This is Blake Baxter´s second release for Disko B after 1995´s "The Vault".
Once again 'the prince of techno' combines the funk, the soul and the emotions electric for his unmistakingly minimalistic techno approach.
One of the pioneers of Detroit´s secret techno society, Baxter originally started making records for Chicagos legendary DJ International label in the JaJajack' fever era of 1985-87.
Back in Detroit a little later, his track "When we used to play" (on KMS records) emerged as one of the alltime classics of early Detroit Techno. Through Blake Baxters connections to infamous Detroit figures like Underground Resistance his music began to leave ears and eyes wideopen in Europe´s clubcircuit, too. The UR contingent brought him to places like Berlin´s Tresor and an early version of Ultraschall in Munich, where his unique Deejaying qualities were enthusiastically appreciated. Blake Baxter definetely is one of the "unsung fathers of Detroit Techno" (Muzik magazine).
True, his style is not like your average Euro Hardcore banging at 200 mph. Blake Baxter´s 'new-romantic' Techno Soul is "all about humans, not computers". If you check out his tracks on various Logic Records, Tresor Records, or on his very own Mix Records label, you can hear his definition of house music: "I like my music passionate, spiritual and sexy. The voices gives my tracks a certain personality. It´s more about the soul". "The H-Factor" on Munich´s Disko B label is full of sexy House with epic vocal Samples ("N-sync") and futuristic metropolitan love affairs ("Our Luv"). Indeed, Baxter shows off his versatility in rough tracks ("H-Factor") and speedy sides ("N-Na-Mix") as well. Never is he loosing the phunky groove though. This is the trademark of the one and only Blake Baxter.
Emotions electric. The prince is back!