Midwest Techno Originals

I stumbled upon an old track of mine someone posted on youtube, which always makes me chuckle. Unfortunately I don’t have an MP3 of it right now. What surprises me is that I don’t remember ever playing this out anywhere. It’s the second track on the same side as Bad Ass on The [...]

Zak Khutoretsky aka DVS1 moved to Minneapolis from Bronx NY in the mid nineties. He immediately started getting involved with local Techno parties and promotion and has not stopped since. He lost his space for one of his earliest parties with Heiko Laux, Neil Landstrum, and a bunch of other techno superstars a week [...]

My former label mate on Communique and personal friend, Paul Birken (aka Land Of The Lost) and I first met in Duluth Minnesota at a gig we were both booked for sometime around 1994. It may have been his first Live set. Later, he became known as the guy from Minneapolis who hauls [...]

Chris Sattinger is the only musician I know that has come close to using as many aliases as I have. I’m positive I have him beat but you never really know. A former label mate of mine on a number of international record labels, DJ Slip’s former roommate, and my personal friend, [...]

This is the title track from my first vinyl EP on Minneapolis’ Communique label. DJ Apollo “Old Skool Succession” EP was recorded in 1995 and released in 1996. This baby has three 303’s (real ones). 1996 was a crazy year. I released a lot of dance tracks of many kinds that [...]

While I have been a publicly known hater of Swechno for over 10 years, I think Ian Lehman is worth noting as a Midwest Techno Original. Mr. Lehman is part of the newer wave of respected Minneapolis Techno producers whose music has a heavy Swedish sounding influence. I read his bio on syndikaat.com [...]

I’ve known Troy Geary since the beginning of techno in Minneapolis and he’s always been a nutbag. We partied together and we were very close in the nineties until he moved away to NYC around 98. He is the undisputed godfather of Minimal techno in Minneapolis. He enjoyed a good amount of [...]

“Old friends” is right! Fuzz Face is DJ ESP from Minneapolis & DJ Hyperactive from Chicago (now in L.A.). Together these guys put out some of my favorite Acid House tracks in the mid nineties. I had the pleasure to tour with these guys when we were doing the Communique World Tour in [...]