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and “Colony,” and of course FAST FORWARD EDITORIAL played them all. With each, Larkin’s confidence THE FAST FORWARD grew, and these tracks became the blueprints for what would become the “Escape From Planet Well, we’re back on track for spring, get- ” EP. ting these issues out in quick succession. This Just as he began to devote more time to his summer looks like it’s shaping up to be a wild ISSUE 8 APRIL 1991 music, opportunity knocked once again. one, music-wise ... we’ll just have to wait and NEWSLETTER Original Shelter DJ Scott “Go-Go” Gordon had see. One to watch out for is Yolanda’s new one taken a gig with big-time, chi-chi, frou-frou club on UR called “I Live for the Night,” a high-flying Vis-a-Vis. Now, Richie Rich was the man there deep house scream-up that elevates my girl to on Saturday nights, and every headliner needs diva status. Paris who? I heard it in the studio (that's the dirt, Richie) an opening act. Kenny fit that bill. and it’s a smoker. Out in the dead of summer Now, Kenny’s making his mark in the form . OOPS! DEPT.: Metroplex Record is NOT dead Techno underground. As well as adding Thanks to Gwenn Volkert and Steve Kuo, as we reported last time. They've signed a dis- So I’m at ’s “Confusion” night credibility to the label amongst the hard- our charter subscribers, and so far, our only tribution deal with Polydor from what we hear. THE FAST FORWARD at the Shelter in Downtown Detroit, quite possi- core Techno ranks (a Canadian label calling ones. Let’s have some action on the subscription Also, tracks by and Marty "Real bly the hardest straight house night in the city itself “pure ” has stirred up a tad tip. This joint doesn’t run on our good looks, by Reel" Bonds have been picked up overseas NEWSLETTER since the demise of the revered Music Institute. bit of suspicion around here) as the only y’know ... by Go Bang! Records out of Amsterdam ... is off to Italy for the month of EDITOR IN CHIEF/PUBLISHER Freaky-live interracial couples grind into each Detroiter on its talent roster, Kenny’s won the Thanks to Nikkie V. at Beat Box/Dance confidence of Plus 8’s UK label, Champion, as April as he DJs for and ALAN D. OLDHAM other on the sweat-drenched acid bath of a Opera Belgium for hooking us up with the latest well. Skizzo tracks. Now if we could only get on their tour ... holding down the dancefloor. Raw underground beats pound fort at 1494 Gratiot will be Jay "Fade to Black" MANAGING EDITOR/ They’re so hyped by this kid that they’ve Network to do the same ... through pushed-to-the-red zone house speakers pressed a limited edition of 2000, backwards- Thanks also to our advertisers for their sup- Denham, down here from Kalamazoo ... PROGRAMMER that can barely contain the Detroit, Sheffield According to accounts, Rotterdam's Speedy mastered, gold vinyl, clear plastic-jacketed pro- port thus far with more to come, I hope ... DIGITAL DAN and frequencies being pumped J was quite with Detroit during his mos of Kenny’s new EP. You don’t do that with I’m proud to say that I’m reporting for the through them. Suddenly, the Shelter National just any chucklehead knob-twister. And if world’s hottest underground tip-sheet, Brand-X, recent visit to Techno City, but hey, he should ESPIONAGE have talked to us before he came here. He did Anthem, Armando’s “100% of Dissin’ You” you’re wondering why there are hardly any so keep those advance tapes and white labels a new track for Plus 8 while he was here, which MC HERBAL T comes on. The crowd goes wild at the first hint direct quotes from Kenny in this piece, it seems coming. Look what we did for F.U.S.E. and will be featured on the double-12" Plus 8 com- of that familiar Todd Terry-sampled keyboard that he’d rather spend time with his Canadian Cybersonik ... girlfriend, Serena, than giving interviews. Can’t pilation ... SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE line. In the DJ booth, opening for Richie Rich, I also wanna send a shout out to my home- Techno has-been Blake Baxter gets a new $20 or £12 YEARLY. say I blame him. boy Shawn to-the-motherfuckin’ P. He puts out it’s ’s world. lease on musical life courtesy of Underground a local newsletter too, only on rap, called “The Who is Kenny Larkin, anyway? Former Resistance. Promo copies will probably be out - Alan D. Oldham World of Hip-Hop According to Shawn P.” He SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE bedroom Techno wanna-be and now, with the by the time you read this ... TO: release of his new four-song EP on Plus 8, quite shot us off a letter of props a while back so we New York's TVT Records (you know, Nine EDITOR’S NOTE: As reported last issue, Richie’s thought we’d return the favor right here, boyee P.O. BOX 34199 arguably the future of experimental Detroit “Confusion” night is cancelled at The Shelter. - Inch Nails' label) is interested in Cybersonik ... Techno. ... DETROIT, MI 48234 A. Is there really a second LP from Inner City? Originally half of what was to become For those who have kept the faith, we thank I'm beginning to think that this "Fire" business is States of Mind (remember “Elements of Tone?”), you. For those who don’t like what we write THE FAST FORWARD NEWSLETTER some kind of April Fool's joke. I haven't heard Larkin chose the solo route early on, eschewing (and you know who you are), call a mother- anything off of it. Really, is it out? For real? IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY. THE OPINIONS the high-tech pseudonyms that have become a fuckin’ cop. We hear that certain NYC jocks are blow- WITHIN DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT staple of most every known Technocrat ... “I ing the dust off of Code Assault's "Action" sin- THOSE OF WDET OR ITS MANAGEMENT. couldn’t think of anything good,” says Larkin. FAST FORWARD gle, particularly ' mix. Ditto for His “We Shall Overcome” track was Plus 8’s MAYDAY! Suburban Knight's 1987 "The Groove." second release. A Martin Luther King sample- Technika and Transmat both thank you, we're fest, the track sold well despite the critics’ asser- WITH ALAN OLDHAM WE WILL BE ON HIATUS sure. tion that MLK samples were played out. FOR THE MONTH OF MAY - Finally, Richie Hawtin has signed with A year of experimentation followed as FRIDAYS 12-3 AM WATCH FOR A SLAMMIN' JUNE ISH! MCA UK and will record under the name Larkin invested in more and more of his own "Adamski Jr." and will be marketed towards the equipment, eventually creating an enviable 12-18 year old crowd. PSYCH! APRIL FOOL! WDET 101.9 FM DIGITAL DAN & CO. home studio, and unleashing a barrage of cas- - MC Herbal T sette-only tracks with names like “Morse Code” strings with a deep bassline and a wide variety of ALAN’S TECHNOTIC TOP 10 DIGITAL DAN'S Sci-Fi 5 WITH HELP FROM: drum sound to produce a track that could just as easi- ALPHA SERVICES ly come out of Techno Boulevard. No wonder Record 1) SCHISMATRIX 1. INTERGRATION - Kenny Larkin (Plus 8) Time couldn’t keep it on their shelves! - Rhythim is Rhythim (Tape) 2. MANY MACHINES - Manufacture (Nettwerk) GARY ARNETT 25110 Gratiot Ave. “EQ” is obviously similar to “Motion,” only 2) GO (Low Spirit Remixes) 3. NO MORE WORDS - (Retroactive) adding a few more mechanical chirps - and the affect- DAVID & SANDRA SMITH Roseville, Mi 48066 - DJ (Low Spirit Germany) 4. MOBILITY - DJ Moby (Instinct) ed “E ... Q” vocal sample. This one reminds me a lit- 3) REVELATION 928 MIKE FISCUS 313-775-1550 tle of the old States of Mind track “Audio Q-5A,” - Cybersonik (Plus 8) 5. SUSPIRIA - Carl Craig (Retroactive) which I’d still like to see another mix of, Rich! 4) THE BEAUTY OF DECAY “Andromeda’s Dance” closes out the EP, and is still - Underground Resistance consistent with the rest of the tracks - consistently good (UR Black Label) FAST FORWARD PLAYLIST - 4/5/91 REVIEWS that is. While Psyance doesn’t break any new ground 5) NO CLAUSE 28 here, they are a quality act. Check it in boyyyeee ! - Boy George (Virgin America) 6) THE KRAKEN ARTIST TITLE LABEL NO MORE WORDS EP - Digital Dan - N-Joi (De-Construction UK) CARL CRAIG 7) BOPULATE SUBURBAN KNIGHT THE GROOVE TRANSMAT Retroactive Records ADRENALIN EP - Xon (Network UK promo) CHRIS CONNELLY STOWAWAY WAX TRAX N-JOI 8) BEYOND THE DANCE 1991 New Age Pimp-Daddy Carl Craig returns from his DeConstruction UK Promo - Rhythim is Rhythim (Tape) GRUESOME TWOSOME BURNT OUT CELEBRITY SSR BELGIUM brilliant contributions to the Retroactive Sampler, this 9) RHYTHM TAKES CONTROL N-JOI RHYTHM ZONE DeCONSTRUCTION time bringing us the mind-numbing sounds of “No Those Techno Gangsters from Essex are back with - Unique 3 (10/Virgin UK) MIGHTY FORCE DIVE COMBAT More Words.” As is often the case with Mr. Craig’s a brilliant, more underground plate of hot hits. 10) SURKIT NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN MUTE/SIRE material, this piece of wax borders on psychedelia - in "Adrenalin" is a hard workout guaranteed to - Real by Reel (White Label) I START COUNTING MONEY MUTE a different way than did. With music this work your crowd. A "Live" sample-loop provides the PENETRATION BASIC PENETRATION GO BANG! esoteric and metaphysical, it’s no wonder one of his hook for this track. "The Kraken" is basically a ITALO RAVE-UP OF THE MONTH: pseudonyms is Psyche. The EP, which spins inside-out smoothed-out reworking of the previous track, with MC SHAN ... TO DEFEND OUSELVES COLD CHILLIN' STRIKE IT UP (Remix) LL COOL J THE BOOMIN' SYSTEM DEF JAM by the way, opens with the title track - ethereal but still more mellow sounds. And is that a pitched-up "Funky - Black Box (De-Construction UK) danceable. “Suspiria” is next: a much slower - defi- Drummer" snare in use there? There's also a sly COLD SENSATION THE RE-TURN BEAT BOX BELGIUM nitely for the headphones (or better yet, a rave if you acknowledgement to LFO in there that true Sheffield BACK FROM OBLIVION BOO IS BOOMING UK can get to one!). The vocal version of “Rap Me in Its bassheads will recognize. TRACK OF THE MONTH: UNIQUE 3 RHYTHM TAKES CONTROL 10 UK Arms” finishes up, but I can’t honestly say I like it bet- Speaking of which, I hear a bit of 's THE GROOVE (1987) MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO PSYCHE-OUT (original) MUTE/ELEKTRA ter than the instrumental. Carl Craig is like the David "Musique Non Stop" deep in the grooves of the mys- - Suburban Knight (Transmat) FRONT 242 WELCOME TO PARADISE WAX TRAX Lynch of Techno: you know his work is weird, but you terious "Rhythm Zone." The track is smooth and MINISTRY EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN WAX TRAX can’t get enough of it. “No More Words” is another oblique, with those patented N-Joi bleeps but don't SKIZZMATIC TOP 5 step forward in the realm of originality. worry, they're still pullin' that off. SYNSYNOI JANUARY TAPE "Phoenix" is an LFO meets Todd Terry hip-hop 1) UP & DOWN KENNY LARKIN COLONIZE PLUS 8 - Digital Dan break-beat kind of a thang, Kinda makes me want to Edwards & Armani ADRENALIN M.O.D. ESCTACY MCA UK dress in polka-dots, grow a hi-top fade and start bug- (Beat Box Intl.) BASSOMATIC FASCINATING RHYTHM VIRGIN gin'. The track mellows out in the middle and 2) GET ON M.L. GORE COMPULSION MUTE MOTION EP becomes another song entirely. Trance Trax SINEAD O'CONNOR STRETCHED ON YOUR GRAVE ENSIGN PSYANCE This is a happening EP. If you're reading this in (Dance Opera Belgium) ANGELO BADALAMENTI LAURA PALMER'S THEME WARNER BROS. Plus 8 Records 3) THE RE-TURN the UK and get a chance to catch N-Joi live, do it. If MOBY MOBIILITY INSTINCTRHYTHIM IS not, buy this record. Cold Sensation New in the Tried-and-True Dept. from Plus 8 (Beat Box Intl.) RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM EMANON NETWORK UK comes Psyance, working the more ambient some- - Alan D. Oldham 4) THE PIMP CYBERSONIK CAROUSEL PLUS 8 what-cliched “Pacific State” formula. Granted, they’re Miss Lie 808 STATE PACIFIC STATE CREED no Rhythim is Rhythim or even an Underground (Dance Opera Belgium) SEVERED HEADS BIG CAR REMIX NETTWERK Resistance for that matter, but these guys know how to 5) QUADROPHONIA put a track together. “Motion” juxtaposes tranquil Quadrophonia (Beat Box Intl.)