Detroit was once the hub of American car manufacturing with Ford and General Motors based there ... in 2010 it may become one of the first cities in the world to ' regress ' by turning some of its urban areas back into rural pastures! Jimmy Edgar is a product of and directly influenced by Detroit's inner city atmosphere. As 'Jimmy Edgar' he is non too prolific - releasing just 2 EPs and 1 album since 2004, although he does also operate as part of Black Affair and Plus Device . Which is why his [...]

Photo: Piotr Nidzgorski . For a boombox poem, click here . Jimmy Edgar - I wanna be your STD Color Strip (Warp, 2006) Jamie Lidell - A little bit more (Luke Vibert mix) Multiply additions (Warp, 2006) Junior Boys - High come down Last Exit (Kin, 2004) Plus Device - Body [...]
Here's this week's mix. It's continuing on last week's semi-theme of being a little on the darker side. Last night was cold and windy and it was nice to lay in bed with a book and the Bows album, which I only just discovered. The mix is also a little bit eighties, what with the Thompson Twins, Falco, my all-time favorite Tom Waits song, and, um-well, maybe it's not so eighties besides that, unless you count New Order side project Monaco, who came out in 1997. The Remi Nicole song comes from the soundtrack to [...]

Resevoir Dogs - The Bathroom Tile. If you haven't noticed, FmGT expanded during 2006 - we've added 2 new chefs: the one, the only, The Roy as well as audiophile extraordinare: Codec. The selections have expanded, allowing us to further our main goal: feeding you good tunes - so prepare to gain that holiday weight right now. --- Get Your Hands Off of My Woman [Feat. Corn Mo] Ben Folds SuperSunnySpeedGraphic - The LP $ony : 2006 [...]

Plus Device Plus Device like to be extremely secretive. The bio on their website? "plus device wishes to remain anonymous." Photos? "no photos will be released. rumour states plus device plays live, but it is not the original member(s)." As odd as that might be, their music makes up for their lack of available information. Electronic music in the self-described vein of "the earliest forms of Detroit/Chicago electro/techno/acid" with a modern edge to it. Their debut (or maybe his? her?) album Puncture [...]
Plus Device - Ultra Seductive Back! In! Action! After a lil' stretch of time between the release of Body Heat earlier this year and now, the ever-mysterious Plus Device returns with a new (and totally solid) full-length album, called Puncture. As I said back then, Plus Device is "two well-known producers" but that is literally all any of us know, because Plus Device is a top-secret project the labels won't tell anyone about. Puncture has the original mix of "Body Heat" as well as ten other new tracks. PD again pulls the Detroit electro-funk style as the main focus...