February 2008 Blog Posts (225)

Daniel Bell is considered to be one of the pioneers of the minimal techno genre.

Born in Sacramento, California, Bell grew up outside of Toronto, Canada, and later moved to Detroit where he collaborated with Richie Hawtin as Cybersonik for

three years on Plus 8 records. In 1991, he started his own label,…

Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962 in Detroit, United States) is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of Techno Music , specifically, Detroit

Techno along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. The three, sometimes called

the Belleville Three, attended high school together in Belleville, MI, near

Detroit.…

Dave Angel, (born David Angelico Nicholas Gooden in Chelsea, London), is an English techno musician.

Angel is the son of a London-based jazz musician, and the older brother of rapper Monie Love. He had an unorthodox musical education; his father influenced him deeply,

as did…

The Advent is a British electronic music act. It was originally founded in 1993 by Cisco Ferreira and Colin McBean. Soon after leaving school, Ferreira began working as

an engineer at Jack Trax Records, a job which enabled him to glimpse first-hand

the work of such artists as Derrick May and Marshall Jefferson. He began

recording in 1988 with C.J. Bolland as Space Opera (eventually releasing four

singles…

Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and

DJs. Carl Craig has approached techno using inspiration from a wide range of

musical genres, including jazz and soul.

Carl Craig has…