The 313 Station is going strong a month after inception. We have 60 tracks from TV-99-AD, Arne Weinberg, R.V. Agellen, Christian Bloch, Southern Outpost, Chaircrusher and a number of lesser-known but equally talented list members. The Arne Weinberg material in particualr fits the mission of this list. Pure Detroit in the Every Dog Has It's Day sense. However, I've been floored by the quantity of pure "old-school" techno (if you will) contributed to the list. The station could practically serve as a description of what this list is about.
Anyway... I'm going to keep my reviews to the lesser-known folks in the interest of bandwidth. Hopefully you'll check it all out though! Some of my favorite artists/songs in no particular: i'majin: Three guys from Lansing you may have seen live. It's definitely a band but with heavy 313 techno overtones. Imagine something in between Shoe Gazing and lo-fi techno. It's really interesting to hear guitar gone techno. "Hard Ball" is probably the most friendly to the electronic purist's ears. I'll leave the commentary short though, because this material is distinct enough that you really need to hear it to get the idea. daedau: Long-time quiet listmember Dave Dawson speaks up with 3 great new tracks. "FR" is a track for the floor, but with a really subtle heady element to it too. "Laconic trk" is Detroit house??? Hard to classify, but probably my favorite. Lots of soulful chords and a driving beat. "Duel" is a really interesting collision of two of his tracks. Must be heard! Scott Valance: "Rogue Electronics", "Rogue Electronics - Lonely Resistor" and "Skyscraper Ruins" are all very soulful in a straight-from-tha-D way. Reminds me of a lot of Transmat material. Zarathustra: Better known on 313 as the Deliverator, Jim's track "Hallucination LXV" has been one of my favorite songs at mp3.com for quite a while. He also makes a lot of other non-techno with a Detroit edge that's equally good. See "Sufi Twilight" on his site in particular. tristenpolar: No, it isn't me! :) tristenpolar hails from Belfast. He's making some trully unique music, situated somewhere in between the THX releases and Basic Channel, but definitely it's own animal. Every one of his tracks takes a bizarre twist at some point. Beginning and endings are scarely recognizable. You'll likely be hearing more from him soon. All of his tracks on the station are worth a listen. GYS: Todd doesn't do a lot of self-promo, but his dubby, basic channel-esque material is above and beyond most of the clones. Some have calle dhim a clone, but I think that's a failure to pay attention to the details, or possibly a failure of mp3. Not only does his music have a distinctly dark character, it varies a lot from track-to-track. "AVI" is my favorite to date. Brilliant percussion work to boot, which isn't always something you can expect from dubby techno. He also veers into ambience from time-to-time, which you can find on his site. Statik_: "Spiritualized Frequencies" is the first and only offering from this mysterious producer. This track gets better and better each time I hear it. It reminds me somewhat of THX material, but also quite distinct. Dubby melodic techno. Kevin Krahel: If Dan Curtin, Titonton or Todd Sines trip your trigger, this likely will too. Internal is my favorite, but they're all good. I'll keep it succinct since I think Ohio techno is a very apt descrition. DJ Pacific: Nick Walsh offers some older material that reminds me of early Carl Craig ala Interplanetary Beats. I'm really excited about the new material given the quality of this work with limited equipment. The chords are gorgeous and the beats relentless. CLC101: Another quiet listememer offers a number of pure Detroit tracks. "- b. h. o. t. m. n. -" is my favorite. It creeps up on you. Very deep material that takes its time. The other tracks showcase his diversity. He also has a video on his site. Cool stuff! Sneak Thief: Michael Morin produces some trully original electro. His latest offering, "Hunger" has a completely sinister video-game-gone-wrong feel to it. Scary music!!! And then I have four newer tracks up as well. "Ape & Bone" and "Frosting" are both big leaps forward for me. Hope you find the time to check it out. I wouldn't spend the time writing all of this if I didn't think the music was as good as most of what you find in stores today. http://www.mp3.com/stations/313 Tristan ---------- Lots of music, pics and info here: http://www.mp3.com/stations/313 http://www.mp3.com/Frogbot http://phonopsia.tripod.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] <FrogboyMCI> on AOL IM _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
