From the shrine of house,
Chi town's fame label (DJ International), to his hometown, the techno
Mecca, Blake has produced tunes for Detroit classic techno labels
like (KMS) (Incognito) and (UR) in Europe. As DJ, Blake toured with
the likes of Underground Resistance, Tresor tours, Joey Beltrem,
Tyree Cooper, Dynamix DJ tours and the list goes on and on...
In 1991, at the end of an UR tour in Germany, Blake took time out
to produce what will be the first of three album projects titled
“Dream Sequence one thru three” on Tresor, a Berlin
based record label and club. During that time Blake produced underground
classics like “One More Time” and “Brothers Gonna
Work it Out.”
Also in Germany, Blake produced two albums for Disko B, a Munich
based label. Both albums were house fused with deep bass and techno
elements. The “H factor” album produced an underground
cult classic “Our Luv,” a disco acid combo with a deep
dark tech feel.
While touring in Holland, Blake teamed up with Amsterdam mix master
bad boy Orlando Voorn to form a production group called the “Ghetto
Brothers,” producing underground tracks like “From the
Ghetto,” “Beyond the Clouds” and “Here We
Are,” working with Holland’s classic techno labels.
Like “ESP/Go Bang” and “Spiritual,” together
they produced a mixture of up tempo house with techno-driven elements.
The concept was to form a bridge between house and techno via a
tempo and a production style. This innovation is a defining form
of what is called today's house tech.
In the UK, you can hear Blake's vocals being sampled from the Chemical
Brothers “Brothers Gonna Work it Out” to Trevor Rockclif's
“Visions of You” and Ben Sims “Sexuality”
remix
Blake has produced more than a decade of underground electronic
dance classics and still remains as popular and active as ever still
thinking creatively, alternatively and futuristically. Blake remains
one of Detroit's hot list DJs, artist and producers to date.
In 2004, Blake hooked up with Abe Duque on an EP titled “Number
7.” On Abe's label the title track is called “What happen.”
The EP is a DJ friendly house tech rhythm fueled with deep forms
of acid. Together with Blake's vocals gives it that deep sexy underground
classic sound. It’s a sure fire club banger.
2004 was the year Blake also re-launched his Mix Record's label
along with a new sub label called “The Republic Sound of Detroit”
under the Mix Inc. umbrella. “Poetry and Rhythm” is
the first project to be released on Republic of Sound. “Poetry
and Rhythm” (Session One) the 12" on side one is a Marvin
Gay spoken word cover of “What's Going On.” It’s
a mixture of house and jazz elements. Side Two is a spoken poem
over filtered house with a DJ friendly intro and a surprise break
in the middle. Side two B is titled “Forbidden Fruit.”
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