Moods 29: Gold-E-Loxx
Up next in Moodtown: Gold-E-Loxx (www.instagram.com/adeporre/), a Detroit-based anesthesiologist, arts patron, techno head, and powerhouse of drum'n'bass and breaks. We dive into her background in these last two genres—a first for Moods—and hope you jump into this fourth-dimensional wormhole with us.
Who "introduced" you to these songs? Was it a person, a radio station, a CD?
I grew up in the suburbs, 30 minutes north of Detroit. In high school I blasted ghettotech, hip-hop, and popular European electronica mixtapes that I got from friends. It wasn’t until sophomore year of college that I discovered just how expansive the world of electronic music was below the surface. I joined what was at that time MEDMA (The Michigan Electronic Dance Music Association), now @memco, a student organization where I learned to DJ, fell in love with breakbeat, explored new genres, and made many lifelong friends. It was then that I began to explore Detroit techno, learn its massive history and place my body inside its pounding walls, driving in from Ann Arbor to go to warehouse parties with friends. Living in Detroit now since college, I am lucky to be so close to the music culture that continues to shape who I want to be.
Where and when did you first hear techno? Who did it sound like it was for?
I have always had a gushy spot in my heart for drum’n’bass and breaks. In fact, my first set with the Gole-E-Loxx moniker at Necto was breaks, but over the years I always seem to find my niche in various genres. I love the most minimal minimal, the most driving techno, the darkest acid, 90s hip-hop, heartmelt progressive, and the roundest booty bass. What do these have in common? Frenetic movement. I love what I can dance the hardest to.
You've got the microphone. What do you want to say to the techno community?
These past few months have made it achingly obvious how necessary the communion of dance is; the collective conversion of emotional into kinetic energy. Let me tell you: I have been building up quite a bit of energy. I hope you yell and jump and sweat it out to this mix like I did. 170 bpm or bust!
1. Digits - Kelayx
2. Terminus - Parash
3. Aphasia - Clarity, Ruffhouse
4. Souls in the Attic - Conspired Within
5, Darkness - Itti, No Riles
6. Midnight Express - J Brown, Shotik
7. Discipline - Captivate
8. Corruption - Sinistarr
9. Swayed - Bredren
10. Proud feat. Tiffanie Malvo (Enei Remix) - Rider Shafique, Sam Binga
11. Angry Waves - Cesco
12. The Cypher - Semiotix
13. Hyperghetto - Severity
14. Zimbabwe - Jam Thieves
15. Automate - Kelayx, Blacklight
16. Revolt - Tech Level 2
17. Big Wig - Hybris
18. Tekina - Halogenix
19. Caligo - Monty, Alix Perez
20. If You Could See - OaT
21. This! - Kiril, Was A Be
22. Schizophrenia - Ivoree, Unreal Project
23. Breaking The Cycle - Brain, Unreal Project
24. Concentric feat. T/LT - Spectre
25. Insects - Goku
26. Freedom Of Filth - Phace
27. Skyline - Circle Red
28. Ecstasy - Ricky Force
DePorre will donate her Moods Mix commission to Girls Rock Detroit, a “community organization dedicated to fostering creative expression, positive self-esteem and community awareness for girls, women, gender expansive, and transgender people through music education and performance.” All info here: www.girlsrockdetroit.org/
We've also paired DePorre's mix with a brutal piece from artist Janiva Ellis. Both artists take a hard look at emotions like tension, anger, and suspense to build out worlds for us to not only take charge of, but own. Both reclaim territory occupied by males (DePorre with Dnb, Ellis with cartoon and landscape), if not cis white males, and give it back to their own communities. For more on Ellis, head here: www.x-traonline.org/article/stress-…th-janiva-ellis