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Detroit techno impresario Alex Smith (better known to the electronic world as Omar-S) is set to release his next LP, It Can Be Done, But Only I Can Do It, on his seminal FXHE label on August 15th. While that’s some great news, Omar-S also has a free fantastic EP out courtesy of the kind folks at Scion A/V. More info and link to the EP after the jump.
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Glen Brady is mostly known throughout the music world as one half of the dance-friendly duo; The Glass. But his solo moniker, Wool, has been making rounds for his mixes, as his awareness towards the current electronic climate has trickled out into something contrasting from his work in The Glass. He’s done a mix exclusively for URB (available on his Souncloud down below) that highlights the world of slowed-down dance, building up to house, and rounding off things with some banging techno and bass-centric mayhem. Tracklist and link after the jump.
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First rule of attending a festival is that there will be afterparties. Since the first DEMF found Derrick May DJing to 200 friends in a late-night art gallery space, the Movement party scene has grown to seveal dozen events, ranging from amped-up clubnights to secret venue all-nighters. Since Detroit is a 2am town, and many of these venues are not typically used for DJ music, there’s always the chance for a bum party. But that’s part of the adventure once you leave Hart Plaza and start exploring the city’s darker corners. Here’s a list of events where you’ll find URB—bloodshot eyes and all. …MORE
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Here’s a little more Detroit techno getting a new makeover for the holidays. A number of Name’s “Sharevari” has been called the first Detroit techno record, pre-dating Cybotron’s “Clear” by a good two years. The tune was custom made for the local Detroit dance party scene, which fancied itself as an urban version of the mainly imaginary European club scene—all Morodoer-inspired glitz and glamour.
Detroit garage rockers The Dirtbombs cover this synthesizer classic in their own expectedly scuzzy way. And the video even pays tribute to Detroit cult classic TV broadcast “The Scene,” which clued in a whole generation of Motown’s ’80s babies to what was happening in the city after dark.
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In the roll-call of techno innovators, now name is higher up than Juan Atkins and his Model 500 pseudonym. In 2007, Model 500 evolved into a live unit featuring techno legends “Mad” Mike Banks, Mark Taylor, and DJ Skurge—all from the equally revered Underground Resistance. Now, the new Model has released their first track together, an instant Detroit classic that sounds like the finest of both crews brought together as one.
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