Hey all I'd say I'm "still here" but I did unsub for quite a long time. Going by my Discogs entries for new adds to my collection I had pretty much stopped listening to techno/house around 2011 and was well into collecting post-punk records (vintage OG stuff) and found my way to the intersection of late 70s/early 80s dub reggae/punk/post-punk. I sold one of my Technics to a good friend and put my mixer into storage. I wasn't listening to much of my house/techno records - without the mixer and second deck it was kinda boring to put a "tracky" record on - so I began to sell off a lot of them (but not all). I befriended my local beer seller over discussions of music and rare record finds. He pulled me back into DJing and we (three of us) now have a regular radio show on Macalester College's radio station in St Paul Minnesota. We do a 2 hour Tuesday night show called Student Human, 6-8pm CDT. The mix is pretty eclectic. I'm usually playing a mix of funky jazz, soul/r&b, dub, hip-hop, broken-beat/bruk house, Afro-beat, whatever goes... the two other hosts Carl-One, leans heavily toward hip-hop and downtempo beats, and LVL is a complete wildcard but he's always playing something good. Then we also have guest DJs who have played everything from funk to heavy metal. https://www.wmcn.fm/ https://www.instagram.com/studenthumanfm/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lvlsix/ We had a regular live gig for about a year but the bar manager/owners were fickle and decided they'd have employees bring in records instead of paying us. So we're looking for a new home for our sounds. The radio station has been good but the equipment is a bit jankey. No DJ mixer between decks - just the main mixer, so it's all mostly fades out/in. They did just buy us new Technics and apparently there is a DJ mixer on the college's shopping list. Despite none of us being students at the college they've given us this slot and are now making improvements and reintroducing physical media to their mass communications courses (we're the only show that has been 100% dedicated to vinyl). I'm continuing to pare down my collection while simultaneously rebuilding it with new things. If you're want a look you can find me at https://www.discogs.com/seller/m_ek/profile
MEK On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM Fred Heutte <[email protected]> wrote: > Still here and three trips to the D this year -- Movement, Tec-Troit and > Charivari last weekend! > > -- fh > On 2026-08-20 23:59, Matt Chester wrote: > > hey everyone > > > > Late to the roll-call but still lurking here too - good to see so many of > you still active! > > > > Since shameless self-promo is acceptable, I've got a new D-techno & > electro release out on 11th Hour Recordings - first in 16 years! Long > pause raising kids…. > > > > Bandcamp: mattchester.bandcamp.com/album/aphotic-zone > > SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/11thhour > > > > Hope some of you enjoy! > > Cheers > matt > > > *From: *jwan allen <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wednesday, 27 May 2026 at 16:30 > *To: *Patrick Wacher <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Cc: *[email protected] <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; Mike > <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; David Gillies > <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; Dubloop > <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; 313 <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: Roll Call? > > I'm glad to see all of us out there still fighting the good fight! > > Keep it up! And I like to casually remind my stepkids, you may not like my > music, but techno paid for that guitar you're playing right now, and turn > your amp down, we have neighbors! > > Jwan > > On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 9:40 AM Patrick Wacher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Still alive, still playing records, still *trying* to finish music ;) > > - Patrick. > > > On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 01:08 [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You know it is an old english word but enjoy 🖤 > > > C > > -- > https://coke-smyth.net/lynx.jpg > > > Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > On Friday, 05/22/26 at 06:28 Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’ll be there for Jeffrey > > On Fri, 22 May 2026 at 3:26 pm, David Gillies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Checking in from Sydney, Australia. Getting ready for Jeff Mills at the > Sydney Opera House tomorrow night. > > On Thu, 21 May 2026 at 22:01, Dubloop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Still here but not really checking it often. > > i do like when people post their own dj mixtape or music tho, even if they > are not from Detroit. > > to be honnest the whole Derick May Juan atkins & their crew scandals about > rape and stealing tracks etc.. > called out by Michael James turned me off alot. > > tho the kids from the suburbs of detroit like the Junted crew or > Apocalyptic Rave Culture (i think) are pretty hot > > > > in the end : this world is ugly > > > > -- > Technoir Audio > Broken Planet > > "dealing with your imperfect world" > >
