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Our next podcast comes from North American Techno innovator, Andrei Morant. Also known as Jack Mackrel from his earlier productions, Andrei has been producing Techno music and DJing since the early 1990′s. His music appears on labels such as Planet Rhythm, Gynoid Audio, Starkstrom Schallplatten, Android Muziq, Capital Techno Recordings and his own label, Scope Recordings.
We are also excited to announce that Andrei will be joining us in May, 2013 during Memorial Day Weekend also known in Detroit as the Movement Festival. He along side an all-star cast of techno producers will be playing a showcase at Interface l Scene, our annual official after party collaboration with Droid Behavior. Until then, keep up with new sound by Andrei on Soundcloud & Beatport!
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For our next Blank Code podcast we are happy to have techno producer and DJ Forest People. Forest People is the alter ego of Dragan Lakic from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2004, Dragan started producing electronic music and soon proving to be a natural talent, his techno is starting to get recognition from DJ’s and producers from around the world including Chris Liebing, Len Faki, Technasia, Alex Bau, Erphun, A. Paul, Virgyl Enzinger, Mark Morris, and Octave.
Forest People has released music on many different labels such as Android Muziq, Mindwarp Records, Wall Music, Genesa Records, Budenzauber, Momentum League, Gobsmacked Records, Planet Rhythm, Cirque Du Minimaliste, Darknet and Labrynth to only name a few. Follow Forest People on Beatport and SoundCloud.
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Since early 2010, Couch Lock has been releasing driving techno beats with the right portion of groove. Mainly influenced by dark atmospheres and driving drum racks in his tracks, Couch Lock has over 20 releases on such labels as Frakture Audio, Tanz Factory Records, Naked Lunch, Limited, Plastiq, Gobsmacked Records, Amazone Records and Techno League Records.
In 2011, encouraged by the consistent positive feedback on his production, Couch Lock started his label Mechno Music. His focus is to release futuristic music that blends well with today’s top techno producers. Since the start of the label artists such as Cortechs, A.Trebor, Plankton, Philipp Kipphan, Andrea Belluzzi, Urbano, Yan Cook, Octave and M.a.d.a are part of the Mechno artist roster.
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Mike Gervais hails from Minneapolis, but his home is the booth of a darkened club, dutifully working behind the decks. The icy terrain of the north has blossomed from flyover country into a hotbed of techno talent, and Mike has carried on a local tradition of excellence by drawing a straight line between solid performances and steady studio output. An ear for propulsive rhythms and a penchant for bleeding-edge technology has allowed Gervais to translate a youth immersed in electronic music into success as a beat-slinging veteran.
The move towards live looping and custom edits eventually led Mike to the studio, where he swiftly took to music production and remix work. His tracks have made an impression with techno artists across the world, receiving praise from Chris Liebing, Audio Injection, Dave Clarke, Tommy Four Seven, Tim Xavier, Dustin Zahn, Richie Hawtin, and more. Mike’s work has appeared on respected techno labels Futra, From 0-1 and Truncate.
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Our next podcast comes to us from Detroit up and coming techno producer Joel Morgan. This mix was recorded live last year at our event Scene 5 along side BMG of Interdimensional Transmissions and Truncate aka Audio Injection of Droid Behavior. Joel’s production really connects with the Blank Code sound and is why he’s become a resident artist at our events and future record releases.
Joel spends a lot of time in his studio working on his sounds on his imprint Mintec Musik and will also have a original track coming out on an upcoming Blank Code compilation in early 2013. We expect big things to come from Joel in the near future.
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Today’s podcast is by Detroit techno producer and Paxahau artist, Tom Newman. This mix was recorded live from our Blank Code series event Scene 7 in Detroit on October, 2012 along side Project 313, Rrose and Tommy Four Seven. As a very close friend to the Blank Code crew, Tom has been a regular fixture among Blank Code events from the beginning. His main focus in electronic music has always been around sound creation and has produced classic acid techno music and straight 4 on the floor tracks for the dance floor making him very diverse as a DJ.
Tom has been in the studio working on new tracks regularly and recently had a new ep released on Snork Enterprises. Since the mid 1990’s, Tom has released his music on a few different record labels including respected Detroit record label “D Records” and his own imprint “Cheshire” under his alias Acid Pimp. Thanks for listening and enjoy this week’s podcast by Tom Newman!
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To start off the new year we are giving you this mix by Material Object, recorded live from Scene 8 at The Works Detroit. Material Object played this event along side Luis Flores & Ian Lehman. This event was the final Blank Code event of 2012 and turned out to be a really great party.
Hailing from Berlin, the antipodean known as Material Object fuses the sound of voltage controlled synthesis with the funk of modern Techno to forge something which is both classic and new at the same time. With releases & remixes on labels such as Droid Records, Perc Trax, Magnus and FAX +49-69/450464 Material Object has quickly gained recognition from some the biggest names in techno such as Speedy J & Richie Hawtin as well as rising stars Truncate and DVS1. In early 2013, he and Drumcell have a collaborative EP coming out on Blank Code. Keep up with Material Object on SoundCloud and Beatport.
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Today we have a mix by Ketra Records label owner, Mark Morris. Mark hails from Naples, where he began his career in electronic music. At the age of 17, Mark began playing leading parthenopean clubs and starting producing electronic music soon after. His earlier productions were influenced by Thomas Pardo, whom became good friends with Mark and a key supporter of his music.
Mark was engaged in his own frenetic and unremitting style of producing, on the brink of his first release. His first record came out in 2006, and was the start of a prosperous career in music production. You can find his work on labels such as Translucent, Tretmuehle, Mechno Music, Driving Forces Recordings, Reaktivate, Naked Lunch, Micro.Fon, Blank Records, Silent Steps, and many more. Keep up with Mark’s future sound on SoundCloud & Beatport.
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For 17 years, DJ Shiva has brought a multitude of techno flavors to dance floors throughout the US. from Chicago jack to Detroit soul, from the deepest to the darkest techno, her attention deficit disorder requires variety in both music and technique. Her technical skills on the decks are highly respected, but her truest talent lies in her knack for contrast and composition.
No stranger to production, her releases on labels like Gynoid Audio, Chroma, Slap Jaxx, and Sonic Convergence are known for their drive and grit; each of them slices of machine funk with a layer of dirt thrown on top.
She would endeavor for musical stardom, but enjoys doing what she loves best: playing music from the heart and never sacrificing her love for the underground. DJ Shiva lets the music speak for her, so bring on the bass and the dark rooms while you enjoy this veteran DJ laying down the thickest of techno grooves.
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This week have a memorable live set to give you by electronic music producer/ Dj, Luis Flores. We’ve taken one hour out of Luis’s mix that was recorded at our Blank Code series event Scene 03, in Detroit on February 4th, 2012. In the more than fifteen years he has been producing electronic music, Luis Flores has not only made a name for himself but has been at the forefront of a movement that made the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, a hot spot for electronic music production and events. Luis has represented México at the Meet in Beijing, FMEL in Chicago, Rock al Parque in Bogotá, Borderline Festival in China, Brussels BEMF and Droid’s Interface events as well as the iconic Berghain / Panorama club in Berlin during his last German tour.
Classifying Luis Flores’s sound is a difficult feat, and that is precisely its purpose. His personality and experience are present in every track he produces, where the normally inorganic techno manages to elicit large amounts of groove and sense of humor. Flores’s interaction with the machine becomes the listeners’ interaction with auditory landscapes of eeriness, altered states and paranoia. A minimal use of elements results in a rich spectrum of textures and a dark and trippy dance floor pull. Live shows, improvisational in nature, can last anywhere from 1- 4 hours, resulting in a hypnotic exploration of the possibilities of electronic production.
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