DROID BLOG TAG - new york

D-Node 173: Anthony Parasole | Deconstruct + Corner

This week Droid is pleased to present a set by NYC's Anthony Parasole. A Brooklyn native inspired by grimy New York street music and the legendary Storm Raves, Parasole naturally crossed over to the side of record collecting and DJing. From 2003 to 2007 he was a buyer for the important Brooklyn record store Halcyon, and in 2008 he launched the Deconstruct Music label with Levon Vincent. Parasole is a leader in NYC's contemporary cross-polination of techno and deep house, a sensitivity reflec...

D-Node 172: Donor | Miniscule NY

Greg Schappert aka Donor was born in New York and has lived in Barcelona, Madrid, Tokyo and Brooklyn, where he currently resides. The head of Miniscule Records and now one of techno's more interesting producers, he was originally inspired by the sounds of mid to late '90s Birmingham, Berlin, Detroit, and New York. Donor currently works with labels such as Stroboscopic Artefacts, Semantica Records, Thema and Prosthetic Pressings. Donor on SoundCloud We're excited to present this hour fe...

D-Node 167: Jeff Derringer Live at Interface 36 (Detroit) | Oktave

Jeff Derringer is a producer and performer based in Chicago. He is the resident and creative director of the Oktave project, which puts on events in both Chicago and New York. Jeff's first EP came out on New York's Subtrak label in the summer of 2010. He has since released three EPs on renowned UK label Perc Trax, as well as the forthcoming 'Deception' EP on Electric Deluxe, a collaboration with Droid Behavior's Raíz. To date, Jeff's music has been remixed by Claro Intelecto, Edit Selec...

Droid Behavior presents PRIME: Perc Trax Tour | 6.07

"Perc will head to the US to play a weekend of parties, beginning in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 7th. A veteran DJ and producer with a penchant for industrialized, broken beat techno, Perc has made tracks for numerous labels like CLR, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Electric Deluxe, where he's collaborated with Giorgio Gigli under the alias Endless. Of course, he's just as well known for Perc Trax, the label he founded in 2004 which has put out similarly tough and experimental sounds from ASC, ...

Interview: Jeff Witscher aka Rene Hell

Jeff Witscher makes electronic music. This includes ambient soundscapes, thrash, noise, layers of arpeggiated synthesizers, and much in between. Abelard Scout, Impregnable, Secret Abuse, Marble Sky, and most famously Rene Hell are a few of his monikers. His list of collaborations and groups is longer. A few weeks ago I had the chance to hear Witscher perform as Rene Hell, the name under which he's released two excellent albums (The Terminal Symphony, 2011; Porcelain Opera, 2010) on Type, a...

D-Node 104: Taimur | Blkmarket Membership

A major force in the NYC scene, Taimur is one of the city's most active tech-house DJs and along with Fahad heads up Blk|market Membership, producing countless club and warehouse events with some of techno's top talent. Taimur works at Brooklyn's Halcyon record shop as a buyer, giving him access to the latest music and further extending his influence over the city's sound. He was also recently appointed Musical Director and resident DJ at DISTRICT 36, a club set to open this September. For...

Sonic Groove 20-Year + Dasha Rush Interview

On Saturday, Sonic Groove celebrated its 20-year anniversary. Sonic Groove is a piece of NYC music history waiting for its own annoying congratulatory documentary, one of those music movies that overstates the significance of something journalists thought couldn't be overstated. That's to say that it played an important role in music culture, not only for New York but also nationally. The lasting names of Sonic Groove are Heather Heart, Adam X, and his brother Frankie Bones, often called ...