In Detroit you have the purists and you have the cliquey artists and I just don’t like this scene anymore. I’d rather leave it to those who are really into it.
Blake Baxter, Detroit’s legendary so-called Prince Of Techno spoke to mezz’s Benedetta Ferraro just before Xmas, in a rare interview about his work. Shortly, releasing his last album for Berlin’s mighty Tresor label, the former Underground Resistance operative, is selling up and moving to New York, where he’ll be launching a new career in house and R&B. Don’t get me wrong, I still respect techno and I don’t hate anybody or anything, Blake continued. It’s just that I love to dance, to laugh and have fun as well as being an artist.