Detroit legend John Jammin Collins has passed

Few faces are as essential to Detroit music and Detroit techno as John “Jammin” Collins, an institution behind the decks, stalwart of Underground Resistance, and the literal tour guide at Submerge’s techno museum Exhibit 3000. We learned this weekend that the soul of Detroit moved onto another plane.

Underground Resistance’s message on techno and the future of humanity

The year was 1992. The artists were techno legends Underground Resistance. But this message from the Europe/Japan release Revolution For Change fits as easily into 2025 as an emancipatory manifesto for music and art.

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2025

Mayss “On this Land” video, inner stillness, Mike Banks, David Lynch

Against a backdrop of daily horror across the Levant, there are voices like Mayss from Jordan. Her video “On This Land” accompanies the compilation for Palestine I covered earlier this summer. Now is also a time to discover her far-reaching mixing and podcasting work, including conversations with David Lynch and Underground Resistance co-founder Mike Banks. And now may truly be a time for inner stillness.

Peter Kirn - September 19, 2024

Class is in session: DeForrest Brown on Black innovation in music

Peter Kirn - April 23, 2024

Submerge and Underground Resistance mini-doc: techno from the source

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2024

TR-8S owners can get a free sound pack from Underground Resistance’s Recon X

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2023

Detroiters launch an Underground Music Academy; dig into the history and support their efforts

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2020

Cues: Detroit innovator Alan Oldham talks to us about techno, creation

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2018

14 videos to remind you why it’s fun to play techno live

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2015