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WDET 101.9 FM MIDNIGHT - 3 AM FRIDAYS VOL. 2 • ISSUE 3 - FINAL EDITION SEPTEMBER 1991 • FREE! 6001 CASS AVE. DETROIT, MI 48202 FAX 313-577-1300 EDITOrial JAY DENHAM: This is the final issue of FAST FORWARD. To be upfront about it, too much effort, too SURVIVAL INSTINCT little return. What more is there to say? Besides, there are many more creative irons in Beginning his career as "VICE" with the track "RITUAL," (featured on the the fire for both myself and Dan. Before I go any further, know that Dan compilation album " II: the Next Generation" 10 records/UK) Jay Denham "Cybersonik" Bell and Sean Deason have has proved to be a survivor in the ever-changing world of dance music. announced their intention to start a NEW Travelling to the UK from his homebase of De t ro i t, Jay we n t on to -zine and I have anointed re co rd the track, "HARDWAY TO CO M E " them as our successors. It'll be called "MATRIX," out soon. under the alias " CO N S TANT RITUA L " DJ Moneypenny has been a good friend to t rack for the " B I O R H YTHMS II" co m p i l a- us since we began. Her "Brand-X" chart is an tion album (Ne two rk/UK). With the suc- invaluable tool in navigating the under- cess of that release, he went on to record ground. Please support her 'zine now before a second "CO N S TANT RITUAL" track fo r you end up reading HER closing editorial. MP is the fucking QUEEN and we don't want her the "BIORHYTHMS III" album going out like that. 212-431-4360 for more. (Network/UK). So where can we be found? Well, Back home, Jay re co rded the Andyboy Reynolds of "Dance Music Report" "Fade II Black" EP for Fragile Records US. has been calling; he wants me to do a Detroit The track "IN SYNCH" (fe at u red on the column for DMR. Look for it. I'm now signed to DJAX Records Holland as Signal to Noise EP) has established him as one of the Ratio, as reported in espionage. The true innovators in Techno Music. "Collision" EP'll be available soon ... check Re cognizing his talent s, seve ral art i s t s, including Kevin Sa u n d e r s o n your import bins. I'm also doing free-lance (Reese, Inner City) and (Rhythim is Rhythim) have enlisted his assis- publicity for , and still slaving away on comic books. Oh, yeah ... t a n ce. For De rrick, Jay has been the hidden additional prod u ction man on STILL LOOKING FOR THAT DAY JOB. The many "MAYDAY" remixes. For Kevin, he is presently writing songs for the new show remains Friday night, 12-3 a.m., WDET "INNER CITY " album. As a re m i xe r, he has re m i xed " O C TAVE ONE, " " R E E S E, " 101.9 Studio hotline: 577-1019. " KAO S , " and " T RONIC HOUSE," among others. As a prod u ce r, he has wo rke d Digital Dan is editor on local industrial with "NEXUS 21" and is curre nt ly producing music for a new gro u p, " O N E dance/pop-culture-zine "Anti-Matter," (p.o. box 1065 Royal Oak, MI 48068) free-lancing TECHNO NATION." While many others have come and gone, he's proven to be for college-jangle-zine "Alternative Press" (but a survivor in an ever-changing world. he does the BPM section, thank God). Dan's Re t u rning to his roo t s, "VICE" re s u rf a ces with a brand new EP ent i t l e d also getting married to his Analog Amy next " S U RV I VAL INSTINCT" (430 WEST RECORDS/US). Joining the 430 WEST family, May, and before long we'll probably have lit- tle bytes running around and Mommy & "VICE" unleashes four new songs: "POSITIVE PROBLEM," "U GOT ME MOV I N , " Daddy'll become cursors. Before that, " PE ACE OUT," and "MINDMELT." Each track has its own pe r s o n a l i ty, but each though, Dan has to finish up his industrial one has the unmistakable groove that could only be Jay Denham's. "SURVIVAL project for 430 WEST, Groucho Lenin. Watch INSTINCT" is dance music in its purest form and is said to be "Jay Denham's best out for "Cosmonaut," Dan Bell (him again!) co- work ever." produced the B-side. One final shout to Tim Haslett at Ma ny have fallen by the ways i d e, but only one has "SURV I VA L Rockpool for mentioning me in his article. INSTINCT." Tim's a fellow Brand-X reporter. Peace out for now. No time for rest, though ... 'cause this is Bio courtesy of 430 WEST records a new world ! Edited by Digital Dan - Alan D. Oldham All ri g ht, so the Seminar is ove r, la de dah, and all of De t roit is back fro m N YC. Oldham and Digital bumped me VICE f rom last issue and I'm pissed so don't fuck with me! KUDOS & BACKSLAPS Amy, Hassan, Desi, Todd Johnson, Gary Arnett, Re t ro a ct i ve has signed a label deal Robert Stanzler, Derrick May, Kevin SURVIVAL with Belgium's In Disc as does half the Saunderson, , Mike Himes, Mike, planet - including a licensing deal fo r Sue & Abigail Fiscus, Damon Booker, , INSTINCT RNG's "Falling in Dub" and a distri b u - Joey Beltram, Richie Rich, J.'Acq, , Dan Bell, The Brothers Burden, Shake, Jay tion deal for the ent i re Tra n s m at cat a- Denham, Terrell, The CODE Boys, Joe Banks, Su OUT NOW! log for Europe ... Patel, DJ Moneypenny, Adam Sherburne, Brian Fo r mer Tra n s m a t disciple Jay Bothwell, David & Sandra Smith, The Desktop, Denham's new label will be called Black Robin Givhan, Eric Mesko, Gerald Simpson, COMING SOON: Nation Re co rds and will release a 4- Tomoyuki Murashige, Java Coffee House, DJ Shawn P, DJ Overdose, DJ Claude Young, t rack, va rious artist sampler with full Mundo Muzique, Jimmy & Marcie Rhoades, 12s to fo l l ow. Jay has also signed his Wax Trax, The Oldham Family, The Sicko Vi c e tracks over to 430 WEST, who Family, The ComCaf, Alpha Services, Nate Volz, EDDIE s n atched that shit away from De r ri c k George Austin, Kathe Koja, Neil Ollivierra, UR, Juan Valdez, Mike Saenz, Gilbert Gottfried, "FLASHIN" May. All of Tra n s m at's fo rmer art i s t s Odell Waller, Boris Yeltsin, Milk & Cheese, Tank now have their own labels ... Girl. Underground Resistance is starting FOWLKES a rap label in their bid to take over the Arista's lawyers after lifting Are t h a ' s wo rl d. And they ' ve got the money to vocals for his "Get It Ri g ht." We hope do it, too ... he doesn't turn up on "Am e ri ca's Mo s t A bunch of people have be e n Wanted" ... doing rhythm tracks for the new In n e r Over to +8, we hear that Ke n n y Ci t y LP including Jay Denham, Ma r k La rkin (who got joc ked BIG-TIME at Kinchen and po s s i b l y RNG boy NMS) is getting antsy and is re a dy to Lawrence Burden. We hope it helps ... jump (but not necessarily to Transmat). Spe a k ing of Ma r k, we hear he John and Richie are thinking abo u t going for $150 US in Belgium ... I saw moved to New York, probably to dodge s t a r ting an ambient for Ke n ny just to t h at one in the "used" bin at Re co rd appease him, that's what we heard ... Time for $5.00 ... By the way, Daniel "Cybersonik" Bell Signal to Noise Ratio's "Collision" EP has been picked up dire ct ly by DJAX FAST FORWARD STAFF has moved down here from To ro nto and has a dow n town loft with DJ Re co rds Holland for Eu ro pe. Too bad ALAN D. OLDHAM Claude Yo u n g , re ce nt ly re p l a c i n g none of these local (or NY) Te c h n o - GENERAL SECRETARY Kenny Larkin. Can you say CYBERLOFT? chumps couldn't have put it out DIGITAL DAN ... domestically. Oh, well ... PRESIDENT - DIGITAL REPUBLIC We ' r e hearing rumors of an Damon "DJ Blackout" Booker, of all MC CAR JACK In d e pe n d e nt Da n ce La bel As s oc i at i o n , people, went to Germany to spin. Of all people. You be the judge. KGB which isn't as inte resting as who they Fi n a l ly, I wish the re co rd industry PARTY MEMBERS intend to band together AGAINST. Two i n d i v i d u a l s , who've screwed a lot of would do the same thing with white DJ OVERDOSE, DJ CLAUDE YOUNG boys with guitars as they're doing with DJ BLACKOUT people over the ye a r s, come immedi- ately to mind. CAN YOU NAME THEM? vinyl ... FAST FORWARD © 1991 Black industrialists Code In d u s t r y, I'm outta here like Ge n n a d y IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY f resh from being named " a band to Yaneyev ... - MC Car Jack VISUAL NOISE STUDIOS P.O. BOX 34199 DETROIT, MI 48234 watch" by ultra - t re n dy NY rag De t a i l s, m ay be wo r king with Fro n t Li n e THE OPINIONS HEREIN ARE NOT THOSE OF Assembly's Bill Leeb and Consolidated's WDET-FM OR ITS Adam Sh e r b u rne on Code's upco m i n g MANAGEMENT LP ... We hear that Ca rl Craig's "Ps yc h e " EP, the import version on Kool Kat UK, is Now signed to To m my Boy state- all over No r th Am e ri ca with their REVIEWS s i d e, watch LFO sto r m through the d e m e n ted brand of sick, siniste r In d u s t ri a l / Al te rn at i ve college chart s, Te c h n o, UR begins its bombing ove r WE ARE BACK s u p p l a nting the white boy In d u s t rial of Europe with a rave-inspired EP of mam- LFO the Wax Trax ilk. moth proportions. Tommy Boy/ Get LFO now. No track listings on this promo, but " Panic" is the one, y'all, fe at u ring a ra p " Th e re are many imitato r s, but we - Alan D. Oldham by The Vision (whom I heard got shot, a re the TRUE ... cre ato r s. We ' re back." but is recovering). But don't try to call So begins the re t u r n of LFO, in an RIOT EP this hip-house or will come u p te m p o, ro b otic re a f f i rm ation of UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE over to your house and kick your ass. Sheffield's subsonic hegemony. UR White Label I'll help 'em. The track is unashamedly te c h n o, This black disc of music and noise is f a s ter and more intense than the last I heard a rumor that Un d e rg ro u n d GUARANTEED to devastate your venue. one. Sample lyrics (consisting solely of Resistance records were banned on the SLAM THESE TRACKS! the above), metallically affected (Speak West Coast because they're scared that & Spell?), ride on top of clonky key- UR's subsonic bass frequencies may - Alan D. Oldham bo a rd hits and LFO's pate nted Bri t i s h trigger the San Andreas Fault. Bass Destruction. After dive b ombing club spe a ke r s PAPERCLIP PEOPLE THE CHART THIS LAST PTS ISH ISH ARTIST TITLE LABEL 32 1 - VOODOO CHILD VOODOO CHILD INSTINCT 32 2 1 SECOND PHASE MENTASM R&S 30 3 4 SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO COLLISION DJAX Holland 27 4 16 LFO WE ARE BACK TOMMY BOY/WARP 24 5 3 RNG FALLING IN DUB EP 430 WEST 24 6 - N-JOI MALFUNCTION deCONSTRUCTION 21 7 - SPEEDY J DESTROIT +8 20 8 5 UNDERGROUND RES. GAMMA RAYS UR 20 9 20 MUNDO MUSIQUE ACID PANDEMONIUM R&S 20 10 - L'ETAT SOLIDE SPORADIC ATTIC UK HOUSE 20 11 - KENNY LARKIN WE SHALL OVERCOME +8 19 12 - UNDERGROUND RES. RIOT UR 19 13 - VICE PEACE OUT 430 WEST 19 14 - TECHNOISE THE SOUND OF MUSIC USA 19 15 - VIM MAGGIE'S LAST PARTY BOZ U.K. 18 16 - THE VISION CRUSH, KILL, DESTROY UR 18 17 - SHAKIR THE 5% SOLUTION INTERFACE? 18 18 13 PAPERCLIP PEOPLE OSCILLATION/GYPSY MAN RETROACTIVE 18 19 - CYBERSONIK CABARET 7 +8 17 20 - XENON XENOPHOBIA +8 DETROIT'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE CHART Compiled with comments and feedback from four of Detroit's Techno Authorities: Alan Oldham( WDET-FM 101.9, BRAND- X, NYC), Dan Sicko (Alternative Press, Anti-Matter), DJ Claude Young (WHYT-FM), DJ Overdose ( RECORD TIME). OSCILLATION EP Retroactive

This EP is Produced by none othe r than Carl Craig. His influence o bv i o u s ly runs strong on "Os c i l l at i o n " and "Paperclip Man," lending a galactic edge and stre e t - wo rt hy be ats to an overall top-notch record. The other cut on this EP is "Gy p s y Man." Yes, you guessed it, it's a spin-off of Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman," only without voca l s, but adds that De t ro i t edge as well. Re t ro a ct i v e keeps on expanding their cat a l o g, and with records like this one, it seems that qual- ity doesn't suffer. 25110 Gratiot Ave. - Digital Dan Roseville, MI 48066 313-775-1550

FAST FORWARD PLAYLIST 7/5/91 ARTIST TITLE LABEL

SUB-SYSTEM SUB-HOUSE ATOM BELGIUM GRUESOME TWOSOME BURNT-OUT CELEBRITY SSR BELGIUM VOODOO CHILD BRAINSTORM MIX INSTINCT DEEE-LITE WHAT IS LOVE ELEKTRA POCKET CALCULATOR ELEKTRA T99 ANASTASIA XL UK HALO MUTE/SIRE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO METAL SKIN PANIC CASSETTE AUTOMANIKK SUBSCAPE UK GANG OF FOUR CALL ME UP WARNER BROS. NINE INCH NAILS GET DOWN MAKE LOVE TVT CONSOLIDATED MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE NETTWERK DRP GO INTO ECSTACY BODY/ANTLER SUBWAY HOLY NOISE GET DOWN EVERYBODY HITHOUSE BELGIUM KRAFTWERK RADIOACTIVITY ELEKTRA SEAL KILLER WARNER BROS/ZTT LINEA ALBA SPACE TRAVEL MIKKI HOUSE BELGIUM 808 STATE OOOPS TOMMY BOY/ZTT NATION 2 NATION BIG STONE LAKE UR LFO WE ARE BACK TOMMY BOY/WARP SOUNDWAVES I WANNA FEEL THE MUSIC STRICTLY RHYTHM CARL CRAIG SUSPIRIA RETROACTIVE C&M CONNECTION BIORHYTHMS NETWORK UK F.U.S.E. REFUSED +8 PSYCHE ANDROMEDA TRANSMAT DV8 THE FUTURE STRICTLY RHYTHM MASSIVE ATTACK SAFE FROM HARM CIRCA UK