Records

The objects and the labels. Sleeves, centre labels, runout grooves, catalogue numbers, the shops and the pressing plants. Cybotron's "Alleys of Your Mind" on Deep Space in 1981, "Clear" as a 1983 single on the album Enter which the 1990 reissue renamed, Model 500's "No UFO's" as Metroplex M-001 in April 1985. Then Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and the Sheffield bleep records, R&S in Ghent, Basic Channel and Chain Reaction in Berlin, and Hard Wax as the shop that functioned as an institution.

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98 moments in this segment.

  1. - CYBOTRON "Alleys Of Your Mind" Deep Space Records (1981). "Alleys of Your Mind" by Cybotron, released on Deep Space Records in 1981 and backed with "Cosmic Raindance". This, not "Clear", is the first Cybotron record and the earliest candidate for a founding Detroit record. It reportedly sold well in Detroit off the back of local radio play.
  2. - Cybotron - Cosmic Raindance (1981). "Cosmic Raindance", the B side of Cybotron's 1981 debut single.
  3. - Cybotron - Cosmic Cars ( Fantasy Records 1982 ). "Cosmic Cars", Cybotron's second single, 1982.
  4. - Cybotron Clear (Juan Atkins 1983). "Clear" by Cybotron, a 1983 single on Fantasy that appears on the album Enter. The 1990 reissue renamed the album Clear, which is where the date confusion comes from. Its main documented afterlife is in electro and hip hop rather than techno narrowly.
  5. - Cybotron - Industrial Lies "DJ Mix" ( Fantasy Acetate 1983 ) Unreleased Remix. "Industrial Lies", the B side of Cybotron's "Clear", from a 1983 Fantasy acetate.
  6. - Cybotron - Techno City (Vocal) (Fantasy | 1984). "Techno City" by Cybotron, 1984. The word techno was already in use among the Detroit producers by this point, four years before the compilation fixed it as a market label in Britain.
  7. - Cybotron - R9 (1985). "R-9" by Cybotron, 1985, the year Juan Atkins left the group over creative differences with Richard "3070" Davis. Davis continued under the name.
  8. - Model 500 - No UFO's (Metroplex | 1985). "No UFO's" by Model 500, April 1985, Metroplex M-001. It is the first Metroplex release and is frequently described as the first techno record, which is a claim about reception rather than chronology.
  9. - Model 500 / Bang The Beat (1986). "Bang the Beat" by Model 500, 1986.
  10. - Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life (Original Mix). "Strings of Life" by Rhythim Is Rhythim, Derrick May's best known record, released on Transmat.
  11. - Detroit Techno 1987- 1988 - Vinyl Only. A vinyl-only set of Detroit techno records from 1987 and 1988.
  12. - Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life (Original 12" Mix). The original twelve inch mix of "Strings of Life" by Rhythim Is Rhythim.
  13. - Inner City "Big fun" - Archive INA. "Big Fun" by Inner City in the French national audiovisual archive.
  14. - BIG FUN Inner City 1988. "Big Fun" by Inner City, 1988. It was reportedly nearly left off the compilation Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit and became the crossover hit of that autumn. The compilation itself lost money; its accidental pop hit paid for the attention.
  15. - Warp Records 89-92 History Mix. A long mix of Warp Records material from 1989 to 1992.
  16. - Forgemasters - Shall We (Special Remix) | Classic Sheffield Bleep Techno Warp Records History UK 90s. Forgemasters, whose "Track With No Name" was the first Warp release in 1989, written in about four hours in Robert Gordon's home studio. It helped define both the label and bleep techno.
  17. - Sweet Exorcist • Testfour (1990). "Testfour" by Sweet Exorcist, 1990. Sweet Exorcist is Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire with DJ Parrot, and is the direct link from Sheffield's industrial past to its techno present.
  18. - Sweet Exorcist • Testfive (1990). "Testfive" by Sweet Exorcist, 1990.
  19. - Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (Original 12'' Mix) (1990). "Energy Flash" by Joey Beltram on R&S, 1990.
  20. - Second Phase • Mentasm (1991). "Mentasm" by Second Phase, 1991. The Beltram sound R&S released gave European hardcore its defining lead.
  21. - Second Phase • Mentasm (Beltram & Mundo Remix) (1991) (Reissue 2021). A Beltram and Mundo remix of "Mentasm", reissued in 2021.
  22. - Record Shop Finds! || 1991 UK Hardcore & Belgian Techno. Record shop finds of 1991 UK hardcore and Belgian techno, handled as objects.
  23. - Model 500 - I See The Light (1993 - Metroplex - M-021). "I See The Light" by Model 500, Metroplex M-021, 1993.
  24. - Cybotron - Interface - The Roots Of Techno (1994). Interface, a Cybotron collection subtitled The Roots of Techno, 1994.
  25. - 🎛️ Joey Beltram - Club Kinetic (BPM Digital) | 28 October 1994 | Techno Rare Classic Set. Joey Beltram at Club Kinetic on 28 October 1994.
  26. - CJ Bolland - The Prophet (Original 1997). "The Prophet" by CJ Bolland, another R&S artist.
  27. - Label BPitch Control - DJ Mix by BiN'ère - From 1999 to 2001 - HOUSE and TECHNO. A mix of BPitch Control material from 1999 to 2001. The label was founded by Ellen Allien.
  28. - Dj Rolando - '' Jaguar '' (Original Mix) . 2000 - Underground Resistance [U.R] ~ 430 West Records .. "Jaguar" by DJ Rolando, released through Underground Resistance. The record and the major-label bootleg dispute that followed is a documented industry conflict rather than folklore.
  29. - Backyard Berlin. Hard Wax is the Berlin record shop associated with Mark Ernestus, one half of Basic Channel with Moritz von Oswald. Record shops functioned as the actual infrastructure of these scenes, in Berlin as in Detroit.
  30. - Vinyl label. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  31. - Recordshop-nantes. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  32. - Time-coded vinyl record. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  33. - Time-coded vinyl record 2. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  34. - Moritz von Oswald Interview. A short Moritz von Oswald interview.
  35. - Zu Besuch im Harthouse Label Studio Interview mit Sven Väth uvm (Housefrau). A visit to the Harthouse label studio with Sven Vaeth. Harthouse was founded in 1992, a year after Eye Q, and the two defined the earliest years of trance in Frankfurt.
  36. - Renaat (R&S) on the reason why he started a label. Renaat Vandepapeliere on why he started R&S Records. He founded the Ghent label with Sabine Maes, who is consistently named as co-founder and should not be omitted.
  37. - Flickr - ronsaunders47 - A 1960s RECORD SHOP. LIVERPOOL UK.. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  38. - Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis - Vinyl. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  39. - El lado oscuro de la luna - The dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd - Vinyl. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  40. - Hunting High and Low - Caza mayor y menor - A-ha - Vinyl. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  41. - Elvis Presley vinyl records - North End Music Stores (NEMS) (replica) - The Beatles Story (2012-06-10 by Richardjo53). Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  42. - LFO interview on TV and Warp. LFO interviewed on television about Warp. Their track "LFO" reached number 12 on the UK singles chart in 1990, which is techno charting in Britain.
  43. - Second hand record shop in Sweden (2013 ubt). Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  44. - ken ishii interview at party zone (no music) Part 2. Ken Ishii interviewed. His "Reference To Difference" and Susumu Yokota's "Acid Mt. Fuji" were released simultaneously on 29 June 1994, the landmark date of Japanese techno.
  45. - Record shop in Heidelberg. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  46. - Vinyl collection at a record store (Unsplash). Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  47. - Best of ABBA vinyl 1975. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  48. - Front 242 // Belpop Documentary 2008 w/ English Subtitles by FESTIVAL FORTE. A Belgian television documentary on Front 242, with English subtitles. EBM is the genuine ancestor here: without it you cannot explain new beat, hardcore or the harder end of Berlin.
  49. - Hard Wax, Berlin. Hard Wax is the Berlin record shop associated with Mark Ernestus, one half of Basic Channel with Moritz von Oswald. Record shops functioned as the actual infrastructure of these scenes, in Berlin as in Detroit.
  50. - Teklife record at Hard Wax, Berlin. Hard Wax is the Berlin record shop associated with Mark Ernestus, one half of Basic Channel with Moritz von Oswald. Record shops functioned as the actual infrastructure of these scenes, in Berlin as in Detroit.
  51. - Hard Wax, Berlin. Hard Wax is the Berlin record shop associated with Mark Ernestus, one half of Basic Channel with Moritz von Oswald. Record shops functioned as the actual infrastructure of these scenes, in Berlin as in Detroit.
  52. - Browsing record store shelves (Unsplash). Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  53. - Körner Plattenladen. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  54. - Archiv Plattenladen, Dortmund. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  55. - Vintage record store (Unsplash). Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  56. - Technics Turntable SL1200GAE (24110396509). The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  57. - Technics Turntable SL1200GAE (23849966484). The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  58. - Korg MS-20, Turntable and audio set, etc. - Rafaël Reverdy-Carrasco's musique maison (2016-07-21 10.53.54 by Rafaël Reverdy-Carrasco @Flickr. The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  59. - 12in-LP-Vinyl-Record-Macro-Grooves. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  60. - 12in-Vinyl-LP-Record-Angle. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  61. - NI Traktor Kontrol S8 illuminated in the dark (left side angled) (2016-10-15 11.32 by Clubfungus @pixabay 1744118). Mixing equipment, the working tools of the DJ facet. This is the largest category of material in the genre and the worst rights position, since the catalogues are owned and monetised by their producers.
  62. - Vinyl record shop in Athens. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  63. - Technics SL-1200 Original 1972. The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  64. - Technics EPA-120 Tonearm. The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  65. - Arturia MatrixBrute - panel right - VCO1,2,3, LFO1,3, Noise, Audio Mod, Mixer, VCF1 Steiner & VCF2 LADDER - 2017 NAMM Show (2017-01-20 20.53. Mixing equipment, the working tools of the DJ facet. This is the largest category of material in the genre and the worst rights position, since the catalogues are owned and monetised by their producers.
  66. - Arturia MatrixBrute - panel middle - VCO1,2,3, LFO3,1,2, Mixer, VCF1 Steiner & VCF2 Radder, ENV1,2,3, and Matrix Buttons - 2017 NAMM Show (2. Mixing equipment, the working tools of the DJ facet. This is the largest category of material in the genre and the worst rights position, since the catalogues are owned and monetised by their producers.
  67. - Joey Beltram plays Mentasm at Origins NYC. Joey Beltram playing "Mentasm" in New York.
  68. - Steve Beckett of Warp Records talks Aphex Twin and early signings | Red Bull Music Academy. Steve Beckett of Warp Records on the label's early signings. Warp was founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Beckett and Rob Mitchell, both record shop employees, with the producer Robert Gordon, who is frequently dropped from the telling.
  69. - Moritz von Oswald talks Dub, Remixing, and being inspired | Red Bull Music Academy. Moritz von Oswald on dub and remixing. Basic Channel is von Oswald with Mark Ernestus, formed in Berlin in 1993, and its 1990s releases are regarded as pioneering minimal and dub techno before the name existed.
  70. - Schallplattencover "Elektri-Grammophon" 28072018. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  71. - Technics sl-1200 mk5. The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  72. - Hülle Schallplatte "Das deutsche Volkslied" 28072018. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  73. - Thunderdome Documentary 1992-2017 Live Registration Hardcore/Gabber/Classic/early HQ. A Thunderdome documentary covering 1992 to 2017. The first party, titled The Thunder Dome, was held on 3 October 1992 in Heerenveen, promoted by ID&T.
  74. - Flat Earth Records, Dortmund 01. Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  75. - Technics SL-120 turntable and pickup - front view (2019-04-28). The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  76. - Two Technics SL-1200 MkII and a Serato DJ Mixer, Vintage DJ Station 2019 by Glenn Francis (edited). The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  77. - WOMEX | Interview with Derek Debru from Nyege Nyege Tapes and Nyege Nyege Festival. Derek Debru of Nyege Nyege Tapes and the Nyege Nyege festival interviewed at WOMEX. The label releases East African and pan-African music across many forms, with Hakuna Kulala as its sub-label.
  78. - A History of Warp Records
  79. - Optimal Records Kolosseumstraße 6, Munich (2644). Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  80. - Vinyl Exchange, Manchester, November 2020. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  81. - WULFFLUW XCIV Nyege Digital Immersion. A Nyege Nyege digital immersion session with WULFFLUW XCIV.
  82. - Nightmares On Wax - Smokers Delight (The Film). Smokers Delight, the film, from Nightmares on Wax on Warp.
  83. - Plattenladen in Cursdorf (Treibe). Record shops functioned as the real infrastructure of this music, in Detroit and Berlin alike. Mike Huckaby, who died on 24 April 2020, worked at Record Time in Detroit and is as much a deep house figure as a techno one.
  84. - Radio WWOZ Studios New Orleans June 2021 - Air studio, turntables in use. The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  85. - Radio WWOZ Studios New Orleans June 2021 - Turntables. The turntable is the working instrument of the DJ facet. Jeff Mills is documented performing on three decks and a 909, which is the practice that the equipment exists to serve.
  86. - R&S Records Short films present A Journey Through The Spectrum Of Drum & Bass by Loxy & Ink. A short film from R&S Records.
  87. - belliDJarunt - 'History of Gabber Vol.#3: Mokum Records'. A history of gabber through Mokum Records. Fred Berkhout created Mokum in Amsterdam in 1993 as a joke response to Paul Elstak's Rotterdam Records, and "Mokum" is the Yiddish name for Amsterdam. The Rotterdam and Amsterdam rivalry is a real structuring feature of the scene.
  88. - Blue LP records rack in Tuntorp 3. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  89. - Blue LP records rack in Tuntorp 1. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  90. - Blue LP records rack in Tuntorp 2. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  91. - Moritz von Oswald - Silencio (Short Documentary). A short documentary on Moritz von Oswald, posted by Tresor.
  92. - Antique HMV gramophone- phonograph- record player. Vinyl is the format this music was distributed on, and photographing a physical object is more tractable for a free archive than licensing the audio pressed into it. Labels including Metroplex, Transmat, KMS, Underground Resistance, Warp and R&S actively manage their catalogues.
  93. - Hardwax
  94. - Front 242 - The Final Show in Brussels 25 Jan 2025 - Fan Documentary. Front 242's final show in Brussels on 25 January 2025, filmed by fans.
  95. - Inside Jack White's Vinyl Empire: Making Records Third Man Pressing. Inside a working vinyl pressing plant. The physical manufacture is the part of this history that most tellings skip.
  96. - Interview with George Evelyn - Nightmares On Wax | CEC Media. George Evelyn of Nightmares on Wax interviewed. The group's only album as a group was A Word of Science in September 1991, after which it became Evelyn's solo vehicle.
  97. - Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland - Riod (Original Mix). Borderland by Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald, the Detroit to Berlin collaboration made explicit as a record.
  98. - Basic Channel: The Origins of Berlin Dub Techno. The origins of Basic Channel and Berlin dub techno. The project grew around Hard Wax, the record shop Mark Ernestus opened in 1989, and its family includes Maurizio, Chain Reaction, Main Street and Basic Replay.
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