Before he moved to San Francisco and started his world-famous Dirtybird crew, Claude Von Stroke was just another kid from Detroit, discovering the city’s techno roots at raves around the city, and at the earliest DEMF techno festivals. Now, Von Stroke has now the played the fest himself and telling us who has him excited on the line-up in 2011.
Every week for the past year, URB has tried to bring you some of the finest DJ mixes in a myriad of sonic styles from the world’s top DJs. If you missed a couple these past 12 months, here’s a look at the ones that saw the most downloads in 2010. They’re all well worth a listen. …MORE
Richie Hawtin gives a tour of the Plastikman rehearsal house in Palm Springs before the debut U.S. performance at Coachella.
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Plastikman Exclusive Mix
Next weekend, when Plastikman takes to the Coachella stage on Sunday night, it will mark only the second time the alter-ego of Detroit-Berlin techno legend Richie Hawtin has performed under the guise in six years (the first 2010 Plastikman show happened last weekend in Germany.)
To celebrate the return of one of the most compelling icons in electronic music, Hawtin personally selected Minus recording artist and fellow Midwest native Jeremy Jacobs (JPLS) to mix this special collection of Plastikman tracks taken from over a decades worth of classic minimal techno.
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