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Underground Resistance -- Sonic EP
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Underground Resistance -- Sonic EP
Label: Underground Resistance
Catalog#: UR-002
Format: Vinyl, 12", White Label, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1990
Style: Techno, Acid
Notes: Etched on A side: Underground Resistance 1990! To advance sonic is the key
Etched on B side: Underground Resistance 1990 The needs of the many - outweigh the needs of the few
Tracklist
A1 Orbit 5:42
A2 Eye Of The Storm 6:43
B1 Predator 6:10
B2 Elimination 4:40
Underground Resistance
Profile: Underground Resistance is probably the most militantly political outcropping of modern urban American techno. Combining a grubby, four-track aesthetic, an almost strictly DIY business philosophy, and an oppositional, militaristic ethos similar to Public Enemy without the drama (or the familiarity; the members refuse to be photographed without bandanas obscuring their identities), UR have redirected their portion of the Detroit techno legacy to social activist ends, trading mainstream popularity and financial success for independence and self-determination. Begun in the early '90s by Detroit second-wave trinity Mike Banks, Robert Hood & Jeff Mills, UR adapted the flavor and kick of early Detroit techno to the complex social, political, and economic circumstances in the wake of Reagan-era accelerated inner-city decline, and was formed as an outlet for uncompromising music geared toward awareness and change.
The early UR catalog is defined by a typically Detroit combination of Motown and Chicago soul, and ruthless, at times caustic lo-fi techno, acid, and electro (Mills' background is in, among other things, Chicago industrial and EBM-style electro-techno, with Banks and Hood both coming from a solid house and techno base). Much of the label's early output was the product of various permutations of Banks, Mills, and Hood, both solo and in combination, before Mills and Hood left UR in 1992 to pursue (and achieve) international success. Banks continued to operate UR in the wake of the split, releasing EPs such as "Return of Acid Rain," "Message to the Majors," and "Galaxy to Galaxy" under the UR banner, as well as 12-inches by increasingly renowned artists such as Drexciya, Suburban Knight and Scan 7. The first actual full-length credited to Underground Resistance was 1998's Interstellar Fugitives. When the UR and Submerge Recordings Headquarters moved from 2030 Grand River to 3000 E Grand Blvd., the UR 'family' transformed again by assigning new members such as DJ 3000, S², Aquanauts, The, Buzz Goree and most notably the live band Los Hermanos.
Sites: undergroundresistance.com, Wikipedia, gabbers-gegen-rassismus.de/ur-programming.html, Twitter
Members: Andre Holland, Bileebob, Chuck Gibson, Cornelius Harris, Dan Caballero, DJ Buzz Goree, Drexciya, Frankie Fultz, Galaxy 2 Galaxy, Gerald Mitchell, Ghetto Tech, ISH (7), James Pennington, Jeff Mills, Marc Floyd, Mark Flash, Mark Taylor (2), Mike Banks, Mike Clark, Milton Baldwin, Raphael Merriweathers Jr., Robert Hood, Rolando Rocha, Santiago Salazar, Timeline (2)
Underground Resistance
Profile: Distributed via Submerge Recordings.
Sublabels: Happy Records, Happy Soul, Hipnotech, Red Planet, Somewhere In Detroit, World Power Alliance
Contact Info: Bookings: alteregomgt@gmail.com
3000 E. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI
USA
48202-3134
Sites: undergroundresistance.com
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