DROID BLOG TAG - Scion

Scion + Droid presents Moodymann / Fowlkes | 5.11

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA A clash of the titans is heading to Los Angeles as ScionAV and Droid Behavior pack three of the biggest names in Detroit techno/house history into one night. Vintage house producer, known by many as Moodymann aka Kenny Dixon Jr., has carved out quite a niche for himself over the past fifteen years, sampling the likes of jazz, disco, funk, and soul and looping it up to create some of the best deep house tracks ever made. ...

Scion + Droid presents Jeff Mills + Raíz 4.13

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA What hasn't been said about Jeff Mills? He's a techno superstar and without question one of the genre's most important figures. A technical radio DJ in 1980s Detroit, "The Wizard" went on to found Underground Resistance with Mike Banks, then moved on to found Axis and define his own aesthetic of minimal futurism, directing the future of techno production and mixing. His "Live at the Liquid Room" Mix-up release is a tech...

SCION + DROID PRESENTS DERRICK MAY 2.09

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA Scion and Droid complete Detroit Techno’s Trifecta this month with the addition of Derrick May to the house party series. One of techno’s three originators, “The Innovator” transformed the industry with his late 80s releases including "Strings of Life," an eternally celebrated classic. Not merely producer royalty, May's one of the fiercest and most relevant DJs from Detroit's early days. Also performing on the ...

SCION + DROID PRESENTS KMS / LARKIN / RAÍZ 1.12

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA Scion and Droid up the ante with stars of Detroit's first and second waves. One of techno's three originators, "The Elevator" Kevin Saunderson was the first to bring the music to the masses, particularly with his Inner City and Reese Project releases. Kevin's Inner City albums, which included massive singles "Big Fun" and "Good Life," accumulated 12 Top 40 hits in the UK and two Top 20 albums, with combined sales reac...

Scion + Droid presents Rob Hood / Dex / S2 11.09

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA ABOUT ROB HOOD: Robert "Noise" Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. Recording for Metroplex, as well as the Austrian Cheap label and Jeff Mills' Axis label, Hood also owns and operates the M-Plant imprint, through which he's released the bulk of his solo material. Hood was a founding member, along with Jeff Mills and Mike Banks, of the Underground Re...

Scion + Droid presents Stacey Pullen / Luke Hess 10.13

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA ABOUT STACEY PULLEN: Although he's released barely a 12-inch a year and rarely a full-length since getting his start in 1990, second wave Detroit techno artist and DJ Stacey Pullen is one of the techno mecca's leading contemporary artists. Closer to Kenny Larkin and Derrick May in his approach, Pullen's drive to restore the spirituality and soul of techno figures him as a classicist in the widest sense (although his dis...

Scion + Droid presents Carl Craig / Kyle Hall 9.15

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY. CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON RA Scion + Droid create a meeting of the minds this month with Detroit's renaissance man Carl Craig and new blood producer Kyle Hall. Carl is an artist who needs no introduction. A champion of both the underground and the public at large, Carl's Grammy nomination for his Junior Boys' "Like a Child" remix is testament to the charismatic talent that runs through him. Joining him will be Anthony "Shake" Shakir's 19-year-old ...