A clash of the titans is heading to Los Angeles as ScionAV and Droid Behavior pack three of the biggest names in Detroit techno/house history into one night. Vintage house producer, known by many as Moodymann aka Kenny Dixon Jr., has carved out quite a niche for himself over the past fifteen years, sampling the likes of jazz, disco, funk, and soul and looping it up to create some of the best deep house tracks ever made.

Roberto Bosco is a young Italian producer with a short but highly impressive discography, spanning labels such as Samuel L. Session’s Klap Klap, Orlando Voorn’s Night Vision and Len Faki’s Figure. His release for Francois K’s Wave music took his career to another level, garnering the following praise from Francois himself. He describes Roberto’s music as “having an effortless quality; an almost dazzling sense of ease that masks a very strong foundation; a depth and musical maturity that belies his young age.”

Levon Vincent stands among techno and house music’s contemporary elite. For the last few years his work has been praised in techno and house circles for reinvigorating dance music with a fresh and innovative approach to all things deep and raw. His releases are without fail charted and licensed, while tracks like Air Raid (Ovum) and Late Night Jam (Ostgut) have become permanent anthems. He’s been a DJ since ’93 and works behind labels Deconstruct and Novel Sound. Join us as Levon Vincent drops a two hour set at PRIME and demonstrates why is in demand the world over.

A technical radio DJ in 1980s Detroit, “The Wizard” went on to found Underground Resistance with Mike Banks, then moved on to found Axis and define his own aesthetic of minimal futurism, directing the future of techno production and mixing. His “Live at the Liquid Room” Mix-up release is a techno milestone. He’s scored films and worked with orchestral musicians to reinterpret his own tracks. Mills’ sets are known for his aggressive and daring Detroit-style mixing, legendary 909 improvisations, and constant exploration of the unknown. As always, Droid residents Raíz will set the stage properly for their contemporaries and influences.

Detroit Grand Pubah’s mastermind Paris The Black Fu provides this week’s podcast with a fun, aggressive mix of techno funk with that unmistakable Bootygrabber flare. The Pubahs have evolved since the days of their breakout single “Sandwiches” with 5 albums, dozens of EP’s, hordes of remixes and….

After a long streak of successful releases, Droid embarks on a proper European tour this season. Drumcell, Audio Injection and Raíz have all performed overseas individually, but this marks their collective debut on the continent.

Since then, their brand of brooding, driving, beautifully dark minimal techno as Subfractal has reached international audiences through releases on Harthouse, Excentric Muzik, Sleaze Records, Bosphorus Underground, Respekt Recordings, Frequenza, Brood Audio, CODE, Piso Records, Klimaks, Airbus, Teggno, Inminimax and others.

Jeff Derringer is the resident DJ and creative director of Oktave. With the Oktave project, the last year has seen Jeff host and play alongside Techno’s cutting edge: Silent Servant, Par Grindvik, Claro Intelecto, DVS1, Samuli Kemppi, Cio D’or, Three…

Over the course of January and February, FWD.dj featured exclusive interviews from the core members of Droid Behavior consisting of co-founders Drumcell and Raíz, and techno heavyweights Luis Flores and Audio Injection (aka Truncate). On top of that they have each presented mixes of their own including some of the best uncompromising techno and raw house they’ve created and collected over the past few years.

DJ Dex AKA Nomadico has been working in techno for well over a decade. An LA-native, he used his talent behind the decks to earn a place among Detroit’s legendary Underground Resistance crew. Dex has played shows EVERYWHERE and released music on Underground Resistance, Submerge, Transmat, Ican Productions, and more. Through his mixes and productions, [...]