2009 June | The Detroit Techno House

So, I was really looking forward to another venue for my weekend shenanigans, but due to some weird cosmic alignment in the techno universe, the Elements Gallery never transpired, and I ended up at the Works again. But honestly, the promise of Dara, Bone and, potentially, Terry Mullan was quite tempting. Talk about a fucked up drive to Michigan and Rosa Parks, it was like a mid-summer monsoon. I swear there were crazy ass accidents the whole way there.

When we arrived there was a nice crowd packing the place out, and Dara was tearing it up in the back room. Normally, I’m not the biggest drum and bass fan, but damn, dude fucking killed that shit. It was nice to see that some extra sound was brought it to keep it pumped. I made it up front for pieces if Jesse James’ set, and I have to say it was great when they finally turned up the speakers for him, techno needs to be banged. I was impressed by Bone’s whole set, bangin techno and old school effects the whole time. The crowd really seemed to die out after 2:30, it started to look like a bunch of zombies as the night wore on. We didn’t make it as late as we could have, but I heard that Terry Mullan, the elusive Sasquatch of acid, actually showed up and played for a handful of people at the wee hours. Well, I’ll catch him eventually.

These two parties have actually been combined and will both be held at the Works. And I thought I would be going somewhere else this weekend. Ha!

Set times are as follows:

Back Room :
11-12 JOEY P.
12-1:30 DJ DARA
1:30-4am DJ BONE

Front Room :
10-11 DJ DALOUDA
11-12 SUTTER
12-1 JESSE JAMES
1-2:30 TERRY MULLAN

I am guessing that the rest of the DJs on the Terry Mullan flyer got the short end of the stick.

So I know, it seems like these reviews are always about the Works, but hell, it doesn’t seem like any other venue’s are getting used to bring in out of town DJs lately. Friday was a good time, but I have to give my respect to our local Detroit talent, that was who really impressed me. When we got there, Vinsanity was tearin‘ that shit up in the backroom, droppin some hot ass techno, I almost wish I would have gotten there a little earlier so I could have see his whole set, it was very impressive. Brian Scott was on the decks next, and he brought some awesome house. This dude gets the track selection award for the

night, he had everyone moving for his whole set. I also got to check out Disciple in the front room a bit. Usually, I’m not much of a drum and bass head, but his set definitely had my attention while I was up there. Brian Scott definitely had the crowd warmed up for Donald Glaude, but this is where the evening fell off for me a bit. I was dancing for the first couple of tracks Mr. Glaude dropped, but I don’t know, from there he kind of lost me. The tracks were kind of consistently a little too electro-house. Maybe it’s just me, but is electro-house the new trance. It certainly sounds fucking corny enough to take that title. How the fuck do you affix the word “electro” to that genre of electronic placenta? I mean really, it’s not electro. Anyway, maybe you had to be really had to be high on d

rugs to get into it, but his set was a total miss for me.

It seems rare that we get an electronic artist to play in the D that absolutely bangs it and keeps it going the whole set. Last night at the Works with the Martinez Brothers was one of those rare nights. If you are not familiar with the Martinez Brothers, check out our older posts, or go here. These kids brought the fuckin fire last night. I can’t think of the last time I danced through some one’s whole set, but these dudes had me on my feet the whole night. Absolutely flawless mixing and layering of effects that just totally blew my mind. It’s always refreshing to hear someone who’s not afraid to use the hell out of their EQ’s, which seems to be lost on to many DJs today. The music varied from house to tech with that dope New York flavor to it. And when they dropped “Dark Water” toward the end of the set, the crowd went fuckin’ bonkers. It just amazes me that some kids this young have got this much skills behind the decks. I was surprised that the Works wasn’t packed out with house heads for this, but the people who were there were enjoying every second of it and giving the brothers some mad D town love. Really this wasn’t a very hyped event, I just heard about it on Wednesday, and I’m fairly sure there were no flyers going around. Of course, I forgot my camera, asked my cousin if we could use his, and then he forgot his also.Luckily, he’s got mad skills with the camera phone, and hooked us up with these pics. Mad love and respect to everyone who was at this last night, I can’t think of the last time I had such a good time on a Saturday night. Let’s bring these guy’s back again soon!

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