Milk Chocolate

November 15, 2008 in Featured, Milk Chocolate

Milk Chocolate Cover Art

A later album, the sound was an experiment with more organic sounds. Smooth and funky was more the goal. A lot of Rhodes and vintage analog synths, plus horns and slap ass bass.

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Live Performances (Detroit Techno)

November 14, 2008 in Live

Tao Groove Live PA Sets Live Techno Performances

Tao Groove live performances were rare. Mainly because he disliked public appearances, but also because of the extensive setup time an event required, as all live music was made uniquely for the event.

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Warehouses Of Our Fathers

November 10, 2008 in Warehouses of Our Fathers

detroit hard percussive techno warehouse

Warehouses of Our Fathers is an EP centered around hard driving techno. No bullshit, no pulled punches. It’s heavy and dirty and designed to be heard from the parking lot of an abandoned factory.

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5 Miles Outside of Detroit

November 8, 2008 in 5 Miles Outside of Detroit

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The 5th Tao Groove album. More of an EP. Departs somewhat from the previous release and explores more aggressive sounds. Goes into a more Detroit mode of heavy technology, but still keeps an organic feel that is absent from most Detroit techno sounds. The mood is less somber, but more unrelenting.

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The Sully Rosenstein Experience

October 26, 2008 in The Sully Rosenstein Experience

sully rosenstein bizarre techno electronica

There is no description for this record. Totally unconnected. Fully Bizarro. Take it for what it is. We’re still at a loss for genre catagories for some of these tracks… Nutmonkeys On Racing Finish is an especially loved track.

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The Babylon Experiment

September 26, 2008 in The Babylon Experiment

electronica big beat techno jungle

The Babylon Experiment was a major evolution from the debut Tobey’s New Toy album. Harmonically there’s a lot of range change and overall the tracks start to get more meat on them. The spectrum spreads stylistically as well, with parts of the record tasting like bubblegum and parts like dog shit.

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Pagoda

July 10, 2008 in Pagoda

pagoda detroit techno trance warehouse

Another early Tao Groove record, released after NeoTribe. This maintains a pretty consistent and upbeat anthem vibe pretty much throughout. During it’s creation, Tao moved between San Francisco and South Miami Beach, both influences are obvious in the tracks.

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Holy

July 2, 2008 in Holy

holy techno trance electronic house

The tracks from Holy are alot more ambient than other Tao tracks. There’s a haunted mystery to these selections. Melodies are left hanging in between wet sheets. Nothing is too direct, faint sadness pervades and few right angles to the drumwork make Holy distinctive.

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Skematik For The Peoples

July 2, 2008 in Skematik For The Peoples

uxin idm techno gabber

This EP is really a B-side collection that was scavenged from older tape clips and a work-in-progress archive. All of the tracks are relatively old, sparse and definitely quirky. It marked a step in Tao’s drum programming before many of the loose knocky beats were being made.

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uxin

June 26, 2008 in uxin

uxin idm techno gabber

Loosely connected at the hilt. This entire record is a little discombobulated. The rhythms are chopped and the synth work is dirty and broken apart. There are only 3 tracks in this release, and they’re definitely speaker workouts.

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Joe Normal

June 26, 2008 in Joe Normal

uxin idm techno gabber

This release is more tangential into some drum experiments. Some of it is barebones and ugly, like Bump Original while other tracks are laid back and rubby.

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Tobey’s New Toy

June 26, 2008 in Tobey's New Toy

Tobey's New Toy techno trance club

Tobey’s New Toy was Tao Groove’s debut release. This started out as a cassette tape so there’s not as much headroom, but it still sounds good for the garage sale equipment it was mixed down with… all four tracks of it.
When it was first burned to CD it was renamed The Little Fireman EP but we decided to keep it true to its mixtape name.

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NeoTribe

May 12, 2008 in NeoTribe

neotribe techno tribal percussive house

One of the middle Tao Groove albums circa 1997. The fact that it was designed for warehouse parties is apparent in straight floor driving tracks like Goya and heavy distorto-kick bangers like Chunk. Crazy Shlit and Roll The Drums make for early anthem tracks.

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