Analog Room New Location Launch Party w. Delano Smith - Daylomar

As Analog Room is moving to it's new home, we cannot think of anyone better than the Detroit legent, the One and Only Delano Smith to start the new era for us. Daylomar is gonna do his Analog Room debut.

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It all starts with Ken Collier for Delano Smith. Back in the '70s Smith was a protégé of Collier. Although virtually unknown outside Detroit, Collier's influence on the Motor City's club scene was every bit as important as that of Ron Hardy and Larry Levan in Chicago and New York. Derrick May and Juan Atkins cite Collier—and his residency at Detroit's Heaven club in particular—as one of the catalysts for Detroit techno.

Twelve years after his untimely death, it is clear when he discusses his roots that Delano Smith's reverence for Collier is undimmed. The influence of his former mentor plays a significant role in everything Smith does, including a return to DJing (Smith took an extended break from the decks for much of the 1990s) and a move into music production in the early '00s—the latter of which led to the establishment of his own label, Mixmode Recordings.

As well as running Mixmode, Smith holds down a weekly residency in Detroit and regularly embarks on tours of Europe and Japan alongside Mike "Agent X" Clark and Norm Talley in order to spread the gospel of "Detroit Beatdown." Beatdown is more of an aesthetic than a rigidly defined style but the trio's sets take deep, soulful house as a base before branching off into disco, techno and broken beat. Much of their recorded output—including Delano's recent Sunrise EP—is showcased on the Third Ear label.