The Detroit Techno House

Saturday night, a mid-January thaw in Detroit, and some properly performed techno. We found ourselves down in Corktown at 10 Critics, to check out Starski and Clutch and James T Cotton at Fun, which appears to be a new monthly party with varying venues. 10 Critics was a a bit different, when we got there a sign on the front door informed us that if we weren’t members, we had to go to the “business office”(a shipping container with a door and a ticket window)in the back to obtain one. This involved giving a quite a bit of personal info, and giving them a 20 spot. However, this one payment($10 for cover, $10 for booze)entitled you to open bar all night, so really not a bad investment. The venue was straight, good sized dance floor, good “free” bar area. When we got in, E-Spleece was spinning some nice techno, and the crowd was growing. By the time Starski and Clutch went on, there was an awesome crowd fueled up on an open bar that was there to dance. SAC threw down and awesome set, touching all types of dance music genre’s. They started off with some booty, but thew in some house, acid, techno, soul, old school, and even a couple of club bangers. People were dancing their asses off for the whole set! James T Cotton hit the decks a little before 2, and brought a set of some proper techno, with some fucking awesome acid thrown in. Awesome track selection and mixing the whole time that finish up the already pumped up crowd. Word to the the promoters, db productions, for a truly proper party, I can’t wait for the next one. Luckily a lot of video got shot, so here’s a little sampler of the evening.

Well, we all made it through another decade, yee-haw, so Thursday night I made it out with some good friends to celebrate the occasion. We decided to start of the night and ring in the new year at the Woodbridge Pub for the Blank Artists shindig. The place was fuckin’ packed wall to wall, but honestly, none of us were feeling it(The was literally like no room in that place), so we decided to tempt fate and try to make it over to the Majestic before midnight. However, due to some miscalculations on my part, we rung in 2010 in the car, and made it over to Funk Night just after midnight. When I walked in the place was bumpin’! One Be Lo was on the mike with the band, and a huge crowd was milling about. The DJ’s in between the bands sets were on point with some solid, heavy funk. My only complaint was that all night the microphone levels too low, so the band was kind of overpowering everything else. Besides that I had a great night with good friends, new and old. Yeah, there was some techno popping off around town, but for what it was, Funk Night was solid. Big ups to the drunk WSU dude at the door who gave me free whisky! Looking forward to a solid 2010 with lots of amazing electronic music in the D. Here’s a little video for those of you who spent New Years in other places. Peace.