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Listen to three hours of “Mad” Mike Banks, plus a chat with Waajeed
Benji B did this interview in 2017, but it’s even more essential in 2026: Mike Banks talks about the meaning behind techno music, with legendary tracks mixed right in. And let’s go around the corner to hear from Waajeed and the Underground Music Academy from this summer.
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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
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Submerge and Underground Resistance mini-doc: techno from the source
Peter Kirn - March 1, 2024
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TR-8S owners can get a free sound pack from Underground Resistance’s Recon X
Peter Kirn - June 27, 2023
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