Great concept, great selection, and a nice write up too... My only complaint is that I think there are bad links somewhere, the download link didn't work and the only way I could listen was through searching for "audiodope" on soundcloud...
~David On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:56 AM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did this mix for the Audiodope podcast: > http://www.audiodope.com/mixes/chaircrushertresor91-97mix/ > > After someone brought up the Eddie Fowlkes track "Move To Detroit", I > found that it was on a Tresor release, and started looking at all the > Detroit music that was released on Tresor in the 90s. This got me > thinking -- while the primary vector of international dissemination > for Detroit techno came from the UK, the Tresor label was crucial, > particularly for popularizing the harder side of Detroit Techno. Even > in the United States, Tresor releases were an important source of new > Detroit music, as Tresor often had wider US distribution than Detroit > labels. > > The tracks here aren't all Tresor original releases -- many Detroit > tracks were licensed from Detroit labels --- but I've given the Tresor > catalog number and date. Two of the tracks are actually by German > artists, but that can be misleading as some of Juan Atkins releases > were produced in Berlin in collaboration with Mauritz Von Oswald, and > Thomas Fehlmann. The influences were by no means unidirectional -- > just as Detroit artists were hugely influential in Europe, Detroit > artists often found new sounds through exposure to European music and > culture. > > With the rise of the modern 'minimal' style centered on Berlin and > Richie Hawtin, it's important to remember the way Berlin and Detroit > first formed an artistic affinity, and the way that Tresor in > particular helped make the careers and reputations of Detroit artists > on the world stage. > > Track list: > Blake Baxter – “Reach Out (Reach Deep Down Underground Mix)” Tresor 31 1992 > Eddie Flashin Fowlkes & 3MB – “Es-29″ Tresor 3 1992 > Kelli Hand – “Terminal” Tresor 64 1997 > Model 500 – “M 69 Starlight” Tresor 63 1997 > Blake Baxter “The Warning” Tresor 2 1991 > Infiniti “Hard Drive” Tresor 48 1996 > Jeff Mills “Condor to Mallorca” Tresor 25 1994 > Joey Beltram – “Game Form” Tresor 33 1995 > Blake Baxter “Minimal Freak” Tresor 74 1997 > X-103 “Hagia Triada” Tresor 12 1993 > X-102 “Titan” Tresor 3 1992 > X-102 “Hyperion” Tresor 3 1992 > 3MB “Jazz Is The Teacher” Tresor 9 1993 > Robert Hood “Home” Tresor 27 1994 > Lyot (Maurizo Mix) Vainquere Novamute NoMu 14 1993 > Eddie Flashing Fowlkes “Move To Detroit” Tresor 49 1996 > 3 Phase – “Der Klang Der Familie” Tresor 6 1992 >
