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Dec06

Villalobos + Hawtin Top RA Top DJs 2010 List

Techno mega-outlet Resident Advisor have released their annual Best DJs Poll, with enigmatic icon Ricardo Villalobos topping the list, while two Detroit ex-pats, Richie Hawtin and Seth Troxler, round out the top three in this Euro-centric look at the world’s best jocks.

You can read the whole list here, and vote for your favorite DJ in the URB Best of 2010 Readers poll here.

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Jun22

Tiefschwarz – Chocolate (Review)

Tiefschwarz

Chocolate

Released by Souvenir Records


The German brothers Ali and Basti Schwarz of Tiefschwarz are finally back with their third studio album; Chocolate. It’s their first proper album in five years, and it’s released on their own label Souvenir Records. Philipp Maier aka Santé co-produced the album, and is a third member of Tiefschwarz. Guest features include Cassy, Seth Troxler, Dave Aju and the new talent Daniel Wilde. Tiefschwarz, famous for their remixes, know how to move a dance floor, and over the past few years they have moved away from electro-fused cuts and gone to ...

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Jun15

Stacey Pullen – URB.com Podcast (Podcast)

Stacey Pullen

URB.com Podcast


Detroit techno veteran Stacey Pullen delivers this mix of Hi Tek Soul that brings Detroit techno’s classic sound into the 21st Century, with tracks by Loco Dice, The Royal We (Hector, Shaun Reeves, Seth Troxler), Lutzenkirchen and his own new track on Blackflag.

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May06

Various Artists – Document (Review)

Various Artists

Document

Released by Spectral Sound


Ghostly International is wonderfully successful at pushing the most ambitious descendents of the techno and electronic sounds born in Detroit, regardless of how those creations leave the music’s underground club roots behind. Meanwhile, the Spectral Sound imprint was tasked with providing a home for beats that stayed in darker places and made their homes in the still thriving underground techno scene. At ten years old, Spectral is now certainly an institution in its own right, and the label-head Ryan Elliott-curated Document is here to provide a showcase for both ...

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Feb27

Seth Troxler – Boogybytes Vol. 5 (Review)

Various Artists mixed by Seth Troxler

Boogybytes Vol. 05

Released by BPitch


Previously, BPitch’s ridiculously amazing Boogybyte compilations focused their efforts on arctic, tickling click-glitch and microhouse (Ellen Allien’s Vol. 4), eccentricity and Native Instruments software exposition (Modeselektor’s Vol. 3, where Jean-Jacques Perrey meets Spank Rock meets Bobo Shanti meets µ-Ziq).  Replacing the anesthetic and oddity you surrounded yourself with to get through the last few frosty winters, Berlin transplant, Detroit native and Ghostly International darling Seth Troxler (aka Thrill Cosby) breaks rank by splashing red paint on your white desk, placing violets in your dusty vase, stapling Turkish scarves to your ceiling, flinging open the shutters and urging “Spring has sprung” with his animated, sexy mix of warm, bubbly 4/4 house of various flavors.

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