cutting edge design and IDM nerdiness by including not only what has become the anthology pre-requisite of rare and previously unreleased tracks, but also a data component featuring custom MAX MSP patches designed by long time label collaborators Richard Devine and Apparat, as we as custom font packages, screensavers, video mixing software and other electronic goodies. Rounded off with custom designed packaging and sleeves by legendary designer Michael C Pace aka Buid, 'Friendly Integration’ is sure to please old and new Detroit Underground fans alike