Church Boy Lou was born from a dream in the summer of 2014. A captivating and enigmatic figure, created by the innovative, genre-bending, DIRT TECH RECK label head Waajeed. Recently crowned DJ Mag’s Underground Hero and just off the heals of his lead single with Defected’s Dames Brown, he continues to cultivate rhythms from the pews of the Baptist church. This second offering from Church Boy Lou embodies the same spirit and uniqueness as his first release, Weep EP in 2015. "The Night Is Coming" brings you the first hand experience of a minister leading his church with the Word of God. These heartfelt lyrics warn of the dark times ahead of us. However, “Keep On Praying” brings a positive note and beckons us to the dance floor. “Push Em’ in the Face” skillfully integrates high energy Chicago Jack house and techno. Rolling snares and energetic beats fuse with powerful lyrics to face all challenges head on. This well composed four track offering has an opener, closer and prime time options for all DJ’s across the board. With a sonic steeping of gospel samples and an authenticity that could only come from Detroit City.

Huey Mnemonic (Detroit) and D. Strange (Chicago) are not only interested in the future but also offer a stark reminder of an ever-desolate present. Their split EP, "State of Emergency" (via Mnemonic’s Subsonic Ebonics label), sonically structures a bleak narrative across four electro-laden tracks from the Midwest-based producers. 

For centuries, the drum and its practitioners have been stewards to the physical and ancestral planes. Detroit afroteknologist Huey Mnemonic advances his sound into a tomorrow unheard with his latest Subsonic Ebonics record, Brainscraatch, a 4-tracker of his researched and highly developed Afriko Tekno. A portal tears open with the speaker splitting ‘Ankhobi’, blurring the lines between ritual and rave. An opening ceremony of a drum circle in the year 3000, knocking on the door of a domain beyond our own. Entering the gateway with ‘Brainscraatch’ , a peak time percussive calling where a high pitched whine of sacred electronics becomes the foundation for a slippery hypnotic rhythm. Warranting a double take for the heads in the back fully immersed into the moment. The portal collapses onto the unknown with the dramatic closer ‘Slipping Into Madness’. Rushing you beyond the dance into a flow state where time and space behave a little differently. Offering his own perspective, Sard shares a jacking ‘Rescratch’ of the title track, leaning into an acidic groove faithful to the timeless freak funk of the midwest. With this release, Mnemonic forges ahead to the borderlands of techno, leaving us with an ancient-to-the-future message, “What awaits on the other side can only be found through sound.”

"Foundation" is the new LP from Especially Good, the most exciting band from Detroit in recent memory. The eight track EP showcases the trios dynamic energy of Julio Dominguez's vocals, Joe Flis' synthesizers and drum programing and Paul Kiry's bass - culminating in songs that are equally raw, brutal and honest. The sound of E.G. exists in a space of its own, but one can hear influences of Throbbing Gristle, Factory Records and Detroit Techno in the rhythms and sonic textures throughout "Foundation". Recorded and mixed in Detroit by Sam Consiglio and Adam Lee Miller (of Adult). Released on Est. 83' Records, a sub-label of FIT SOUND.

Stallone the Reducer is Sam Consiglio whose affiliation with Detroit's bizzaro electronic music scene dates back to the early 2000s. Private property is the debut LP of his Stallone the Reducer project. Growing up in Detroit, he sipped from the same Mojo-tinted/New Dance Show flavored water as everyone else. Here is where his musical palette diverges. Synth tones, noise, disembodied voices, and repetitive, brutal rhythms. The 11 songs on Private Property are raw and for those willing to dance, they bump on a dance floor.    

Stallone The Reducer is becoming rowdier by the release and opening the doors of electro to a whole new audience of avid 12" junkies. Out through FIT SOUND's Est.83 imprint, always a wild and raucous platform of sounds, Stallone touches down with four menacing slices of neuro-funk, starting with the harsh snares and deathly distortions of "Always Late", followed by the more sinister, prowling tones of "Typical Weekly Funk". "Always Hate" rolls and unwinds its muscly groove with pure evil at its core, and "Cruising The Rubber" gives a nod to electro's industrial connection.

X2 A Detroit Jit Classic!!! If you know your jit - then you already know this record.   Buy Digital Download

JESSBEATZ is at it again with another nod to the origins of Electro, and it's just what you expect. HARD DARK and straight to the point. Another building block to the Spirit of Detroit. ALIEN INVASION brings raw beats, funky drum programming, with an arrangement built for the dance floor and to bang in your car. LIGHT YEARS takes you beyond with Intelligent deliberate vocals, well thought out productions and arrangements that move both retro and futuristic minds. POWERED BY ELECTROSTATIC. Sanctioned by DETROIT.    

New Electro PRODUCED BY JESSBEATS. This Killer ELECTRO EP is sure to be a fixture on all electro turntables. POWERED BY AUX88 on their new label "ELECTROSTATIC" has put new blood in the game. DECODING NUMBERS. Produced by: Jessbeatz Buy Digital Download

FIT SOUND is proud to present IAMTHATIAM, a new project from Chicago producer Jamal Moss ( aka Hieroglyphic Being, The Sun God, Jack-FM.) Moss builds upon the sounds of his city's rich musical legacy and directs it into an area that is most definitely his own. His sound is expressive, experimental, emotional and powerful. Within this EP there are three deep, dark and dirty tracks that blend the boundaries between techno, house, industrial and ambient electronic music. FIT SOUND is a label that strives to push the experimental nature of dance music, and that is exactly what Moss has done right here.  

Shake has proven himself time and time again to be one of the most original and creative producers in electronic music today. Unafraid to take risks in his productions or as he calls them his "failed experiments", Shake has created three killer tracks for FIT SOUND that can be called anything but failed. "Trackin" is a bangin' disco influenced house track that will smoke the dance floor . "Drummer Downstairs" is a beat track in typical Shake style that mutates into something completely different and unlike anything we have heard before. "Frayed" shows another side of Shake, it is equal parts deep, melodic and dubby. It is an absolutely stunning track. Shake does it again, and FIT Sound is proud to present it to the world.  

Pivotal Detroit player Andrés debuts his Drummer From Detroit alias. Both tracks here veer into dexterously Afro-Cuban percussive house territory. Amidst the dizzying, jazz influenced rattle of Shake Shakir style rhythms that characterize the A Side workout, weaving in vocals, piano and horn stabs which increase the pace. The flip-side treatment increases the jazz funk melodic elements.

This curious slab of wax delivers two starkly unique variations of raw analogue house. Marcus Mixx is on untouchable form with the twisted thump of "Salut The Noize With A Laugh". The titular laugh messes around with delirious pulses of synth and drunken hats for one of the weirdest jack tracks you're likely to hear this year. FIT takes over for the flip side for a thoroughly stripped down track that capitalizes on an endlessly looping note, while the scuffed beat cycles around it.

FIT SOUND presents an EP of Patrik Sjeren material. The four tracks here sound diverse and are held together cohesively by Sjeren's veteran production touch. Lead track "Lowdown" throws around a fractured female vocal edit and playfully shining keys over a smooth yet bumping house groove whilst the driving "Trashed Funk" adopts a similar approach but feels a whole lot dirtier. Flip over and Patrik switches the emphasis to techno, heading down the analogue wormhole on "Code Black" and pulling us sideways with the hypnotic warbling of "Lumena".

Manuel Gonzales aka MGUN, steps up to the plate for FIT SOUND with an EP that is equal parts diverse, epic and RAW! From the basement techno of "Wide Eye", to the scuffling acidic "Debit", and finally onto the melodic sound of "M.S.C.", Essential music from the underground for the underground!

"Resonance" is the debut 12" by the duo Golden Mean. A beat stripped down to its essence, while a voice and strips of melody become textures wrapped around it. Hazy, Sensual, Hypnotic. Lose yourself in the dark. Lose yourself in the sound...

FIT Siegel and DJ Sotofett join together on their first 12" collaboration as S & M Trading Co. - a voyage many years in the making. Dark and atmospheric strings sail over a thumping bass line, all while a banging 909 beat and percussions keep this ship on course. The route is long, the conditions are rough, but soon a mysterious landscape begins to take shape beyond the haze. The 12" also contains Acidic and Synthetic mixes.

Acidic powerhouse Bill Converse makes his debut on FIT SOUND. His sound is a refreshing perspective informed by the midwest warehouse parties of which he was schooled, but have since mutated into his own blend. Treading the line between melody and brutality, while never being heavy handed, Converse has proved himself once again to be a true original lurking in the underground today.

An inspired collaboration from two veteran producers on top of their game - Kassem Mosse and FIT Siegel. Three well-crafted techno and house tracks created from sessions recorded at Omar-S' FXHE Studios and FIT's studio at Submerge in Detroit in 2016, then mixed down by Siegel in 2018 after a few years of playing rough versions in his DJ sets in clubs around the world. Don't sleep on this diverse EP with sounds ranging from tripping acid workouts to dubbed out electronic excursions!

Midtempo chugging acid weirdness straight outta Detroit. The record has the grit of the early Chicago acid records entering into the cosmic realm. These are tracks that would make Ron Hardy proud!

Under the alias 4E, producer Can Oral created his own unique sound of raw, futuristic acid-electro. The A-Side tracks "Ask Isadora" and "Conga Banana" first appeared on the album, Blue Note, released on Home Entertainment in 1996. On the flip are two unreleased tracks picked from his extensive archive and edited by FIT Siegel.

Vital Detroit label FIT SOUND has put together its first compilation here, all with the aim of showcasing tracks from revered label artists Jared Wilson, Bizz O.D., and FIT Siegel. Wilson is now synonymous with wild acid workouts and 303 magic and he serves up more of it here on the mind-melting 10 minute 'Mind Travel'. The lesser spotted veteran Bizz O.D. then brings some jack to her previously unreleased bomb 'One Two,' which was recorded in the mid-'90s but still sounds future. Last of all is the label head FIT Siegel with 'No Feedback,' an experimental broken beat techno workout with hypnotic effects.

This record consists of four funky house/techno tracks and then leaves us with a 160 BPM instrumental footwork track for the B2. Lots of options and good breaks for the DJ to battle or rock a crowd with. Dedicated to the Small Axe Band based in Nashville, TN.  "Sharp and ready... No weak heart shall prosper  And whosoever diggeth a pit Shall fall in it."  

Written for party rockin and battle use, Limited Network's Max Watts follows up with Immortal Funk. Three timeless cuts that will move your mind, body and soul; a reclamation of funk. The A1 title track speaks for itself; Hi-Tek Funk for those who know! The A2 entitled "Karma", is a soulful electro workout for all the jitters and breakers. On the B-side, "Network Not Found" provides a sinister growling synth line, deranged pads laced with African percussion and dark funked up beats in electro break fashion. Two hundred 12" hand stamped. Dedicated to Marzette Watts. Made Somewhere In Detroit ...

Santiago Salazar, aka S², presents four funky, soulful electro-techno tracks for Limited Network’s - ninth release. Dynamic Allocation starts the EP off with captivating string and bassline arrangements, harkening back to the spirit of UR. Cache Memory follows up with dark pads and a UR-sounding deep and detuned grungy bassline supported by an electro drum workout. Accumulator is when Miami Bass meets Detroit techno seasoned with Santiago’s signature sound design. Data Hierarchy closes the EP with a spiritual universal electro jam arranged to move your mind and body.    

The harsh Martian winter has begun. Survival is not guaranteed, even to the most prepared. Rhythmic sound is essential for body functionality.

Those buried in the soil of the red planet dance forever in the afterlife. You can hear their rhythm in the dust storms at night.

IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU ARE A PART OF RESISTANCE. LONG AWAITED RELEASE FEATURING THE ORIGINAL SCAN 7, THE "TERRENCE PARKER" INSPIRATIONAL MIX AND THE POWERFUL "UR-DETROIT RUSTED METAL MIX... AS ALWAYS, THERE'S A MESSAGE AND A CALL OF ACTION IN THE MUSIC. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER. "UNITED WE SCAN"!...

Outer space or Cyber space, you decide… Fantasy or an urban introduction into the vast possibilities of the internet? Honoring sci fi heroes, citing inspiration, or something more sinister?

"UR wonders" What happens to jazz if combined with the current electronic sound tools used to make Detroit techno now? What might Jazz sound like if the inspirational pioneers of fusion ie; Return to Forever, Astral Pirates or Weather Report had access to the music production technology available now or in the future? The artform called Jazz was a unique reflection of "The African American experience here in the United States.Unfortunately by the 90"s it had been compromised by major record companies and made "smoother" for mainstream consumption and more profits. Born in America's rural black south Rock & Roll had suffered the same fate years earlier. Original artists eventually replaced by well studied clones and corporate mega profits!! Also happening the original artform of jazz appeared to be caught, processed & throughly EXPLAINED by people who sought to intellectualize "struggle & human emotion" into mere words and then benefit immensely financially by being authorities on the subject. Hmm sound familiar? As you watch the current intellectual colonization of the urban inner city African  American art forms  house music, hip-hop, Jungle & Detroit techno get studied, bent, twisted renamed and turned into EDM profit formulas. There stands records like Nation 2 Nation that defy these definitions and inspire the next generation of Pioneers who continue the undefined exploration of Jazz like Derek Jamerson, Jon Dixon, Raphael Merriweathers, Desean Jones, Timeline, Galaxy 2 Galaxy, Raphael Statin & Ian Finkelstein. Mother to daughter, Father to son, Nation 2 Nation a work inspired and that inspired what's next.

Maximum sonic destruction. Brutal and unforgiving. The release becomes an accelerant in UR’s attempts to derail major label influence of the people. Sometimes hailed as the beginning of the rave, UR 010 comes in heavily armed with 4, 6, and 8 voice analog monster synths which were newly available to the hood due to the digital explosion of Yamaha’s DX7. The recruitment for new troops outside of Detroit begins. Thousands of UR shirts spotted across the world. The transmission has been heard.

Tones that only Creatures of the Night can hear. Detroit's darkest moments...

As you watch the current intellectual colonization of the urban inner city African American art forms house music, hip-hop, Jungle & Detroit techno get studied, bent, twisted renamed and turned into EDM profit formulas.

This genre-causing classic contains one of UR’s most influential tracks ever recorded, Hi Tech Jazz, for which a whole new situation of electronic music was created. The conditions that spawned jazz and the conditions that fueled Detroit techno are what really came together on this EP. To be excluded, ignored or worse not allowed usually end in a "FUCK YOU' The inspiration for this record came from those who had the talent,had the drive, had the chops but were ignored back in the late 60's, 70's & 80's because they didnt fit into what major record companies of their day were looking for! So finally they just "Did it themselves! We are talking Wendell Harrison & The Tribe, Marcus Belgraves and Mad Mikes jazz mentor Robert "Bobby" Barnes and an even later inspiration Larry "Mr. Fingers" Heard. No better way to upset and dethrone major record companies than to........ start a movement that said "fuck you" to the commericial "Smooth Jazz" that was sucking innovation, experimentalism and the soul right out of Jazz and making it a household easy to digest pre-packaged PRODUCT!! This is the track that has influenced other hi-tech jazz groups and artists such as Timeline, Boulevard des Airs, Innerzone Orchestra, Jazzanova, Spiral Deluxe, Los Hermanos, Ian O' Brian and many others. Listen to the beginning of a movement UR-025.

(Trackmaster) Lou Robinson, one of Detroit’s most consistent producers, joins the Resistance as Scan 7. An infiltrating barcode of pure sonic funk, this EP is definitely dance floor tested and proven. Along with 430 West, Lou is one of the true leaders of tech-house. Scan 7 furthers the cause with this EP. If you didn’t make it to the Music Institute, this is what it sounded like.

James Pennington, aka the Suburban Knight, returns to the Resistance as Dark Energy, a totally unknown form of matter that with this double pack again frustrates the programmers of sound as they have no counter for it. Pennington and another unknown escaped slave from Planet X skillfully hoodoo you with a cosmic trance-like spiritual state of dance that allows you to see more with the midnight sunshine.

The Suburban Knight a.k.a James Pennington re-emerges from the shadows to attack again with yet another UR masterpiece! Featuring the hit “By Night” this experimental classic takes you in and out of the labyniths of Detroits Packard Plant. BY NIGHT Strange music for after dark people! You know who UR!!!!!

UR’s famed Interstellar Fugitives return after the codename Mustard is yelled at R&R. Various music from various producers for a specific purpose. Listen to Atlantis for perspective. Chaos for DJs that risk change.

Agent Chaos launches this disc full of musical mutant sickness directly after the Jaguar incident. The safety is off!!!! Collusion? Who was at the meeting? Problem solved. And a warning to the rest. Deadly experimental theme music for the digital righteous.

After the introduction of crack cocaine directed specifically at America's black & brown communities during the 1980's there was the "Hardlife". Listen to the sound of shit still going down........

The Aztecs return. UR receives the message. The Aztecs and the Hermanos make the transition from the guitar player. Natives didn’t take the robbery of Mother Earth’s land or her culture lightly. A new warrior culture, the Electronics did not back down when a war broke out with the programmers over this production. Those who know were avenged for the transgression. Strong beautiful music with a stronger beautiful spirit. A first in the history of music: big can lose. Hear it and feel the power of the cats that still prowl the streets of Detroit.  

An eviction has occurred on a street Somewhere in Detroit. A family"s history & life is thrown into the street. A sad thank you for four hundred years of forced labor. The eviction crew stands aside in a rare moment of heart as a small child stands in a chair and grabs her Grandmothers Windchime off the front porch, she tells one of the members of the crew "My Grandmother talks to me thru this"

Seldom Seen breaks all the rules (as did his brother before him whom it is dedicated to) and UR cosigns it NO FEAR, presenting you a record so far ahead that no one understands it to this day. What you know bout Slide?

Detroit a city of great contrasts. Feats of engineering that spurred the world forward. For a few decades wealth and prosperity. Hi-tech dreams seemed achieved. But with the dream also comes nightmares.....Traffic Jams, Predatory Insurance Companies prey on municipalities with no mass transporation, freeways built specifically to ruin minority prosperity & to build walls between people. Beautiful countries all over the world wrecked at war over the thirst for oil, entire neighborhoods decimated when the corporate greed for profit forces engineers to build throw away cars that are quickly replaced by better built foreign competition. Even Worse......Climate change. Detroit the city that knows the best NO CORPORATIONS SHOULD DICTATE CITY FUNCTION the people should......listen to the sound and learn from it......or deal with the Lo-tech reality that Corporate greed actually is so good at building. UR the future UR the change......

You sell death through sound Kill my radio station You tried to hold us all down Kill my radio station Ear terrorism of the worst kind, we see you now Kill my radio station Kill my radio station Your primitive radioactive towers will fall down from the technology and sound of the underground Open Source and UR gone   Poetry by A Voice from the Past.

After the Sunshine of UR 076, unfortunately happiness doesn’t last long here in Detroit. UR returns to the bush with DJ Skurge walking point. His mission to deploy sonic Lanminds to take out the programmers at a later date. Cold hearted electro from the Electrocutor himself. Credited as one of the founding fathers of UR’s Slide music. Baldwin also contributes as a core member of Interstellar Fugitives, Model 500, Galaxy to Galaxy and the seldom seen Something in the Sky unit that plays behind Jeff Mills. A seasoned producer, UR tour musician, DJ, remixer and editor, Baldwin has quietly been UR’s point man for many years. Armed with the infamous Z Records and many unreleased experimental UR tracks, he has taken out countless dance floors around the world. He moves silently and effectively advises and positions UR for sonic releases. This EP is Baldwin’s first outing alone as a master sniper. He peels back many scalps with the infectious ferocity of SABOTAGE and the funky, cold stalker’s theme Dark Delivery, for those who know. 077, one of UR’s best quiet sellers of the later catalog. No hype, no frills, just good solid Detroit techno from another amazing artist dedicated to the cause, who prefers to let his music talk for him, not his publicist.

John Collins is the truth. An ALWAYS Detroiter, John has been DJing in and around the Detroit area for close to 40 years and plays nationally and internationally, as well. He has unique outstanding mixing skills and an ability to read a crowd while DJing to take them on a musical journey. His residencies at classic Detroit clubs including Cheeks, Warehouse, Landsdown, Times Square and Parabox were part of the foundation of the origination of Detroit Techno and House. In the 1990s, he had radio mix shows on Detroit stations WJLB and WDRQ and currently has a weekly Red Bull Radio show. In the studio, his edits include Sylvester’s “Find a Prayer,” Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”, Galaxy 2 Galaxy's "Hi Tek Jazz," most recently Jon Dixon's "Fly Free,” and damn near anything on Happy Records and Simply Soul or by Members of the House as Mad Mike took every one of those records for test listening to John at the Warehouse Club in Detroit during the early 90s. To say the least, John was a huge part of the Happy/Soul sound. He, along with Ken Collier, allowed the young producers, especially Mad Mike Banks and Derwin Hall aka D-Ha, into the clubs to hear how their productions sounded over a sound system and gave them points and tips on both the mix and the structure of the tracks so that they would find success. We cannot overemphasize his importance in the development of many young Detroit producers who would later go on to find success. John has mad respect from the entire Detroit scene.  

After a solid 5 years in Detroit in UR’s infamous music bootcamp, located in the Submerge building,and multiple world tours as members of UR’s Galaxy to Galaxy, Jon Dixon and De’Sean Jones make their first recorded outing into the world of Hi Tech Jazz. Both accomplished jazz and fusion musicians under the tutelage of Marcus Belgrave, and more recently Mad Mike, these two have combined to form Timeline, a group named after the infamous UR record Timeline. This EP demonstrates that Forever Forward approach to jazz. Rather than mimic their jazz forefathers and write jazz off as past tense, Jones and Dixon bravely experiment with electronic music and instruments as their fusion forefathers did, leaping into a futuristic type jazz that will take the genre forward and appeal to a younger, Hi Tech audience. Jazz music for those who look forward.  

Timeline is back. Hi-Tech Jazz takes the next step forward. Jon Dixon and De’Sean Jones lead the way as Detroit’s premiere jazz experimentalists. This EP reflects their vast knowledge and experience of this genre at such an early age. Influences from their tours, recordings abroad, and audience interactions are all sewn together in this EP. Tried and true tracks for Hi-Tech Jazz lovers. Music for your conscience, music for your soul, music for the future in the key of hope.

UR continues its spiritual connectivity deep into the Ancient Mystic knowledge of Mexico. Two Shamans answer the call and bring forth hitech sonic cures for the souls worldwide. Dancefloor instructions on how we will survive our current state of existence. Buy Digital Download

The WaveJumpers escape the Aquarium and by following the deepwater clues left by previous spawn, they discover "The Sound". Reassuring the worlds Aquasonic base that "The Experiments will continue at all costs". Serious soncar For Those Who Know! Buy Digital Download

Los Angeles based Nomadico releases the first record on his own label Yaxteq. The music on this release sums up 10 years of work with the Underground Resistance Crew in Detroit and sets the tone for what is to follow on Yaxteq. "Resistance is not Futile" is an anthem for the DIY grassroot philosophy that is the core of Nomadico as an artist. The lyrics state " We will not be clones, We will not be assimulated" over a shuffling grinding bassline. The songs moody atmosphere, simultaneously dark yet uplifting, provides the listener with the soundtrack to continue the resistance. "Cabrakan" is a storming techno funk track that builds and builds. Inspired by the otherworldly sounds of the Red Planet label, its a roller coaster designed for peak time dancefloor destruction. "Romero's Echo" builds around an almost industrial level bass synth driving its way towards a manic synth lead. The breakdown features a Spanish minister preaching about staying grounded amidst the challenges in life. The title tribute to the revered Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. "After The Anger" is a direct descendant of the Underground Resistanc school of aggressive Techno. Its distorted bass and funked up hi-hats move in and out while synth pads and percussion go along for the ride. Overall this ep KICKS thru the system and is a "Go to in the Clutch" piece of vinyl...

One of our Hardest UR Hermano's - DJ Dex AKA Nomadico comes with his second offering on his new label YAXTEQ. Hard! Banging! 4/4! Takes NO PRISONERS!

The duo of DJ Dex and Esteban Adame as "El Coyote" returns with two smoking dancefloor tracks. "Dream Dealer" takes the Los Hermanos inspired hi tech latin soul template into edgier territory with a thumping kick drum and deep driving bassline. The E2E4 inspired chords and Esteban's wicked solo half way through the track assure "Dream Dealer" will be a highlight in any club set. The flip side "La Frontera" leans more to the moodier Detroit Techno spectrum. The track slowly builds to a melodic hook, a percussive break and a requisite hands in the air moment.

DJ Dex aka Nomadico has written and produced 10 new unreleased tracks for this double LP “The Code Switcha”. It features a range of tempos and sonic dynamics; from the slow burns of “RTD 60” and “909 Soto Street” to the full on energy of “Machine Learning for Homeboy” and “HustLA”. There are also electro funk tracks like “Still Cruisin”, “Radio 3031323” and “Backyard Trippin”. Meanwhile, the moods and textures of “Introversion”, “Innermission” and “Staring Problem” are for deep listening. All of these are fused together by atmospheric pads, touches of acid and a veteran DJ’s sense of rhythm and timing.

Xavier De Enciso is a DJ, scholar, producer, artist and renegade promoter who has been operating in Los Angeles for two decades. He’s at home on underground dance floors. His 4 track ep for Yaxteq visits darker and lighter corners of this special place. Dark hypnotic pulses and textures dominate Rasquache and Metztli. The dance floor journey continues with WareHouse Deep and Long Distance with their hi tech funk fueled basslines and swinging drums. This is essential for skilled DJs that must take their audience on a real ride!!

Ritmos is the alias of L.A. via Honduras music producer Roberto Espinoza. The Ritmos EP features the magic touch of Detroit keyboardist Jon Dixon on "Finding Who You Are". The second track "Starseed" takes us on an abstract journey where polyrhythms and moody chords collide. "Words Of Fire" has the legendary Lee "Scratch" Perry contributing vocals to a primal body mover with its fusion of original dub riddems and style over a 4/4 floor filler. Finally, Yaxteq's own Nomadico strips down "Words of Fire" for a retro-futuristic Dub Techno remix.

Esteban Adame aka Frequencia drops the track list for an intergalactic backyard party with the Chicano Boombox EP. Esteban’s music career started as a DJ in L.A.’s East Side backyard party scene, he then stepped up his musical game by collecting gear and studying the piano. His evolution into a professional musician led him to gigs around L.A.’s jazz and salsa scenes. But he never lost his love for DJ culture and electronic music and that led him to join Mad Mike’s Galaxy 2 Galaxy band through his mutual friendships with UR’s Santiago Salazar and Yaxteq’s own DJ Dex. He’s released music on esteemed labels such as Underground Quality, Dolly, Mister Saturday Night, EPM, Jealous God and more. He also collaborates with DJ Dex as El Coyote. “Rush The Floor” makes you want to do just that with its hypnotic lead synth and a breakdown that will leave the dancefloor wanting more. “Deep Function” flexes musical chops via soulful chords and a perfectly timed solo all riding over a thumping house beat. “Still Here” recalls classic Detroit Techno methodology as a reminder to keep the inspiration flowing. The EP is rounded out with “The Promise” a driving yet euphoric track perfect for watching the sunrise after a long night.

DJ Dex aka Nomadico of Underground Resistance is nearly out of time. So the Replicante is here to get more life... fucker!!! Dame más vida... Quiero más vida!!! There's no time to warm up or over think it... just feel the groove, move and you'll get there. The Off World is here, not in L2 orbit hiding behind the earth. This is the funky dark place that rumbles your dancefloor. His mentor Gaff has something to say about getting more life but he needs to slow down and disappear into the bass. Always on the move, spinning over skyscrapers and rising vertically into the clouds, the Spinner Theme is thumping and sets the mood just right. Replicante EP written and produced by DJ Dex aka Nomadico.

Santiago Salazar aka the Sci-Fi Chicano drops a deep 4 tracker ranging from the deep soulful Techno of "The Queen" onto the warehouse inspired "Mas Violencia" followed by the hands in the air "Rise Up" and finishing things off with the jazzy "Europa".     

Mano De Fuego land on Yaxteq with the mighty Fuerza EP. In 2022, los hermanos Cedillo also known as Soul of Hex launched their Mano De Fueogo alias from Underground Resistance headquarters in Detroit. Their debut for Yaxteq showcases their versatillity as producers. Sagrada is pure musical magic for the dancefloor with rising chord swells, relentless bass and strings that reach into the cosmos. Aztec Obelisk gives a latin flavor to the classic Detroit electro-bass blueprint. Fuerza dives deep into hi-tech jazz including an interstellar saxophone improvisation courtesy of Tijuana's own Manuel Paez Armendariz. DJ Dex then takes the soul of Fuerza and remixes it with the concrete foundation of jaaackin US house music. All tracks were mixed and arranged at the Yaxteq studio in Los Angeles. Saludos!!

Nomadico's "Shards" remembers the future of Techno beginning with restlessness and urgency. A time where disco, funk, hip-hop and electro rocked hood parties via boomboxes, DIY recordings and sound systems. Our culture has since been shattered into shards that must be reconstructed, reshaped, remixed and reconnected. The A-side launches with the broken techno of “Somos Cosmos” then onto the hi-tech funk of “Antivenom” and “Volcanismo” followed by the b-boy breaks of “Radiotron”. The B-side explores UR inspired electro on “Disconnected” and “Electroreceptor” followed by dark and moody “Hyper Cypher” and “Tlalocan”.