Following my post from last week, I have received numerous emails of things to add to my list, and have compiled all these, categorized and added comments etc, I am not too sure everything is perfectly right, but anyway... I have also found very good discographies in Techno Rebels (Dan Sicko) and Energy Flash (Simon Reynolds) Thanks to all those who answered !
Gwendal ***Compilations more or less representing the whole spectrum*** - V/A - Detroit: Beyond The Third Wave - V/A - Detroit: The Deeper Shade of Techno I+II - V/A - True People from Detroit (Reactivate) : = a great two-CD comp, featuring classic tracks, really representative of the whole scene. - V/A - Origins of a Sound (Submerge) - V/A - Depth Charge 1-5 (Submerge) - V/A - Strangely Arranged (Communique Records) - V/A - Virtual sex (Buzz) - V/A - Intergalactic Beats (Planet E) - V/A - Techno 1 & 2 (network) - V/A - Retro Techno emotion (network) - V/A - Panic in Detroit (Buzz) - V/A - Made in Detroit (KMS) - V/A - Generator World Sonik Domination vols 1-2 - V/A - Elements of and experiments with sound (Planet E) ***Label comps*** - V/A - Geology (Planet E) - V/A - Interstellar Fugitives (Underground Resistance) = seems to represent about all the artists on this label, with people like Suburban Knight and Drexciya - V/A - Direct Beat (430 West) - V/A - Blueprints for Modern Techno (Plus8) - V/A - From our minds to yours (Plus8) ***The "Holy Trinity" comps*** - Model 500 - Classics (R&S) = the earliest works of Juan Atkins solo (since it seems there were 3 people involved in Cybotron), I think it better stands the test of time than the Cybotron stuff, the version of No UFOs included here is a remix - Derrick May - Innovator 2CD (Transmat) = there are two tracks more on the european version ? anyway, it seems to have almost all Derrick May has released, including several versions of Strings of Life - Kevin Saunderson - Faces and Phases 2CD (Planet E) = spans his whole career (for now), representing the more "commercial" part of techno, but no "big fun" ? ***Artist comps*** - John Beltran - Earth & Nightfall (R&S) - Underground Resistance - Revolution For Change (Network) - The Martian - LBK-6251876 (Red Planet) - Drexciya - The Quest (Submerge) - Moodymann - A Silent Introduction (Planet E) - Theo Parrish - Sound Signature (Sound Signature) - Jeff Mills : Purpose Maker - Common Factor : Dreams from Elsewhere - Octave One comps - Jason Hodges comp ***Albums*** - Carl Craig - Landcruising (Blanco Y Negro) = not a comp but an album, with long instrumental pieces, closer to straight techno than house, and my favorite Craig work to date, probably because the tracks seem so evocative of travel - X-101 - Sonic Destroyer (Tresor) ***Mix CDs*** - Jeff Mills : Live from Liquid Room - DJ Rolando - Aztec Mix (Underground Resistance) - Derrick May : Mix-Up (Studio K7!) - Stacey Pullen : DJ Kicks (Studio K7!) ... and more generally, tons of mix CDs on Studio K7!, in their Mix-up, DJ Kicks and X-Mix series, as well as their Electro Boogie series - BTW, is Dave Clarke Detroit ? and what about the artists featured on his Electro Boogie mix ?
