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“Techno hit Japan hard in the early 1990s. Surprised, Takaaki Itoh was quickly impressed and intrigued with this new sound. The unique style of beats revealed the gateway to a new world of underground music in Japan - something he had never heard before.

Surprise slowly gave way to addiction when Takaaki Itoh was exposed to the sounds of such artists and labels as Underground Resistance, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Hardfloor, Sven Väth, Harthouse, Warp and Rising High.

This was his sound, and deciding he just couldn’t get enough of it, in 1994 Takaaki began to organize his own techno parties in his home of northern Japan. By providing a fantastic lineup, his parties quickly became a success. […]” - Itoh MySpace Bio

And the rest is history. Jump to Mixcloud and enjoy this nice fresh Itoh set.

System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America. System 7 was the name of the current Macintosh Operating System at the time of the band’s formation.

Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, both formerly of Gong, formed System 7 after hearing the likes of The Orb playing Hillage’s 1979 ambient record Rainbow Dome Musick.They soon became part of the underground dance scene in London.

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“After digging around the record crates for some old skool acid techno I have found some of my favourites and some rare and stuff you don’t get to hear very often, this is a rough and ready vinyl mix and I hope you like it as much as I did mixing it.” -  Aaron Liberator

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“You may be excited to know that we have teamed up with Studio24 and members of Club Dogma to run a new monthly night in Edinburgh called : Unseen. The night will focus on “Pitch Black Techno” and will feature some of the most respected players on the scene. Unseen Extracts will showcase artists performing at our new Edinburgh night and will run in tandem with our unseen selector series for those who wish to remain unseen.

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