DROID BLOG TAG - Frozen Border

September 12, 2013

D-Node 216: Mary Velo | Frozen Border

Originally from Toronto but relocated to Berlin, Mary Velo made her vinyl debut with Methods EP on Coincidence and followed it up with a track on Frozen Border's excellent Minutes in Ice compilation, placing her among other top techno producers of the new era. In the last year or so she's released an aggressive run of singles on Gynoid, Labrynth, Fluxus, and again on Frozen Border this year with the Manhattan Project 12", including a remix by Silent Servant featured in the podcast. These as...

June 28, 2012

D-Node 163: Israel Vines | Borrowed Language

Currently based in Los Angeles but a Midwesterner at heart, Borrowed Language label owner Israel Vines discovered techno music as so many growing up in Michigan did: via the sounds of the Belleville Three and Underground Resistance. He started DJing soon thereafter, and was later instrumental in throwing the ‘Real-ism’ event in Lansing, which would feature Jay Denham, Robert Hood, and Dan Bell. Moves between Chicago and Detroit followed, and included a three-year stint at Gramaphone Reco...