Posts Tagged ‘ Steven Tang ’
Tracks Volume 2 12″ compilation – Cititrax . . . . . . . . . Neil Landstrumm – The Paskal E.P. – Rawax . . . . . . . . . Randomer – Concierge 12″ – Clone Basement Series . . . . . . . . . Steven Tang – The Verged Sessions [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Jean Nipon & The Magendie High School – Industry Steal Vol 2 12″ – L.I.E.S. . . . . . . . Future Chicago compilation 12″ – Finale Sessions . . . . . . . . Dresvn – First Voyage 12″ – Honest Jon’s . . . . . . . . . Mike [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Chitown heavy hitters of house team up for a 4-way compilation on Finale Sessions, turning in the third release on the Finale Underground series. In attendance for the release event will be Specter, Chicago Skyway, and Steven Tang. Hakim Murphy is also featured on the release. In-store offerings include discounted sales on the compilation and 50% off [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Recording under the moniker Obsolete Music Technology, Chicago’s Steven Tang presents 4 dance floor friendly numbers on his own label. Expect drum machine grooves, chunky analog toms, and hard-edged synths in a retro-futuristic fashion. The mildly aggressive title track gets a sci-fi feel from eerie tones and a quirky synth line. Meanwhile, “Killin” lends itself [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
New York’s DJ Spider gets by with a little help from his friends. Pulling from all over the globe, this strictly techno affair features contributions from CTRLS via Denmark, Anton Zap from Russia, Steven Tang from the US, and Tapirus by way of Netherlands. Taprius’ take is all aggressive drum machine and acidic leads, CTRLS’ [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
This one has got Chicago written all over it and not much can be said other than buy this record. With source material by Hakim Murphy being reworked by some of Chicago’s best in Chicago Skyway, Ike Release, G. Marcell and Steven Tang, this one is a no brainer full of that machine driven Chicago house [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Something of a second-breakout release for Chicago’s Steven Tang, following on his resurgent interest from his 2010 Verged Sessions 12″ on Aesthetic Audio. But don’t call it a comeback – Tang has been exploring his machines via Emphasis Recordings since the late 1990s and the history behind his music shows through the breadth of reference [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Luke Hess, Xdb, Steven Tang all on one record, things are bound to go deep. Each of the contributors is known, in his own way, as a heavy weight in the combined fields of dub techno, deep techno, and new Detroit. Starting things off on the first of the A side tracks, Steven Tang contributes [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
The retro-not-retro stylings of Steven Tang as Obsolete Music Technology shine brilliantly on Steffi‘s Dolly imprint. Expanding on his theme of melodic Detroit techno, here are four tracks of effervescent melodies anchored by hazy neon leads and buoyant chord washes; as always, everything is underpinned by raw drum machine patterns. With keyboards at times reminiscent [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Another Chicago mainstay and prolific producer, Steven Tang (sometimes Obsolete Music Technology) has been running the Emphasis label for more than a decade as an outlet for his own productions and collaborations. His prefered style, a moody mixture of machine-driven beats and Detroit-leaning chordy melodies, shines through on this 2 hour mixset. From a surprisingly sunny [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Emphasis Records boss and longtime recording artist with records out on Aesthetic Audio and Syncrophone Records, Steven Tang has been a dependable Chicago DJ for years (now with growing international acclaim.) In his Future Grooves mix series, he eschews flash and fad for a signature subtle drive, silky smooth transitions, and warm, slow blankets of moody harmony. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Aesthetic Audio owner Keith Worthy releases another steadfast collection of heavily atmospheric Detroit techno stylings. The Michigan-based artist uses the four tracks here to expand on his themes of straight rhythms with sometimes coarse textures, while weaving a buoyant thread of melody throughout the spaces between. Certainly recommended for fans of Underground Resistance, John Beltran, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Emphasis proprietor and Obsolete Music Technology alter-ego Steven Tang has always taken a hardware-driven approach to dreamy techno, with melancholy chords and dry punchy drums that align him with the Model 500 and Rhythim Is Rhythim side of the Motor City’s lineage. Overall, this well-formed EP is no exception. That said, the incorporation of the [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Steven Tang’s Obsolete Music Technology guise returns for a third time to his own label. His Emphasis imprint has been a quietly consistent Chicago outlet for melodic techno, focusing mainly upon his own work under various aliases. For this outing, he’s allied with Uzuri’s Chicago Skyway, another strong DJ and producer who’s been making waves [&hellip[ READ MORE ]