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Saturday February 22nd, 2014 with ELORIOUS CAIN & TEKNOBRAT
2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT ON UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE - "Music That Never Surrenders..".
By 1989 the cluster of dominant major labels and music entertainment conglomerates had once again created an atmosphere of banality while propelling carefully managed Pop idolatry. They had practically purchased and exploited the whole American Disco industry of the 1970's before dumping it all like smelly garbage. As new genres of disco rose out of the underground in the 1980's like Freestyle Electro, Hip Hop and House Music those corporate entities proceeded to dominate them also by purchasing creative independent labels plus signing and then altering key artists. With the success of "Big Fun" by INNER CITY they set their sights on DETROIT TECHNO only to be ultimately defeated by the power and influence of the UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE; one of most important musical collectives of contemporary culture!
Established by JEFF MILLS and "MAD" MIKE BANKS with ROBERT HOOD joining later, UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE was a supergroup with a solid political vision that clashed with commercialism and mediocrity. Their music was stunning and brilliant. Before MILLS and HOOD would go solo in 1992, UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE would release some of the most important TECHNO ever: music whose influence would be felt around the world. The current success of the TECHNO industry in Berlin is largely due to the impact of UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE.
After 1992 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE would continue as a collective of many different contributors all coordinated by MIKE BANKS. Numerous releases on the U.R. label have offered a rich variety including DRUM & BASS, HIP HOP, ELECTRO and a genre they call HIGH-TECH FUNK. UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE remains a potent anti-establishment force in mondo disco today, respected and admired by billions!
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UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE - Music That Never Surrenders...
To celebrate the last weekend of Black History Month, ELORIOUS CAIN & TEKNOBRAT present a
special 2 hour feature on the most important
electronic music collective of DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA !!! UR aka
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE !!! Music That Never Surrenders...
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| Introduction by ELORIOUS CAIN.
Article at the end of the playlist is from WIKIPEDIA. Also check out http://www.central.ly/undergroundresistance. -------------------------------------------------------- DJ TEKNOBRAT Presents: UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE THE EARLY YEARS (STUDIO MIX) FEAT. MIKE BANKS, JEFF MILLS & ROBERT NOISE AKA ROBERT HOOD MIXED & COMPILED BY TEKNOBRAT @ BUNKERBLISS STUDIOS OTTAWA, CANADA STYLES: DETROIT TECHNO, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNO, ACID TECHNO, TECHNO JAZZ, BREAKS, HOUSE MUSIC, HARDCORE RAVE & TR-808 STYLE ELECTRO. |
| Transition (Accapella) UR - Transition / Windchime 7" Single - Underground Resistance |
| Sonic Destroyer X-101 - X-101 EP - Underground Resistance |
| Your Time Is Up Underground Resistance with Yolanda - Your Time Is Up EP - Underground Resistance |
| Nation 2 Nation Underground Resistance - Nation 2 Nation EP - Underground Resistance |
| Living For The Night (Brainstorm Live Mix) Underground Resistance with Yolanda - Living For The Night EP - Underground Resistance |
| Gamma-Ray Underground Resistance - Elimination / Gamma-Ray EP - Underground Resistance |
| Jupiter Jazz Underground Resistance - World 2 World EP - Underground Resistance |
| Riot Underground Resistance - Riot EP - Underground Resistance |
| Method Of Force Underground Resistance - Punisher EP - Underground Resistance |
| Beauty Of Decay Underground Resistance - Waveform EP - Underground Resistance |
| Crush, Kill, Destroy The Vision - Gyroscopic EP - Underground Resistance |
| Hi-Tech Jazz (The Science) Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Galaxy 2 Galaxy 2X EP - Underground Resistance |
| Free As You Wanna Be UR / The Shadow - The Theory / Free As You Wanna Be EP - Underground Resistance |
| Mercury Berring-10 Underground Resistance - Fuel For The Fire Attend The Riot EP - Underground Resistance |
| Groundzero (The Planet) X-102 - OBX-A EP - Underground Resistance |
| Elimination Underground Resistance - Sonic EP - Underground Resistance |
| Cyclone Underground Resistance - Fury EP - Underground Resistance |
| Off-Axis Gravitational Fields UR - Acid Rain III - Meteor Shower 2xEP - Underground Resistance |
| Death Star Mad Mike - Death Star EP - Underground Resistance |
| Fuck The Majors (Mix 1) Underground Resistance - Message To The Majors EP - Underground Resistance |
| Planet X Mad Mike - Death Star EP - Underground Resistance |
| DJ TEKNOBRAT Presents:
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE THE COLLECTIVE YEARS OF HI-TECH SOUL & ELECTRO GHETTO TECH (STUDIO MIX) FEAT. ATLANTIS, GALAXY 2 GALAXY, DJ S2, DREXCIYA, PAPA SLIDE, SCAN 7, THE AZTEC MYSTIC AKA DJ ROLANDO, AQUANAUTS, INTERSTELLAR FUGITIVES, BILEEBOB, TIMELINE, MARK FLASH & MIKE BANKS MIXED & COMPILED BY TEKNOBRAT @ BUNKERBLISS STUDIOS OTTAWA, CANADA STYLES: DETROIT TECHNO, TECHNO JAZZ, LATIN TECHNO, HI-TECH SOUL, HOUSE MUSIC, TR-808 STYLE ELECTRO & ELECTRO GHETTO TECH. |
| Words From Atlantis Atlantis - Controlled Substance - Interstellar Fugitives 2 - The Destruction Of Order EP - Underground Resistance |
| A Hitech Jazz Compilation LP UR Presents Galaxy - A Hitech Jazz Compilation LP - Submerge Recordings |
| Slide S² aka Seldom Seen - Slide EP - Underground Resistance |
| Wavejumper Drexciya - Aquatic Invasion EP - Underground Resistance |
| Bubble Metropolis Drexciya - Drexciya 2 - Bubble Metropolis EP - Underground Resistance |
| You Don't Know Drexciya - The Return Of Drexciya EP - Underground Resistance |
| Nasty DJ S2 aka Seldom Seen - Papa Slide 7" Single - Underground Resistance |
| Fiber Optic Commando (M.O.D. Mix) UR - Electronic Warfare - Designs For Sonic Revolutions 2 X EP - Underground Resistance |
| Transition Underground Resistance - Inspiration / Transition EP - Underground Resistance |
| Voiceprint Scan 7 - Undetectible EP - Underground Resistance |
| Aguila (The Fix Mix) The Aztec Mystic a.k.a DJ Rolando - Aguila EP - Underground Resistance |
| Analog Assassin UR - The Analog Assassin EP - Underground Resistance |
| UR-046 Underground Resistance - NSC 1-4 : 2 X Picture Disc EP - NSC Records |
| Jaguar The Aztec Mystic a.k.a DJ Rolando - Knights Of The Jaguar EP - Underground Resistance |
| Spawn (Genetic Continuation Mix) Aquanauts - Spawn EP - Underground Resistance |
| Hi-Tech Dreams Mad Mike - Hi-Tech Dreams / Lo-Tech Reality EP - Underground Resistance |
| Get A Phone Bileebob - Call Me EP - Underground Resistance |
| Save The Bluebird Timeline Feat. Jon Dixon & De'Sean Jones - Graystone Ballroom EP - Underground Resistance |
| Dark Symphony Mark Flash - King Of Light EP - Underground Resistance |
| I Am UR UR - Electronic Warfare 2.0 : 2 X EP + 7" Single - Underground Resistance |
| The Swarm Remote - The Swarm EP - Underground Resistance |
| Underground Resistance (commonly abbreviated to UR) is a musical collective from Detroit, Michigan, in the United States of America. They are the most militantly political outcropping of modern Detroit techno, with a grungy, four-track musical aesthetic and a strictly anti-mainstream business strategy. They have exerted their portion of Detroit Techno's cultural influence towards promoting political activism.
Begun in the late 1980s by Jeff Mills and "Mad" Mike Banks, UR related the aesthetics of early Detroit Techno to the complex social, political, and economic circumstances which followed on from Reagan-era inner-city economic recession, producing uncompromising music geared toward promoting awareness and facilitating political change. In contrast to techno that preceded UR, UR tried to appeal to lower class African Americans in Detroit. UR’s songs created a sense of self-exploration, experimentation and the ability to change yourself and circumstances. Additionally, UR wanted to establish a means of identification beyond traditional lines of race and ethnicity . By targeting lower class African Americans, UR intended to inspire black men to get out of the poverty cycle in the city. Another form of UR’s rebellion concerns the rejection of the commercialization of techno. This is evident in the messages scratched in UR’s vinyls, lyrics and sounds expressing economic independence from major record labels.[1] Later Robert "Noise" Hood joined the collective. As with Public Enemy, there have been intimations that UR's subversively 'militant' approach to music was related to the activities of the Black Panthers in the 1970s, something not entirely accurate as Mills explains in an interview.[2] Many of Underground Resistance's labelmate's early releases were the product of various experiments by Banks, Mills, and Hood, both solo and in collaboration, before Mills and Hood left the collective in 1992 to achieve international success as solo artists and DJs. Mike Banks continued to lead UR in the wake of the split, releasing EPs during the mid-1990s such as "Return of Acid Rain," "Message to the Majors," and "Galaxy to Galaxy" under the UR name, as well as 12-inches by increasingly renowned artists such as Drexciya. UR tracks have occasionally been released on other labels (usually in what UR metaphorically describe as "reconnaissance" or "infiltration"). 1998's "Interstellar Fugitives", the first full album credited to Underground Resistance, saw Mike Banks redefining the collective's sound as "High-Tech Funk", reflecting a shift in emphasis from hard, minimal club Techno to breakbeats, Electro and even occasionally Drum and Bass and down-tempo Hip-Hop. In 1999, newcomer DJ Rolando released UR's most commercially successful EP, "The Knights of The Jaguar". In 2000, Kraftwerk released a remix single of their theme composed for the Expo 2000 in Hanover, featuring contributions from the UR artists. Their real names were not mentioned in the credits, but were hidden behind the numbers - 035, 038, 039 & 044, referring to the UR catalogue: 035 – DJ Rolando 038 – Mike Banks 039 – Andre Holland 044 – Gerald Mitchel From 2002 onwards, Kraftwerk's live shows featured the group performing UR's remixes compiled in the song now called "Planet of Visions". |
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