DROID BLOG TAG - Raiz

D-Node 197: Andrei Morant | Scope Recordings

This week we bring you another mix informed by years of experience, this one by American producer Andrei Morant. Morant's been DJing since the '80s and releasing techno since the '90s on labels like Planet Rhythm, Template and his own Scope Recordings, founded in 2003. Spend an hour immersed in his sound, with a mix filled mostly with originals and his own remixes. Andrei will perform at this year's Interface / Scene event in Detroit during movement weekend. SoundCloud [audio:ht...

Review: Interface 41 | Ben Klock

Media archiving of Vidal's date of manufacture celebration is now available. Interface 41 occurred on March 9 2013. Special guest Ben Klock performed an extended set along with Droid residents Raíz, Truncate and Subversive. Video by: Dean Paul Pictures CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL SET ON FLICKR

D-Node 195: Masa Ueda | Torque Japan

Masa Ueda got started DJing and producing in the late '90s, then lived in the U.S. Pacific Northwest where he performed in the 3-man DJ/live act Energon Cube and released a record through his own Protoculture Recordings. Ueda returned to Osaka and has recently started up Torque, to help inject new life into the Japanese club scene through music releases and label show cases. For D-Node he's shared a wired mix that fits 39 tracks into an hour, including some uptempo jackers and a recent Torqu...

D-Node 194: Gareth Wild | EarToGround

Gareth Wild's pushing UK techno forward with the EarToGround label and party concept. While the shows have brought some of techno's finest like Sandwell District and the Stroboscopic Artefacts crew to London, the label, with the help of Dax J and Chris Stanford, has pushed a London sound back out internationally with a series of successful EPs. Gareth's graced not only the decks of UK clubs like Fabric and Corsica Studios, but has branched out to the international circuit. This week we fe...

Droid Behavior presents PRIME: Marcel Fengler | 4.4

CLICK HERE FOR PRESALE TICKETS CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON FACEBOOK CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA Techno according to Marcel Fengler has nothing to do with being a go-getter or having an alternative career, it is way more than means to an end: it is his definitive and concentrated passion. In Marcel Fengler’s world, opposites attract. Ambient and electronica are equal parts in his sets that owe as much to the UK’s progressive school of relentless techno as they do to th...

D-Node 192: Sutter Cane | Driving Forces

Austrian DJ/producer Sutter Cane is the founder of Driving Forces, promoter of a monthly techno club series called BOINK!, and A&R of Driving Forces Recordings. As a known remixer he's worked with artists like Sasha Carassi, Space Djz, Virgil Enzinger, Pfirter, Gayle San, Roberto Capuano, A. Paul, and BCR Boys. His latest releases include the Outer Limits EP on Nachtstrom Schallplatten and Thorium / Chemtrails on Sasha Carassi's Phobiq. For this week's D-Node he's put together a set of te...

D-Node 191: Shin Nishimura | Plus

Shin Nishimura is among the Japanese music scene's long time players. Since 2004 he has owned and operated the label Plus Records which has released music from homegrown talents (Q'hey, Takaaki Itoh) as well as their established Global counterparts (Technasia, John Tejada, Hardcell). We had the pleasure of meeting with Shin during our last tour in Tokyo / Osaka and invited him to contribute to the D-Node series. As with many other mixes, we enjoy sharing techno's influence on other parts of...