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Hello and welcome to the DetroitTechnoHouse. In addition to many other riteous things you’ll find on this site, each week we round up the best electronic music events from around the city and post them here. I call it… The Detroit Party Planner. A nice weekend of parties to keep the winter blues far far away. Be sure to read all the way through, there’s something for everyone!

Friday January 20

Terry Mullan, Todd Osbourne, Brian Gillespie @ The Works (1846 Michigan Ave, Detroit,MI). Also performing will be Matt Clarke, J rabbit, Chuck Flask, Terrabad, Original Sin, Sandoz, Eastside Jon, K@dog, Oktored, Destructo. Admission is $25, and the event is 18 and up.

Klaus Von Dutch @ Crossroads (517 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti,MI) w/ Charles English, Prophet Ecks, Danny Boy, and DJ 45. Admission is $6 all night for under 21, and $5 for over 21 and up. Free before 10.

Saturday January 21

Stanton Warriors, Juan Atkins, Deiselboy @ Bert’s Warehouse (2739 Russell, Detroit, MI). Also Performing: DJ Dan, DJ Funk, Keith Mackenzie, Jesse James, T. Linder, William Van Dyke, Disciple, Eric Sutter, Jermy Poling, Nimbus, and more. Tickets for this show are $30 presale and can be bought HERE. This event is 18 and up and runs from 8pm-6am. Infoline 313-505-5597.

Paper Diamond @ Ilounge: Clutch Cargos (65 East Huron, Pontiac, MI) w/ M Machine, K@dog. This event is ALL AGES, admission is $15 presale and tickets can be found HERE.

What’s up peoples? I know it’s been a couple months since the last podcast was released, and I apologize whole heartedly. Both Alex and I went through some drastic job changes and our time has been taken up by the man. All excuses aside, we have a brand new episode for ya’ll. This time all the vinyl being played is from my collection. The next episode will be from Alex’s. I picked out a nice batch of funky tunes that you should be able to appreciate and get down to. Also, we received a record by Kidstatik from Level 4 Productions out of Montreal, Canada that is featured in this episode. In the last edition we had an awesome interview with DJ Seoul and it was our most successful podcast yet. We had roughly about 700 downloads. We are pushing hard to try to get over the thousand mark and would appreciate any support you can provide. The easiest thing to do is just to tell somebody about it. You can also subscribe via RSS or through Itunes to automatically get all new episodes released. We also love to get things in the mail. If you have a new release out then send us a copy. If we can groove to it then it will definitely be in the next podcast with a nice shout out backing it up. Hit us up at thedetroittechnohouse@gmail.com for more info. Thanks for your support everybody and hope you enjoy this episode of our podcast. Cheers!

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I made it out in the depths of the night this weekend to enjoy Detroit’s electronic hey day re-visited. I am speaking of the PKU reunion party (Dec. 3, 2011). Let me tell you, it didn’t disappoint. With the spirit of where it started, PKU stood tall and showed its beautiful silhouette, if only for a night… It was fun to see people pack out the often-maligned “Works” for a better cause than it has seen in a while.

The place packed out quite early, I can’t remember the last time I saw a line at 10:45 on a Saturday night. Slammin’ music, mostly from Detroit, played with an old-school passion that needs to be infused in this new school era. Wow, I almost forgot Jungle existed! The positive and unique attitude of the night was so obvious it was shocking. It was amazing to see so many old school heads back together again. Smiles replaced blank stares, dancing replaced staring at the floor, and soul replaced machine on this special night. Not that there wasn’t a fair share of stumbling aimlessly going on, but most of it was followed with a polite “sorry” if you were bumped into. It was awesome.

I caught the end of Lori Hi Fi, and all I can say is… bangin’! She set the stage off with some hard techno, and even threw in some old school epic breakdowns to make the crowd go crazy. After Lori came Woodward vs CDX. It was a sight to behold, and Woodward dropped some old tracks that took me back. Lastly I saw a man named Harley from Detroit spin one of the more proper sets of the night. He wove real Detroit Techno in and out on the Technics, and he did it with precision and passion. I also found out that he does an electronic music radio show on Sundays called “Burst Radio”, and apparently they stream electronic music 24/7. I actually visited the studio and it is a legit set-up with some real professional work going on there…Check them out at BurstRadio.net.

All in all it was an impressive night. I saw Detroit come together in a way that I haven’t seen in quite some time, and it made me proud to see that there was still some good left in the electronic music community. My hat is off to the PKU kids, and all the people involved with this show. Well done, I hope to see more events with this old-school vibe in the future. In fact, I hope that some of the values that once infused the Detroit scene can once again be brought back to the forefront of this artistic endeavor.

Here’s a mix just for the PKU party by Detroit’s own Whistleboi, hope you enjoy:
Whistle-Boi PKU Reunion by whistle-boi

What’s up everyone. I thought I’d share a little something with you about a documentary currently being created. It’s called BURN and is about what Detroit firefighters have to go through on a daily basis. This project started a while back and has been funded mostly by donations from Kickstarter. Recently they reached their goal of $80,000 and we should soon be able to see the full documentary. Check out this short clip to get some insight into the project. You can also still donate if you wish at their Kickstarter site . Only seven days to go until the end, so if you wanna donate do it now.

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BURN Documentary (Detroit Firefighters)

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