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Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. Having recorded for Metroplex, as well as the Austrian Cheap label and Jeff Mills' Axis label, Hood also owns and operates the M-Plant imprint (including the two sub-labels Drama and Duet) through which he has released the bulk of his solo material. Hood was a founding member, along with Jeff Mills and Mike Banks, of the Underground Resistance label Read more on Last.fm

Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962 in Detroit) is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, sometimes known as Detroit Techno since Atkins and techno co-creators Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Atkins has cited the radio show of Charles "Electrifyin' Mojo" Johnson as a musical influence. Electrifyin' Mojo, a Detroit DJ, played an eclectic mix of music including Kraftwerk, Parliament and Prince. Read more on Last.fm

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Drexciya were a mysterious electro unit from Detroit, Michigan. The late James Stinson was the only officially identified member of Drexciya, but it was considered an open secret that he had a partner, Gerald Donald. The majority of Drexciya's releases were in the style of harsh, dancefloor oriented Electro, punctuated with elements of retro, 1980s Detroit Techno, with occasional excursions into the Ambient and Industrial genres. Drexciya combined a faceless Read more on Last.fm

In the course of the eighties Jeff Mills was an influential radio DJ on WJLB under the pseudonym The Wizard. Mills' sets were a highlight of the nightly show from "The Electrifying Mojo," Charles Johnson. Complimenting Mojo's eclectic playlists, Mills would spin obscure detroit techno, hiphop, electro, freestyle, miami bass, chicago house and classic new wave tracks. In going on to create his own music Mills is credited with laying the foundations for legendary detroit techno collective Read more on Last.fm

a.k.a. 313 Acid Queen from Detroit, Michigan (USA) Read more on Last.fm

Floorplan is the father-daughter duo of Robert & Lyric Hood who have re-positioned the euphoric feel of gospel into their disco, funk and soul styled house across the world’s dancefloors. Their latest album ‘Victorious’, the second Floorplan album that fell hot on the heels of the hit single ‘Music/Tell You No Lie’, was released in June 2016 on Robert Hood’s own M-Plant imprint. The album is the follow up to 2013’s ‘Paradise’ which spawned ‘Let’s Ride, ‘Baby Baby’ and the massive ‘Never Grow Old’. Read more on Last.fm

K-HAND aka Kelli Hand (1965 – August 3, 2021) was named “the first lady of Detroit” by the city’s council in 2017, acknowledging a career in which she was a rare Black woman in dance music production and DJing. Born and raised in Detroit, she began DJing in the late 80s, producing her own music and founded the label Acacia Records, to release tracks spanning jackin’ house, ghettotech and Detroit techno. She began touring in Europe by the mid-1990s with Warp Records releasing the single 'Global Warning' in 1994. Read more on Last.fm

DJ Minx has shared radio time with techno forefathers – Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, and Juan Atkins. Every Saturday night as a former Club Motor resident DJ, she did opening sets for Frankie Bones, Bassment Jaxx, Doc Martin and many other international DJs. Not to mention a release on Richie Hawtins M_Nus imprint way back in 2004 A Walk In the Park which still sounds fresh today. More recent activity for Dj Minx has included establishing the Women On Wax Recordings label Read more on Last.fm

DJ Minx has shared radio time with techno forefathers – Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, and Juan Atkins. Every Saturday night as a former Club Motor resident DJ, she did opening sets for Frankie Bones, Bassment Jaxx, Doc Martin and many other international DJs. Not to mention a release on Richie Hawtins M_Nus imprint way back in 2004 A Walk In the Park which still sounds fresh today. More recent activity for Dj Minx has included establishing the Women On Wax Recordings label Read more on Last.fm