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Abe Duque - Detroit Electronic Music Festival - Detroit US - May 2007
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Biography of Abe Duque
Abe Duque got much of his early musical understanding from his dad who was a gifted musician and evangelical minister. Abe discovered Djing in the 80’s when he became obsessed with vinyl and electronic dance music production. He bought his first synthesizer with money from his newspaper route and played his keyboard in his dad’s church.
In the early 90’s Abe became the keyboardist for the then techno supergroup Program2. In 1993 Abe made a decision to start his record label TENSION. Tension has become a shining light illuminating the way for new paradigms and possibilities in electronic music, and sometimes for twisted stuff not even Abe understands.
In recent years Abe along with John Selway co-founded Rapture Records. Most recently abe started a new label called out of all things Abe Duque Records. And let us not fail to mention the madness that is Rancho Relaxo.
Abe is an intensively versatile artist. There seems to be no limit to Abe’s musical explorations while always keeping a unique flavor that’s remarkably refined and definitely his own. He can be categorized as a producer for producers. A pioneer.
Abe has released his music on several labels such as, Tresor, Imago, State of mind, Warner Bros, Disko-b, Gigolo, Oval, V2, Vortex, Sähkö, Mainframe, Instinct, GiG, Tension, Abuse, Mille Plateaux, Sonic Groove & Rapture.
He has worked under a few different names such as: Abe Duque, Kirlian, Super Secret Symphony, Facil, and founded the Rancho Relaxo All-stars.
He has released works done together with the likes of Richard Dorfmeister, Jimmy Tenor, Blake Baxter, John Selway, Patrick Pulsinger and DJ HEll.
As a dj Abe has travelled the world to play his music. From his once resident club Limelight in NYC to many stops around the globe.
discography:
carlos abraham duque:
aka Kilrian
Angel of Death/ep Vortex/Death (USA) 1992
Tales from the gama quadrant/ep Tension Records (USA) 1993
Blue Chicken Breakfast Mainframe (Austria) 1993
Die Fiertigen/ep Rancho Relaxo Records (USA) 1993
Three Faces of Ambient Morbid (austria) 1993
Die Fertigen II/ep Rancho Relaxo Records (USA) 1994
Porzellangasse Grooves/ep Sähkö (Finland) 1994
Vodka You Sweet Companion/ep Disko-b (Germany) 1994
Chicken Wings and Beef Fried Rice/album Disko-b (Germany) 1995
Who’s got the Flave/single Disko-b (Germany) 1995
Pleasure Yourself /album Disko-b (Germany) 1997
Uninspired/ep Disko-b (Germany) 1998
De Todas Partes/Album Disko-b (Germany) 2001
Collaborations
Facil/album Instinct (USA) 1995
Rancho Relaxo Allstars volume 1 Rancho Relaxo/Disko-b (Germany) 1996
Rancho Relaxo Allstars volume 2 Rancho Relaxo/Disko-b (Germany) 1998
Tension Music 1 –5 Tension Records (worldwide) 1999
Genie vs Abe Duque (Ying and the Yang) Convolute(USA) 2002
Genie vs Abe Duque(chronic dub) Convolute 2003
DJ Hell NY Muscle Gigolo/ Universal 2004
Compilations
Electric Lady land/You Mille Plateaux(Germany) 1995
A tale of 3 Cities/Tension Music Volume 1 Emergency Broadcast/Jupiton(Holland) 1996
KrankenHouse/Who’s Got the Flave Raveline/SPV (Germany) 1996
Paradise, die CD zum Rave/Comments Or quest… Raveline/Arcade (Gemany) 1997
Exit to New York/ Chocolate Delight KK/Radical Ambient (Belgium) 1996
In There/ Fantastico PI (UK) 1997
Ambient Systems I, Instinct (USA) 1995
Ambient Systems II/SSS, George Washington Instinct (USA) 1996
Ambient Systems III/SSS, Samuel Adams Instinct (USA) 1997
Limelight mix Cd Volume 1/60/40 Topaz (USA)
Other Names Used
Super Secret Symphony/S. S. S. (Album) Instinct (USA) 1995
New York Trance King/The Legend (ep) State of Mind (USA) 1996
New York Trance King/Pre HMO Days (ep) State of Mind (USA) 1997
New York Trance King/Escape from Newark (ep) State of Mind (USA) 1998
Abe Duque/Fantastico(featuring Richard Dorfmiester)Tension Records (USA) 1995
Abe Duque/Rapture 001 Rapture (USA) 1999
Abe Duque/Come Back and Dance Rapture (USA) 2001
Abe Duque/Hello NY Hello? Oval (USA) 2001
Abe Duque/Spazmo Rapture (USA) 2001
Abe Duque/Fantastico Remixed Tension (Europe) 2001
Abe Duque/Come Back and Dance Rapture Rapture (USA) 2002
Abe Duque/A Taste of Rapture Rapture (USA) 2002
Abe Duque/Last night changed it all Abe Duque Records (USA) 2002
Abe Duque/The truckers choice Abe Duque Records (USA) 2002
Abe Duque/I’ve got you remixes Imago/Switzerland 2002
Abe Duque/Last night changed it all (remixed) Abe Duque Records (USA) 2002
Abe Duque/She is yours Oval (USA) 2003
Abe Duque/If you are Late Abe Duque Records (USA) 2003
Abe Duque/Besame Mucho Abe Duque Records (USA) 2003
Abe Duque/ Champagne Days Abe Duque Records (USA) 2004
Abe Duque/What Happened Abe Duque Records (USA) 2004
Abe Duque/It moved ME Abe Duque Records (USA) 2004
Remixes
Program 2/Una Warner Bros.(USA) 1993
Sin/ Where shall I turn GiG (Austria) 1994
Sin/ The Man who hates Himself GiG (Austria) 1995
Sin/On boulevards\(Vienna scientists) Abuse (Austria) 1996
Scan 7 Tresor (Germany) 1997
Merricks/ Shwabing girls Disko-b (Germany) 1998
Dj Hell/Copa V2/Disko B (Germany) 1999
Dietrich shoenemann/19 Bullets Tension(USA) 2000
Brinton Mckay/Gigolo Man Rapture (USA) 2000
DJ Corbett/Neomorph Oval (USA) 2000
Dakar & Grinser/Stay with me Disko-b (Germany) 2001
Sin Abuse (Austria) 2001
Selway, Auto Freak Tension (USA) 2002
Blake Baxter Beyond the Sound Tresor(GERMANY) 2002
Princesss Superstar/Do it like a robot K7 (USA) 2003
Miss Kittin/Requiem for A Hit Labels/Novamute 2004
Silicon Soul/Who Needs Sleep tonight Disko-B (Germany) 2004
Tim Wright/ Novamute (UK) 2004
Mix Compilations
Abe Duque Presents Disko-b Disko-b (Germany) 1999
Tension Volume 1 Tension (USA)
Blake Baxter - Detroit Electronic Music Festival - Detroit US - May 2007
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Biography of Blake Baxter
Perhaps the most underrated figure of Detroit techno's first wave, Blake Baxter began recording in the mid-'80s before Motor City mainstays like Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Presaging the influence of erotic house during the late '80s, Baxter was inspired by the sexual soul of Barry White and Prince as well as cosmic funk machines like Parliament and Funkadelic. He released his first single on the seminal Chicago house label DJ International and recorded several classics for Saunderson's KMS Records, and by the '90s cultivated his connection with Detroit's techno subversives Underground Resistance, for whom he served as a guiding light.
With the Detroit scene on the rise after the release of his DJ International and KMS material, Baxter ducked the hype centered around the crucial compilation Techno: The New Dance Sound of Detroit (though his productions figured prominently on it) and moved to the obscure Incognito label. Seminal releases Sexuality, the Crimes of the Heart EP, and his 1990 debut album The Underground Lives signalled a newly independent-minded producer, and he also spent much time in Berlin during the early '90s. The extended stay yielded several releases, including the Logic singles 'Brothers Gonna Work It Out' -- later sampled by the Chemical Brothers -- and a 1992 album titled The Project. He also recorded with Orlando Voorn as the Ghetto Brothers. Back in Detroit, he recorded 'Prince of Techno' for Underground Resistance and set up his own labels, Mix Records and Phat Joint (the latter focused more on hip-hop). In 1995, Baxter released a retrospective on Disko B entitled The Vault. Two years later, The H Factor (Hurricane Melt) followed, also on Disko B. The mix album A Decade Underground appeared in 1998. Dream Sequence was issued in 2000; Dream Sequence 3 followed a year later.
