A veteran DJ with more than thirteen years of professional experience under his belt; Detroit native, T.Linder has done his homework and paid his dues as a Detroit Techno soldier.
T.Linder takes a no-nonsense, working-class approach to the art of spinning records. He cites old-school Detroit street jocks: The Wizard (aka. Jeff Mills), Claude Young, Gary Chandler, and Steve "DJ Energy" Crawford, among others, as major inspirations for his unorthodox aesthetic on the... Read more
A veteran DJ with more than thirteen years of professional experience under his belt; Detroit native, T.Linder has done his homework and paid his dues as a Detroit Techno soldier.
T.Linder takes a no-nonsense, working-class approach to the art of spinning records. He cites old-school Detroit street jocks: The Wizard (aka. Jeff Mills), Claude Young, Gary Chandler, and Steve "DJ Energy" Crawford, among others, as major inspirations for his unorthodox aesthetic on the decks. "If someone's going to pay money to hear me spin, I want to make it worth their money. The way I look at it, there's too many DJs out there meticulously and methodically blending records that all sound the same. As a listener, I'm easily bored with that. I like to take some risks when I perform, skipping across genres and eras, often doing scratch tricks with two copies of the same record. I want to give the listener the experience of hearing something they haven't heard before."
Over the past thirteen years, T.Linder has kept a busy performance schedule that has taken him to literally thousands of events across North America. He has played at most, if not all of the venues in Detroit catering to Electronic Music. Notably, 2030 Grand River, The Works, Motor Lounge, The Shelter/St.Andrew's Hall, 1515 Broadway, and the Underground Stage at the 2002 Detroit Electronic Music Festival (a gig that he considers one of his career highlights). Six years later, he returned to perform at the Underground Stage at the 2008 Movement/DEMF. In early 2008 he embarked on the RECON:313 European Tour with fellow label mates The Mercenary, Maxx-T, Dimitri Pike and DJ Seoul. This excursion took them to Charleroi and Tournai, Belgium; Paris, France; and Amsterdam, Netherlands where he performed on Dave Clarke’s radio show: White Noise on Dutch national radio station: 3VOOR12.
In 2007, T.Linder released his first EP entitled DTM002, on Detroit Techno Militia (a record label/artist collective that he co-founded). In 2008, he released DTM003. On this EP he teamed up with veteran Detroit Techno vocalist Blak Tony to create a track entitled "Respect". This track caught the attention of the internationally renowned DJ, Dave Clarke; who included it on his "I Love Techno 2007" compilation CD that was released to commemorate the enormous European Techno event of the same name. The following year, he and DJ Seoul teamed up once again on the Detroit Techno Militia Rust Belt Tour 2008-2009. These two powerhouse DJs joined their talents and experience to bring a combined 4 turntable performance to more than fifteen cities in ten different states across the United States. One of the tour stops included a performance on the Underground Stage at the 2009 Movement/DEMF.
In the future he plans to continue doing what he has does best, creating and playing timeless records, and asserting his position within the rich history of Detroit Techno. "A lot of DJs are switching over digital technology as a medium for their performances. I've been very reluctant to take that step. I am a vinyl DJ first and foremost, so I'll probably play records until my favorite labels stop pressing them. I find them more reliable. I've never had a record crate crash and shut down all of the music in the middle of one of my shows. Plus, I’m a student of history, and I appreciate the tradition of DJs playing old fashioned wax with analog turntables. The way I look at it, original Detroit Techno was improvised music from the future that was made and performed with equipment from the past." Show less
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