The premise of Special Request's third LP of the year sounds like an oblique strategy posed by Mike Banks: "What if Jam & Lewis signed to Metroplex?" The idea is rich with possibility. What might...

Double LP version. 180 gram transparent red vinyl. Afrodeutsche (Henrietta Smith-Rolla) is a British born Ghanaian/Russian/German artist, composer, producer, and DJ based in Manchester. Afrodeutsche's DJ style is a synthesis...

2018 reissue - Originally released in 1997, the sound of electro / techno came to a point where it had to evolve into a new and more grounded entity, keyed into funk / space & rooted origins that reflected an...

Clave House returns with four deep cuts. Ali Berger is The Protector.A1Theme for Hamtramck City Hall7:20A2The Protector6:25B1Restaurant Deep Houze Xperience7:59B2Letter to...

2019 repress. Established by Diagonal Records co-founder, Jaime Williams, Life's Good is a necessary, occasional new portal for reissues of golden era Detroit and European techno. The label's first project pays special...

official 2018 reissue, originally released in 1993 - Metroplex makes another classic available again... Off-kilter, electrifying, Very Funky production works this time, by the magician that Anthony Shakir is. A15%...

2018 reissue, originally released 1998. Juan Atkins's Infiniti project combines raw tactility and puristic elegance on Skynet, where slinking grooves mask chaotic frequencies and roughly-hewn structure. Alongside fellow...

Originally released back in 1992 by the Detroit artist, these cuts fused the burgeoning Detroit techno soul sounds with nascent deep house. In addition to the original mix is an INNERZONE mix by fellow Detroit producer CARL...

2018 reissue - The only old-school electro LP with any amount of staying power (thanks in part to its release on Fantasy), Enter includes crucial early singles like "Alleys of Your Mind" and "Cosmic...

Instinct's "Just A Feeling" is the pure embodiment of an early 90s Detroit techno record. Originally released in 1992 on Instinct's Decisive Records , not many copies managed to get outside of the city of Detroit...

2018 reissue - Aux 88 originally released their Technology EP in 1993, and was only the second 12" from the Direct Beat label. The record took the 'electro bass' brand onto Detroit radio as well as see the sound mature...

2018 reissue - Originally released way back in 1994 The Silicon Dawn was one of the first full lengths released on Peacefrog during a period which turned out to be remarkably fruitful for techno. Tracks such as Parallel and...

2018 reissue - John Beltran first emerged in the techno scene 1991 with the Aquatic 12” on Carl Craig and Damon Bookers rare and seminal Retroactive label. The tones and shapes on Aquatic and his follow up for R&S...

It's winter in Detroit and Fit Siegel has given us "Carmine", a moody techno classic perfect for the lonely season. Subtle, low-key and thumping, the title track revolves around a bittersweet piano lead, elegiac 303 and...

John Daly is without a doubt one of the most influential artists of deep dub-house. The Irish man's music has a unique and truly original trademark sound. With these two tracks he proves once again his exceptional quality...

Alternate takes of two seminal Drexciya tracks. A Black Sea (Aqualung Version) 6:37B1 Unknown Journey XI 1:46B2 Wavejumper (Aqualung Version) 4:52

A little while before Metro Area came into life, there was Acronym City. Originally released on Sub Freq Recordings in 1996, Darshan Jesrani's moniker deals with the impact that electronic music from Detroit had on some...

A multi-system conglomerate servicing planets within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, TerraFirm provides the desiccated, toxified, irradiated or otherwise uninhabitable planets of this sector with a suite of services to...

Omar S continues a fruitful relationship with Scion A/V (something tells us there's a car connection there somewhere) on five full-phat trax for the 'High School Graffiti' session. Firstly, there's at least three tracks on...

Cryovac Recordings seeks out characters that give depth to the soundscape of Detroit's Underground. Cryovac individuals believe in their path and stand for their art. Ray7 (aka M.I.A. & The Unknown Soldier of UR fame) is...