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Born and raised in Detroit, Mike Brickner aka Cozmic Spore discovered his true calling in life in 1993 and set out to create his own brand of techno music. In 1996, fate and destiny brought 2 disturbed techno minds together and Mike and his former partner created Seismic Records Detroit in 1998 but is no longer active. Seismic Records was Mike’s main outlet for his evil brand of techno music, but in 2008, Mike started his own label called “ Cozmic Spore Records “. He has also released projects on such labels as Definition and Secret Weapon Records.
World renown DJ’s such as Dave Clarke have licensed tracks from the Cozmic Spore. Not only is Mike a world class techno producer but he is a highly skilled Dj as well. He has played likes of the Orb, The Advent, Marco Carola and many others.
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Charlton (1982) begins in 1999. This is the year that the techno scene faced this Dutch DJ from Rotterdam for the first time. Started as a DJ, Charlton was attractive to techno music of that time. While his gigs started to count up, Charlton starts to produce his own tracks in 2001. Charlton’s inventive style of producing tracks and with the techno sounds from “the old days” combined with his own dark off-beat rhythms, filled with nasty razor-sharp and hypnotizing acid basslines, had a great impact on Dutch techno scene.
As a result of his discernible music style, also his first releases took place on the Audio Assault/Arms label of Bas Mooy and Jeroen Liebregts. Together with his “partner in crime” Bas Mooy he started to produce some more tracks and solo tracks for other labels such as Pohjola, Aftertaste, or Labrynth to name a few of the list. In 2006 the collaboration between Bas Mooy and Charlton led to ‘Diabla Diezco’ alias. This project delivers you the “dark and evil techno straight from the streets of Rotterdam”.
The amount of international bookings is increasing in 2007, with gigs in Poland and Czech Republic for example. The same year that Charlton was asked to play at the legendary ‘Awakenings Festival’ party and the same year he became one of the founders of ‘Return records’. Through this label he supports the development of the current techno scene, by creating a high quality music platform for upcoming and current international producers.
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This week’s podcast we are excited to bring you “Cell Injection” aka Drumcell vs. Audio Injection recorded live @ the recent Blank Code event Scene.01 in Detroit on August 6, 2011. Please understand we had an issue with one of the club mixers and the recorded sound quality isn’t the best. Besides that the mix sounded insane at the event and we are happy to share it with you as this week’s podcast. Enjoy 😉
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For this week’s podcast we are pleased to bring you another set from Project 313 recorded live @ the recent Blank Code event Scene.01 in Detroit on August 6, 2011.
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Annie Hall is one of the classics on the Spanish electronic music scene. Her reputation as a dj oscillates between idm, electro and techno combined with dance floor appeal. Her style has landed her gigs long side artists such as Laurent Garnier, Model 500, Dynarec, Rude 66, Legowelt and many more around Europe. She has resonantly made celebrated live performances at Sonar Barcelona, Bleep 43 in London and at the DEAF festival in Dublin, supporting Model 500. Her melodic form of idm-electro and techno is pressed on vinyl by respected label D1 recordings and more is on the way.
As a producer, she released her first celebrated EP on Dublin based D1 recordings in 2008. Other labels involved in her work are the Minuendo label (Spain), Miga label and Semantica Records (a compilation together with artists such as Jimmy Edgar and Ed Chamberlain) and a recent EP called “Elephant Road” with the same label. Right now Annie is preparing an EP for her Detroit Underground debut. She also works with Detroiter Sherard Ingram (Urban Tribe) and his Micron-audio label. Her elaborate production techniques transform her songs into authentic mental trips filled with emotion that work both on the dance floor and in the home environment.
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This week’s Podcast comes to us from Dustin Zahn. A bad ass behind the decks, and in the studio since 1998, his productions have found their way onto some of the bigger techno labels as well as more obscure imprints. You can find Dustin’s releases and remixes on popular record labels such as Drumcode, Droid, Rekids, CLR, Mindshake Records and Audio Assault to name a few.
His always evolving techno sound has earned him a spot among industry leaders in the world of Techno. When he’s not on tour with his DJ sets or supercharged live pa sessions, he co-promotes some of Minneapolis’s biggest techno events. In addition to event promotion, he also manages his labels Abiotic Recordings and Enemy Records, which both receive wide support from the international techno community. Check out Music by Dustin Zahn on Soundcloud and Beatport.
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Blank Code artist and co-founder Corbin Davis is back for his 2nd round! This time he gives us his the highly anticipated “Red Moon” mix. Any dark techno enthusiast will appreciate Corbin’s selection of tracks and style of mixing.
BIG thanks for listening!
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It’s Monday, August 15th 2011 and we are pleased to bring you a special 2 hour Podcast from our friend, a North American Techno innovator, Andrei Morant. Also known as Jack Mackrel from his earlier productions, Andrei has been releasing Techno music and DJing since the early 1990’s. You can find his work on labels such as Planet Rhythm, Template, Compound, Blueline and his own label, Scope Recordings. Scope has already put out four releases in 2011, with another two due out in September (War Games and Scavenge). You can also find Andrei’s music on upcoming label Capital Techno Recordings with a release “Jenga” that recently came out in August with remixes by Adam Jay, Vegim, Subforce and Wyrus.
Visit his website www.scoperecordings.com for information on upcoming events and releases. We at Blank Code look forward to seeing what’s to come from Andrei in the near future, but for now enjoy this week’s podcast.
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Ian Desmond… Detroit resident, electronic musician, inventor, label owner, and master of trailer park politics…
Ian emerged on the dance scene as a deep house and electro-funk aficionado. He started his efforts with a release on DJ Jess’s Fresca Recordings while living in Chicago where he spent his early twenties. He cut his teeth in the international dance world as label boss and publisher for The Blazaebla Label in the early 2000’s and featured releases by Jon Gaiser, Chuck Flask, Monologic, David Powers and more.
Ian Desmond’s Live PA is an ever-evolving myriad of technologies. He also works under multiple aliases with the newest moniker “Terrestrial Affairs” in collaboration with other Detroit based producers with roots from wide ranging musical styles. Ian’s sound is diverse and the scenic nature lovers of Detroit describe his wide raging sounds as “funky, founded, grounded and moody”. Detroit dance junkies would call it “Techno”.
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Born in Metro Detroit, Tiari aka Trevor Caruso, has been heavily influenced by electronic music his entire life. After being exposed to the Detroit underground Trevor began mixing in 1997. As a longtime fan of underground and punk culture he has developed his own deep dark minimal sound.
His current productions are the result of over a decade of experimentation; utilizing what little equipment he could afford. Schooled on a couple of drum machines and a sampler, Trevor Caruso developed his style with whatever toys, keyboards, or various other gadgets he could find. His productions have received wide support from various artists such as Richie Hawtin, Sedative, Deepchild, Maetrik, Pheek, Miss Sunshine, Viktoria Rebeka, Octave, Monoloc, Mike Wall, Morgan Thomas, Audio Injection, and BCR. Check out more of Tiari’s music on Soundcloud.
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