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“We have 3 incredible natural resources: fresh water, salt, techno.”

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I learned the philosophy of how to make records speak to each other, how to make records sing to each other, how to make them talk to each other. How to make music out of music. And that philosophy of making music with music with records was something that carried over into my idea of making music as well.
— Derrick May.

Universal Techno documentary (1996)

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movementcast:

TRUE SPIRIT

a short film on tresor berlin, 2000

Essential viewing for anyone who hasn’t seen this yet.

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classof808:

Detroit The Blueprint Of Techno

Great video on Detroit and its Techno legacy. Features Derrick May, Terrence Parker, Mike Huckaby, Juan Atkins, Ritchie Hawtin, Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig, Rolando, Jeff Woodward, Gary Koral, Josh Glazer, Jon Ozias, Theorem, DJ Dunebugg, (with special cameo appearances by Mike Grant, Brian Bonds, Don Waxmaster D Smooth, Hugh C, and Todd Weston). Thanks to Mark Archer for the hook up.

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isamizdat:

Universal Techno Pt. 1

Derrick May at 1:40

“No I don’t feel sad, I feel… angry… Angry at stupid people.”

“I totally believe in the future. But as well I believe in a historic and well-kept past.”

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Slices - Pioneers Of Electronic Music Vol. 1 - Richie Hawtin

70 minute documentary from 2006 covering the life and career of Richie Hawtin/Plastikman.

(via Little Detroit)

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classof808: Bassline Baseline — Great mini documentary by Nate Harrison on the legendary Roland TB-303, which is currently going for as high as $2800 on eBay. Quite a leap from its original $400 price tag back in 1982. It covers the initial release through Acid House, and its use by artists like Phuture, 808 State, KLF, Prodigy, and others. Quote: The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates “more options” with “greater freedom.” Designers struggle endlessly with a problem that is almost nonexistent for users.”How do we pack the maximum number of options into the minimum of space and price?” In my experience, the instruments and tools that endure (because they are loved by their users) have limited options… Since so much of our experience is mediated in some way or another, we have deep sensitivities to the signatures of different media. Artists play with these sensitivities, digesting the new and shifting the old. In the end, the characteristic forms of a tool’s or medium’s distortion, of its weakness and limitations, become sources of emotional meaning and intimacy. —Brian Eno, 1999 990000 Oooh, I wonder if this little box could be used to make techno?

classof808:

Bassline Baseline — Great mini documentary by Nate Harrison on the legendary Roland TB-303, which is currently going for as high as $2800 on eBay. Quite a leap from its original $400 price tag back in 1982. It covers the initial release through Acid House, and its use by artists like Phuture, 808 State, KLF, Prodigy, and others.

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The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates “more options” with “greater freedom.” Designers struggle endlessly with a problem that is almost nonexistent for users.”How do we pack the maximum number of options into the minimum of space and price?” In my experience, the instruments and tools that endure (because they are loved by their users) have limited options…

Since so much of our experience is mediated in some way or another, we have deep sensitivities to the signatures of different media. Artists play with these sensitivities, digesting the new and shifting the old. In the end, the characteristic forms of a tool’s or medium’s distortion, of its weakness and limitations, become sources of emotional meaning and intimacy.

—Brian Eno, 1999

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Oooh, I wonder if this little box could be used to make techno?