Strings of Life

A Detroit techno origin point where electro, radio futurism, and machine funk become a global language.

Single / 1985

A late-period Warp album where aliases, gear, design systems, and obsessive electronic detail become the map.

Album / 2014

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Album / 2022

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A Detroit techno origin point where electro, radio futurism, and machine funk become a global language.

Single / 1985

A late-period Warp album where aliases, gear, design systems, and obsessive electronic detail become the map.

Album / 2014

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Single / 1985

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A Detroit record whose piano line turned machine music into emotion and opened a route into global techno.

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A Detroit techno origin point where electro, radio futurism, and machine funk become a global language.

Single / 1985

A late-period Warp album where aliases, gear, design systems, and obsessive electronic detail become the map.

Album / 2014

Black Girl Magic

Honey Dijon/Defected

A modern house album linking dancefloor confidence, community, fashion, and club lineage.

Album / 2022

Derrick May

A Detroit techno origin point where electro, radio futurism, and machine funk become a global language.

Single / 1985

A late-period Warp album where aliases, gear, design systems, and obsessive electronic detail become the map.

Album / 2014

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