http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYAIJjZD1I0

Chaos “Afrogermanic”
from the “Crime Report” Underground Resistance EP (and the “Interstellar Fugitives” LP)

UR “Talking To Z”
from the “Crime Report” Underground Resistance EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUf4y8LET4k

Crimereport UR 021 – 1996
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There have been reports of a UR special operations sonic insertion team code named I.S.F. (Interstellar Fugitives) in your zone. An imminent “LP” attack is expected any moment. Beware you have been warned!!

Taken From “Interstellar Fugitives” LP
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Mastered at National Sound Corporation (NSC), Detroit

Underground Resistance is probably the most militantly political outcropping of modern urban American techno. Combining a grubby, four-track aesthetic, an almost strictly DIY business philosophy, and an oppositional, militaristic ethos similar to Public Enemy without the drama (or the familiarity; the members refuse to be photographed without bandanas obscuring their identities), UR have redirected their portion of the Detroit techno legacy to social activist ends, trading mainstream popularity and financial success for independence and self-determination. Begun in the early ’90s by Detroit second-wave trinity Mike Banks, Robert Hood & Jeff Mills, UR adapted the flavor and kick of early Detroit techno to the complex social, political, and economic circumstances in the wake of Reagan-era accelerated inner-city decline, and was formed as an outlet for uncompromising music geared toward awareness and change.

The early UR catalog is defined by a typically Detroit combination of Motown and Chicago soul, and ruthless, at times caustic lo-fi techno, acid, and electro (Mills’ background is in, among other things, Chicago industrial and EBM-style electro-techno, with Banks and Hood both coming from a solid house and techno base). Much of the label’s early output was the product of various permutations of Banks, Mills, and Hood, both solo and in combination, before Mills and Hood left UR in 1992 to pursue (and achieve) international success. Banks continued to operate UR in the wake of the split, releasing EPs such as “Return of Acid Rain,” “Message to the Majors,” and “Galaxy to Galaxy” under the UR banner, as well as 12-inches by increasingly renowned artists such as Drexciya, Suburban Knight and Scan 7. The first actual full-length credited to Underground Resistance was 1998’s Interstellar Fugitives. When the UR and Submerge Recordings Headquarters moved from 2030 Grand River to 3000 E Grand Blvd., the UR ‘family’ transformed again by assigning new members such as DJ 3000, S², Aquanauts, The, Buzz Goree and most notably the live band Los Hermanos.
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Members:
Andre Holland, Bileebob, Chuck Gibson, Cornelius Harris, Dan Caballero, DJ Buzz Goree, Drexciya, Frankie Fultz, Galaxy 2 Galaxy, Gerald Mitchell, Ghetto Tech, ISH, James Pennington, Jeff Mills***, Marc Floyd, Mark Taylor, Mike Banks, Mike Clark, Milton Baldwin, Raphael Merriweathers Jr., Robert Hood***, Rolando Rocha***, Santiago Salazar, Timeline.

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other tracks from the “Interstellar Fugitives” LP:

Perception “Mirage”

Underground Resistance “Negative Evolution”

UR website — http://www.undergroundresistance.com/

Bileebob “Get A Phone”

UR live a Roma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycMflkKMICs

“When i first started i was a deejay. I had no idea i would make music. I used to be with Juan, Jaun Atkins, we were kids man, but i’ve learned more of the things fundamentals that stayed with me all my life. When i watched him i was able to understand how to “feel” the air, how not just to breathe the air, but “feel” the air. I learned the philosophy of how to make records speak to each other, how to make records sing to each other, how to make records talk to each other, how to make music out of music. And that philosophy of making music with music, with records, was something i’ve carried over into my idea of making music as well.”
Derrick May
(citazione dal film documentario francese del 1996 Universal Techno)

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Derrick May intervista a Tomorrowland

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Derrick May @ Gradska Plazha (Sofia, Macedonia) 27-06-2010

http://soundcloud.com/r_co/derrick-may-live-skopje-city-beach-26-06-2010

Tracklist:

1. Designer Music – Good Girls
2. Cesar Maravillas – Chocopop Jazz
3. Gavin Herlihy – Back Burner
4.
5. Manoo – Kodjo
6. Michel Cleis – La Tortuga
7. Oliver Ho – Sing
8. Nelski – Body Pop (Radio Slave Remix)
9. Dennis Ferrer Feat. Mia Tuttavilla – Transitions (Sasse Edit)
10. Itamar Sagi – One Million Oaks
11. ATFC – The Conversation (ATFC’s Heated Conversation)
12.
13. The Martian – Stardancer
14.
15.
16. Submission – Woman Beat Their Men (Cevin’s peak hour dub)
17. DJ Sneak – Love (Sneak’s Lovely 2010 Remix)
18.
19. Salvatore Freda – Bruschetta
20.
21. Itamar Sagi – Agnes Blue
22.
23. Killa Productions – Jingo
24. Greg Gow – Twilight Soul
25.
26.
27. Matthias Meyer – Infinity
28. Kapuchon & Benny Rodriguez – Reel
29.
30. Inner City – Praise (Mayday Mix)
31. Julien Jabre – War
32. Sven Tasnadi & Juno 6 – Take Eleven
33. Basti Grub – Lina
34. Sven Tasnadi & Juno 6 – Poundcake
35.
36.

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links:

http://www.derrickmay.com/

http://www.transmatrecords.com/

Derrick May & Hi-Tek Soul — http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?823

High Tech Soul documentary — http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-195672552584716914#

long interview — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4IKPWfNWYU

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dedicato ad Athos (R.I.P.)