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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BCR003 Mutate Circle 2 ep is ready and set to release later this month! The record is 2nd in the Circle series by Detroit artist Len Bartush aka Mutate. This Circle 2 ep has 2 original tracks by Mutate and 3 remixes from Alberto Pascual, Plankton and Blank Code originators Project 313.
Circle 2 has strong DJ support with great feedback from artists like Chris Liebing, Tommy Four Seven, Claude Young, Brendon Moeller, Audio Injection, Par Grindvik, Drumcell, DVS1, Sigha, Dadub to name only a few. Circle 2 is the 3rd release by Blank Code Records and will be available in both vinyl and digital formats (exclusively on Beatport).
For previews on all Blank Code music, follow us on SoundCloud and Beatport. Thanks again for listening!
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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For our 82nd Blank Code podcast, we are pleased to deliver this mix by Minneapolis techno artist “BN Loko Mendez” aka “Charlie”. Charlie is a big contributor to the popular techno promotional crew, the “Minneapolis-Mexiko Tekno Mafia” aka “MTM”. The MTM project has hosted techno events in both Minneapolis, MN and Cozumel, Mexico with artists such as Luis Flores, Raíz, Mike Gervais, James Patrick, Komprezzor aka Zarbeat, and Project 313 to name a few. The MTM roster consists of techno artists; César Acosta, Yaleb Villalobos, Aldo DeLucio, Luis “Zooga” Rocha, Luis Flores, Fixon Moheno and BN Loko Mendez.
Upcoming later this month on November 30th, the MTM are hosting their next event “Modulation“, with Berlin’s Material Object, Luis Flores, Project 313 and César Acosta at the Bolt Underground in Minneapolis, MN. Shortly after on December 8th, MTM artists BN Loko Mendez, Luis Flores, and Aldo DeLucio are playing along side Material Object and Ian Lehman in Detroit for our next Blank Code event, “Scene 08“. Thanks again for listening.
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It’s Monday, November 19th, 2012 and today we have another recorded mix from our recent event, Electric Deluxe presents by Chicago based techno DJ/producer Jeff Derringer. In 2010, Jeff’s first EP appeared on the New York label Subtrak, along with a remix by Samuli Kemppi. The ‘Principle’ EP found the ears of Ali Wells, the UK producer behind Perc Trax label, who went on to release Jeff’s next three EPs. Jeff has since released records on Speedy J’s Electric Deluxe label, as well as Milan’s M_Rec LTD.
Jeff is the creative director and founder of the Oktave project, an event series that showcases the finest in underground techno talent. Oktave hosts events in both New York and Chicago, making it one of America’s most recognized techno event brands. Previous guests at Oktave have included the likes of Chris Liebing, Function, Brendon Moeller, Dasha Rush and dozens more. Oktave has provided the platform for the New York or Chicago debuts of Cio D’or, Silent Servant, Edit Select, Donato Dozzy, Tommy Four Seven, Rrose, and Peter Van Hoesen.
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