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K1 – My Name Is DJ K-1 EP [PBXC-37]

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Keith Tucker Aka DJ K-1 comes back with his original minimalistic electro style with vocals and vocoder loveliness. The EP harkens back to his original K-1 Agenda ep days of the classic Direct Beat label which spawned the first of Tuckers many aliases. Tucker takes this first original mix into a more Kraftwerking style with his infections and Unforgettable vocoder work. DMX Krew’s Ed Upton takes his stab at a more sample bass mix in step with Tuckers seminal work In the Detroit Techno Bass group Aux88.

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K1 – My Name Is DJ K-1 EP [PBXC-37]

Dj K1 / Dj Maaco – Unidentifiable Beings EP [PBX35]

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Two heavyweights of the Detroit underground come together on this kicking new EP from Puzzlebox. K-1 aka Keith Tucker brings his famously repetitive sounds and rugged electro-funk to ‘On My Computer’, which bumps irresistibly as smeared sci-fi chords set your sights on the future. Add in robotic vocals and supple bass and you have an instant classic. It’s then to the Eastside of the Motor City for DJ Maaco’s ‘The People’ which is just as funky but in totally different ways; his laid-back groove is embellished with lush synth sequences and late-night cool that is topped off by a more seductive male vocal. Two very different but equally brilliant tunes.

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Dj K1 / Dj Maaco – Unidentifiable Beings EP [PBX35]

K1 feat. Dopplereffekt – Star Gazing EP [PBX-32]

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K1 feat DOPPLEREFFEKT - Star Gazing EP

Keith Tucker and Gerald Donald of Dopplereffekt finally got together. The combination of these two musicians has created a bombardment of funk as only Keith Tucker and Dopplereffekt can bring. That unearthly eerie funk and strings from other worlds. That snappy intelligent funk that Detroit so heavily influenced and unleashed to the universe.

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K1 feat. Dopplereffekt – Star Gazing EP [PBX-32]

Aux 88 – Voice Modulation EP [PBX-31]

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AUX 88 - Voice Modulation EP

AUX88 brought the first of the Mad Scientist Cd Release tracks from their pivotal LP. Two classic Aux88 cuts pressed onto vinyl for the first time. AUX88 proves once again not only are they one of the best live bands in electronic music, but one of the genres funkiest groups in the world.  The vocals are what set Aux88 apart from everyone else and the beat is dark, precise with thumping bass line.

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Aux 88 – Voice Modulation EP [PBX-31]

Optic Nerve – Detropolis EP [PBX023]

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Cover art - Optic Nerve: Detropolis EP

The enigmatic Optic Nerve aka Keith Tucker returns with the aptly named Detropolis 12″ on Anthony “Shake” Shakir’s Puzzlebox imprint. Deep sea melodies, stabby chords and ravey basslines litter the EP which floats somewhere between shuffling techno and bubbling electro of the Detroit kind. Optic Nerve’s soothing original is a fast-paced slice of electro-techno gold, while Aux 88 up the percussive elements of Tucker’s original, escorting a plodding bassline from out back to up front. The “Detroit vocal Mental mix” sheds all but the basics and pumps up the bass, using a vocodered “Detropolis” vocal as its centrepiece. Discreet Drexciyan pads and Model 500 magic flash throughout the “M5 Central Station Mix”, closing a quintessential Detroit classic.

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Optic Nerve – Detropolis EP [PBX023]