Mister X – Balance
Mister X provides a perfect opening to this, the first Soul Satellite from Subject Detroit, with a mesmerising excursion into unconventional melodies. This hypnotic beat less masterpiece builds slowly combining gothic choir pads with melancholic keys offset against a rolling almost oriental riff underlain by a deep bass whilst minor chords and rising background suggest a voyage into the unknown. The overall effect is a simultaneous evocation of a mythical past with an unknown future frontier. Stunning.

Metro Unit - Inner Senses
The first of Belgian duo Trish Van Eynde and Sam Ostyn aka Metro Unit‟s contributions picks things up where Mister X leaves off lifting proceedings straight onto the dance floor. In this day and age of relentless and monotonous dub, dark, and drear, the refreshing soulful sonic blast that is „Inner Senses‟ hits you with classic Detroit strings, a mutating analogue bass line, and uplifting pianos, which are reminiscent of old-school house at it‟s best. This is one track that will uplift your soul, help you forget life‟s worries, and leave you with a grin from ear to ear, and isn‟t that what great dance music is meant to be all about!

Orlando Voorn – Closer
Next up Orlando Voorn cooks up some deep, jacking, and downright sexy grooves with a track that straddles the divide between deep house and techno. Dirty claps, snares, gated synths and keys trick you into thinking this is going to be a rough techno trip. That is until the arrival of a classic deep house bass line, verbed keys and trumpet licks, which lock things down into a deep and moody groove interspersed by a repeated vocal refrain “Free your Body, Free your Soul, Closer”. Music to lose yourself in on the dance floor at five o‟clock in the morning.

Aux 88 - We Make Beats
Two of the undisputed kings of Detroit electro return with some of their trademark alien beats and vocals, transmitted straight from an interstellar satellite aimed directly at a mutant stereo. Imagine the sound of an android programmed with a funk virus; these guys make BEATS.

Trench – Denouement
''Back in the day”, says Trench, “there was no right or wrong, there was just music. You grabbed what you could and gleaned the parts that touched you”. Such a conviction to artistic expression, uninhibited by populist trends and transient hype, is clearly evidenced by this track. Defying convention Trench melds a complex yet spacious soundscape of unorthodox strings, keys, and pads, which subtly evolve over an understated yet driving rhythm track, with a deep booming kick drum anchored by a marching clap and rolling snares interspersed with intermittent cymbals. Old-school creativity locates the sonically unfamiliar within the familiar, transporting you back to 88 whilst remaining both innovative and contemporary.

DJ Nasty - Groove Junkie
From the outset, deep toms signal the arrival of the ghetto-funk master Dj Nasty who with characteristic ease brings an unassuming kick, tom, clap, and pattern, together with discreet strings and stabbing keys to create a groove, which is more than the sum of its parts. This proves that a true groove junkie doesn‟t need hundreds of soft-synths and effects. They don‟t need airplane take-off build-ups or a constant stream of meaningless edits to rock the house. They just need the funk!

Rennie Foster - GTC (Klaina Remix)
Fast emerging from the overcrowded mass of DJs and Producers out there by way of Real talent and his true love for soulful electronic music, Belgian DJ Klaina takes on the task of re-editing Rennie Foster‟s “Good Time Charlie”, an inspired combination of classic house and contemporary techno, which was released on Subject Detroit last year to widespread acclaim and accompanied by remixes from Dj Bone and Aux 88. While the deep bass line on this remix is suggestive of the original, stylistically, Klaina completely transforms the track, taking it in a deeper direction, with atmospheric strings working in concert with cleverly interwoven open hats and percussion, which lend the track a skipping rhythmic feel. The memorable “Zoom, Zoom” vocal sample is used in an interesting fashion that perfectly compliments the track‟s other elements.

Niko Marks - All of Me
Truly inspirational house music from an amazingly talented and highly versatile musician. Niko combines rolling percussion and an incredibly funky bass-guitar line with a powerful female vocal, which encapsulates both the agony and the ecstasy of human emotion, to spellbinding effect. Funky, hypnotising, captivating, and soulful, this track is destined to be a future house classic.

Stephen Brown - Like This
Continuing on the Satellites‟ musical orbit, legendary Scottish producer Stephen Brown takes control, serving up some rough and rocking techno that brings the jack of Chicago on a ride to the 313. Aimed squarely at the dance floor, follows the less is more principle, with a minimal amount of elements. However, one thing this aint is minimal in a contemporary sense. This is raw with cut-up vocal snippets and claps riding along tough, juddering kick and bass-line with each of the elements dropping in and out in a perfectly timed sequence, which gives the track movement. This is timeless in the sense that this could be 96 or 09‟. What year it actually is when listening to this track is irrelevant because this is techno at its purest, rolling to the beat of its own drum and not to the mindless clapping of the mass-market.

Metro Unit - Journey to Aphelion
Metro Unit hit us with their second contribution to the Satellite. Following on from the exhilarating “Inner Senses”, Trish and Sam take us off on an electro powered journey into the cosmos. Intricate rhythms merge with complex pads, strings, and an old-school bass-line that turns the Satellite back towards earth on a collision course with Detroit, along with a hint of acid lurking threateningly in the background which offsets and indeed intensifies the epic, nay dare it be said, euphoric feel of the other musical elements. This is the sound of future electronic music at its very, very best.

DJ Bone - True2daRoots
This is a slamming update of Bone‟s massively successful “No Sleep (True to the Roots)” which was released on Sect Records last year. For this rework Bone toughens proceedings up considerably stripping back some of the original elements whilst concentrating and intensifying others. He places a chorus-like effect on the central hook of the original giving it more force and bringing it to the forefront, whilst cutting back the vocals to the “True2daRoots of Detroit techno soul” refrain. He inserts jagged hats and heavy building snares, which are reminiscent of those used on “Body Bags” using short, expertly timed breaks, and drops to tease, reinvigorate, and add momentum. This is going to make even the most forgetful of bandwagon jumpers sit-up and go “holy s***” this is why we started dancing to techno in the first place.

DJ Bone - Music (Aaron-Carl Remix)
Through his legendary „Music Speech‟ Bone gives a look into own soul and to what drives him to create, to progress but stay true to the roots of the music that he lives, and to stand up against those who are destroying it. “We live for this Shit. This is our Shit…This is our Life”. Here is where he speaks his mind on everything that has been the near ruination of true electronic music. Drugs, egos, gimmicks, hype, and the pre-packaged mass-marketing of soulless, funk less, and meaningless rubbish which has been forced upon the public by DJs with no passion for music and who rely upon technology to provide them with what they attempt to pass off as funk. “What happened to the Music? I remember when we used to dance. No lights. No fights. Just Soul…No gimmicks. No hype…What happened to the Music? What happened to the Soul?” On this remix, Aaron Carl takes up the formidable challenge of providing such a profound message with the soul and funk it deserves. As Bone asks in the immortal refrain: “Are you getting funky with the machines? Or do the machines make you funky? AC is definitely getting funky with the machines, giving us a master-class in real Detroit techno and house, which uses the vocal as an actual element of the music helping to convey its meaning, rather than simply randomly throwing it over the top of sounds to which it does not relate. In the end, this is what Bone is fighting for, the music, its true meaning, the funk, and the soul.

Trish Van Eynde- Mr.Maher
TVE provides a fitting close to the first Satellite, which looks to both the past and the future. Moody pads are counterbalanced by high twinkling keys whilst a weighty kick and Trish‟s trademark old-school bass lines and synth stabs, which she masterfully combines with morphing affected hi-hats, push the track forward. This is dynamic, sexy, feminine techno that oozes soul and funk that stays true to the roots of the music. This is a track that will compel people to dance and smile, forget about their worries and to rejoice in the music and the groove, until the next soul Satellite begins its ascent in the near future…

This rare showcase of all things Subject will feature bang up to date material from the label, both readily available tracks as well as upcoming EPs not yet on full release. Furthermore, Bone himself has done us a mix especially, giving listeners a chance to savour the music in it's most natural habitat - mixed by the man himself.

This is NOT to be missed...

Just want to alert you:

It was brought to my attention today by one of my good people abroad that the label "Be Chosen" had released a vinyl EP with three songs containing my entire Music Speech from SUBX01! I license to people, labels and projects where I see fit but to use my shit (not even sampling it but the whole thing just over their track) without even asking me was & is jacked-up (way wrong).

This is just to let everyone know that I NEVER gave them permission to use my vocals, have never even heard of the label and was never approached by anyone from Be Chosen.

Needless to say I am not very happy about this and action is being taken. Any help you can give me by spreading the word about this label and what they did would be very helpful! They don't know me or how I conduct business....

KeepDeep,
Bone

When we finally figured out that Detroit's DJ Bone was behind "No Sleep (True To Da Roots)," the first mysteriously launched release from Sect Records, it was only a matter of time before we rifled through his deep back catalog and saw a long history of quality tunes. Would his fast and furious producing style carry over to his DJ sets? The answer is loud and furiously clear in this exclusive mix which provides a sweat-inducing overview of Bone's label, Subject Detroit. Try to keep up.

DJ Bone: I did this mix live in my studio last week (9/8/08). I was motivated by something interesting I read so I jumped up and did the mix. They're always better when I'm inspired.

The concept was to bring the moodier side of techno into a dancefloor mentality. It's not bang-bang-bang, but it definitely makes you want to move. And once you're moving you start to feel the emotion come out of each song. So I'm basically mixing emotions on this mix.

I have to be completely honest with you about this, there are very few DJs I admire. This is because of all the great DJs I witnessed in Detroit when techno was kicking off. Those years spoiled me for life.

Since Attack 1 I decided not to do track lists of my mixes. This was on purpose in order to motivate people to seek out those elusive tracks that they LOVE but just can't seem to identify. To make people care about those songs and hopefully fuel anticipation for new music. I felt that the tradition of digging for good songs was kinda lost and most were opting to have their music dictated to them 24 hours a day, no matter where they were (car, elevator, store, market, TV) by conglomerates. I think that those of you who are brave enough to search, email or blog in order to find your music have turned the tide in electronic music!

From now on I will be supplying track lists for all future Attacks. This will hopefully help some truly independent labels sell more good music! Support the labels and artists you love. And if you want to know about songs from past Attacks just email or message me.

The whole reality of actually liking music because it moves you is not a new thing, it's an ancient vibe, it's real and more zombies are waking up every day so keep representing.

When you don't have some of the same opportunities and resources as the next guy (with a backer $$$) it definitely makes things 10 times harder. But when you accomplish the things you never imagined you could without compromising yourself or your art the rewards are 100 times greater.

Now I could sit and complain all day about how uneven the playing field has been forever blah, blah, blah but that alone does me no good. People know how much we have to struggle already. Enough talking, we need doers! We need NEW, funky music to be played by highly skilled DJs. There will always be DJs that are more like cheerleaders, models or posers and good for them. Hopefully they will achieve the level of FAME they're searching for, that's just not how I roll.

I want to continue to act by doing my best to push this music forward and keep it exciting, artistic and ahead of what is current. Creativity is free so expect a lot more from me VERY soon.

THANK YOU for tuning in to the Attacks, for buying my music and shirts and for paying your hard earned money to come and hear me play.

R E S P E C T & KeepDeep!

DJ Bone