DROID BLOG ARCHIVE - July, 2013
July 25, 2013
First finding his home on Kompakt, Joachim Spieth has over the years had his tracks championed by others. From early support by John Peel and an appearance among The Orb's Back to Mine selections, to recent appearances in Scuba's Essential Mix and Martin L. Gore's Beatport chart, Spieth has shown his skills as a producer, remixer, and performing DJ. He's also a label boss, and the prolific digital Affin label is now in the 130s after launching 5 years ago, followed by the vinyl imprint Affi...
July 18, 2013
Media archiving of this years Interface / Scene event in Detroit is now available. Interface 42 occurred on May 26 2013. Special guests included Luke Slater, Silent Servant, Rodhad, RaÃz, Project 313, Luis Flores, DJ Hyperactive, Andrei Morant, Mike Gervais and others. Video by: Dean Paul
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July 17, 2013
Detroit-based Chad Parraghi and Nick Bien work together as Project 313. After years in the underground techno scene they founded the Blank Code label/group, which has hosted notable events and label showcases in Detroit. This includes the "Scene" event series, which in conjunction with Droid's Interface was an official Movement after party at this year's festival in Detroit.
This week's recording for D-Node was recorded live at that event. Listeners on the West Coast should take note that...
July 12, 2013
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Project 313 - BLANK CODE // DETROIT
Project 313 is the collaboration of Detroit based DJ’s & producers, Chad Parraghi aka CFX and Nick Bien. They each made their debut in the 1990’s and since then have been performing at underground events in North America and Europe. As a live act, Project 313 has shared the stage with techn...
July 11, 2013
Bobby Dowell has a sound that's both dark and human. With releases on Droid, Soma, Slap Jaxx, and elsewhere he's developed an approach that keeps thing moody and moving at the same time. His recent work as Pinion, including a release for Per Trax, adopts an industrial edge, taking the classic feel of screeching materials in heavy friction and driving it with the rhythms of contemporary techno.
His mix for D-Node as Pinion takes a walk down that industrial plank, mixing the raw, moving tec...
July 4, 2013
This week we present Energun, an interesting live act from Belarus (Eastern Block). Their promos caught the attention of Droid members due to their unique take on hard groove techno and their prolific output (the Concentration EP can be heard on RaÃz's latest Blankcode Podcast). The bulk of Energun's releases can be found on their own Energun Records, but this recording for D-Node is made up of mostly unreleased, unnamed track arrangements. It was only natural we share their sounds with our...
