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Detroit In Effect – Only Time Can Stop A Dream [MAP004TB]

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Over 25 years ago DJ Maaco and P Dog aka Detroit In Effect released the mean green “Only Time Can Stop A Dream” EP on their M.A.P. label. Tracks like “313 Frequency” and “Sike Yo Mind”, just to name a couple, banged dance floors from Detroit to Europe. Now with new generations of music lovers almost three decades later catching on to sounds some would now consider vintage, we feel it’s only right to pull out some throwbacks and make them available again. So here’s to old and new, the reissue of Detroit In Effect – Only Time Can Stop A Dream.

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Detroit In Effect – Only Time Can Stop A Dream [MAP004TB]

Detroit In Effect – Let’s Rock All Night [MAP017]

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It’s been 10 years since the last M.A.P. release, but the Detroit Party Train is going full steam ahead. Four new hot D.I.E. traxxx by the legend that is DJ Maaco. Will rock up any floor!

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Detroit In Effect – Let’s Rock All Night [MAP017]

D.I.E. – The Men You’ll Never See Pt. 2 [CWCS010]

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Second time around for D.I.E’s The Man You’ll Never See Part 2, a near legendary set of bustling, funk-fuelled electro cuts that first surfaced on Clone back in 2003. This new edition includes five of the EP’s six original tracks, replacing “Space Travel” with the similarly sought-after “Programming” – a Drexciya-esque workout rich in fizzing drum machine beats, rumbling sub-bass and deep space acid lines – which originally appeared on 2002’s Keep Hanging EP. It remains a superb set of tracks, all told, with the Motor City duo flitting between deep and melodious cuts (“Other People”), vocal-laced Cybotron tributes (“Keep Hanging”), decidedly intergalactic fare (“Out With Tha Old”) and quirky, glassy-eyed gems (“U Can’t See Us”).

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D.I.E. – The Men You’ll Never See Pt. 2 [CWCS010]

D.I.E. – Break it down [MAP012]

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D.J. Maaco is back at it again by keeping D.I.E. on the MAP! With long over due favorites such as Dutch Friends and Move Yo Body, this will be a 12 inch you don’t want to miss. Listen as he drops the bass in Break It Down and bring the funk Like No Other. As you already know Detroit In Effect are the knights of pure Detroit Electro/Techno and have one mission.

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D.I.E. – Break it down [MAP012]