One day there will be a Hall Of Fame for techno, and Richie Hawtin will surely be a first ballot entry. One of the most important purveyors of the minimal school, Hawtin was among the second wave of techno artists birthing from Detroit (he was actually from Windsor across the border) in the early 90s […]

We were lucky enough to discover Jimmy Edgar back in 2008, thanks to our hometown party luminaries DROID BEHAVIOR. It was 2am on the 2nd floor of a crumbling warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, in a suffocated room of about 75 sweaty, frenzied future-music enthusiasts. The scene was a perfect complement to the exquisite sounds […]

If you’ve been to any house club in the past couple years worth a damn then chances are you’ve boogied down to Soul Clap. Elyte (Eli Goldstein) and Cnyce (Charles Levine) first came together under the tutelage of seminal Boston Jedi DJ Caril Mitro of the late Vinyl Connection records (RIP), who taught his young […]

Legendary Detroit techno producer/DJ Jeff Mills created a disc with vinyl pressing on one side and a CD mix on the other. This Occurrence project merges analog and digital together in one format for the everyday music listener. Mills released this new piece of technology as part of his ‘Sleeper Wakes’ series — his project […]

Jimmy Edgar is a modern Renaissance artist. Music, fashion, photography, film, even packaging — he has made a name for himself internationally on many a creative medium. But he is probably best known as an exquisite sound architect, shaping layers of beats and bass that are as sinister as they are seductive. A little soul, […]

A couple weeks ago Ford flew us out to Detroit to check out their new MyFord Touch technology, which is essentially the next evolution of their very popular SYNC on-dash entertainment/navigation/information system. What was odd wasn’t that it was preceded with substantial pomp and ceremony (in the auto world the debut of a new windshield […]

In this day and age where Green is the new Black for all things automotive, I would normally discourage launching a new car with scenes of apocalyptic environmental chaos. But this is after all the new Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, one of the most exciting cars pumping American blood (and one of the most anticipated launches […]

One of the more interesting concepts at this year’s NAIAS in Detroit is Mini’s Beachcomber, a 4×4 off-roader with an open top and sides, reminiscent of the old Meyers Manx dune buggies — or even recent Jeeps. It also comes with semi-hard lightweight door and roof units you install temporarily if the weather turns on […]