VOID SHANGHAI – THE REAL UNDERGROUND HOUSE AND TECHNO

Neil Landstrumm: “I was blown away by Shanghai during my last visit”

So Neil, this is your second visit to Shanghai, no doubt you’re looking forward to it – any lasting impressions of the city, and the VOID gig last time, from your first visit back in 2008? Last time you really got the Shelter dancefloor rocking with a fine mix of live dubstep, techno and everything [...]

Pics from Orlando Voorn night

Chinese electronic music site U-Dance were in the house on Saturday and posted some great pics of Orlando Voorn in action. Don’t miss them!

Mad skills Orlando…

Big thanks to everyone who made it to the Orlando Voorn gig – all were treated to a dazzling display of turntablism form the former Dutch DMC mix champ… the likes of which has never been seen at a VOID night before.

Check out some of the action for yourself below, courtesy of Shanghai 247. Stay tuned right to the end to hear the crowd get into an old gem…

Scan 7 Promo mix

Shanghai Ultra has put together a promo mix of some of Scan 7′s best tracks, for new Shanghai music site, Shanghai 247. Download it here.

Void Presents: Scan 7 – “I AM FROM DETROIT”

SCAN 7 (Underground Resistance/Tresor/430 West)

SATURDAY MARCH 19 @ THE SHELTER, 5 YONG FU LU, NEAR FUXING LU – 50 RMB ON THE DOOR.

Void presents the dark and seductive mistique of Detroit Techno kings Scan 7 – powerful dance-inducing grooves in your face, straight from the “D”.

Make no mistake, this is the real techno business. And they don’t come more faceless and mysterious than Scan-7. A collective of techno artists led by enigmatic Detroit producer Lou “Trackmasta” Robinson, Scan-7 are closely related to tha…t other shadowy Detroit Techno institution, Underground Resistance.

Scan 7 have been active since the early 90s. They rose to prominence with the seminal 12 “Black moon rising” on Underground Resistance’s label, which sent shockwaves around the house and techno world. UR head honcho Mad Mike Banks knew a winner when he heard one – etheral, spooky, but melanchony, the EP put Scan 7 on the map. Also on the 12 was another track which would become something of an anthem at Void – “System Work”.

A key role in the pivotal Detroit-Berlin Techno Alliance was next for Scan 7 – two full-length albums, “Dark Territory” and “Resurfaced” were released on the world’s most famous techno label, TRESOR, to help cement this most important musical axis alongside other techno luminaries such as Jeff Mills, Maurizio and Juan Atkins.

Along with Detroit electro act Positronix, Lou Robinson formed the label Cratesavers Musik to showcase their own material.

The sounds, feeling and emotions of life in urban Detroit manifests itself in Scan 7′s storied discography. Bleak yet futuristic, sparse yet dense, its an endlessly deep sound waiting to engulf and consume both all-night dancers or stay-at-home listeners.

“Scan 7. We don’t die. We multiply”

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