Color Deaf + The Whiskey Disco present
....:::::[ Air It Out - Afterburn ]:::::....
The exclusive after hours event for
Air It Out || A Summer Farewell || By Color Deaf
Featuring a very special three hour set from
A n t h o n y . S H A K E . S h a k i r
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/anthonyshakir
Metroplex / Spectral Sound / Frictional Recordings
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Detroit producer Anthony "Shake" Shakir is one of the more under-rated, under-appreciated names in American techno. A bedroom producer since 1981, Shake had an important role in helping shape the early Motor City sound associated with artists such as Juan Atkins, Model 500, and Derrick May. He worked with May and Carl Craig as a producer, writer, or engineer on several early tracks on Metroplex, and worked in management and A&R for the label (as well, he's often joked, as being the janitor) during its formative years. His first solo material appeared on Virgin's seminal "Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit" compilation with 'Sequence 10'. Known as something of a techno purist, Shake has distanced himself from the European scene many of his colleagues have turned to for support (this accounts somewhat for his continuing obscurity), and his music is stylistically closer to second wave artists such as "Mad Mike" Banks and Claude Young — hard, stripped-down tracks which owe equally to techno, electro, hip-hop, and funk. Shake's visibility and reputation have risen in more recent years as a result of his Frictional and Puzzlebox labels, the latter of which he formed in 1996 with fellow Detroit electro / techno producer Keith Tucker (formerly of Aux 88). Releasing a series of records both solo and in combination (usually under the name Da Sampla), Shake and Tucker's Puzzlebox Records has, along with Underground Resistance and Guidance Recordings, become one of the more coveted sources of straight-up, no-bones Detroit techno.
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$5.00 with Air It Out wristband | $10 Reg
Doors at 8pm (Early admission encouraged)
Supporting acts and further info TBA shortly.
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Visit the event page for Air It Out - A Summer Farewell here
https://www.facebook.com/events/949175388479811/
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Color Deaf
The Whiskey Disco
Frictional Recordings
Metroplex Records
Spectral Sound
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