AudioDope MixTape #21 | Chaircrusher | Tresor91-97Mix
Chaircrusher AKA Kent Williams has been producing electronic music of various sorts since 1993. He started Iowa’s first techno record label, Cornwarning in 1999. He was a member of the legendary Iowa City promotion crew Rotation. You can catch up on his productions, DJ mixes and talking shit about shit at his blog http://music.cornwarning.com.
After someone on the 313 mailing list brought up the Eddie Fowlkes track “Move To Detroit”, I found that it was on a Tresor release, and started looking at all the Detroit music that was released on Tresor in the 90s. This got me thinking — while the primary vector of international dissemination for Detroit techno came from the UK, the Tresor label was crucial, particularly for popularizing the harder side of Detroit Techno. Even in the United States, Tresor releases were an important source of new Detroit music, as Tresor often had wider US distribution than Detroit
labels.
The tracks here aren’t all Tresor original releases — many Detroit tracks were licensed from Detroit labels — but I’ve given the Tresor catalog number and date. Two of the tracks are actually by German artists, but that can be misleading as some of Juan Atkins releases were produced in Berlin in collaboration with Mauritz Von Oswald, and Thomas Fehlmann. The influences were by no means unidirectional — just as Detroit artists were hugely influential in Europe, Detroit artists often found new sounds through exposure to European music and culture.
With the rise of the modern ‘minimal’ style centered on Berlin and Richie Hawtin, it’s important to remember the way Berlin and Detroit first formed an artistic affinity, and the way that Tresor in particular helped make the careers and reputations of Detroit artists on the world stage.
Tracklist:
Blake Baxter – “Reach Out (Reach Deep Down Underground Mix)” Tresor 31 1992
Eddie Flashin Fowlkes & 3MB – “Es-29″ Tresor 3 1992
Kelli Hand – “Terminal” Tresor 64 1997
Model 500 – “M 69 Starlight” Tresor 63 1997
Blake Baxter “The Warning” Tresor 2 1991
Infiniti “Hard Drive” Tresor 48 1996
Jeff Mills “Condor to Mallorca” Tresor 25 1994
Joey Beltram – “Game Form” Tresor 33 1995
Blake Baxter “Minimal Freak” Tresor 74 1997
X-103 “Hagia Triada” Tresor 12 1993
X-102 “Titan” Tresor 3 1992
X-102 “Hyperion” Tresor 3 1992
3MB “Jazz Is The Teacher” Tresor 9 1993
Robert Hood “Home” Tresor 27 1994
Lyot (Maurizo Mix) Vainquere Novamute NoMu 14 1993
Eddie Flashing Fowlkes “Move To Detroit” Tresor 49 1996
3 Phase – “Der Klang Der Familie” Tresor 6 1992
