The Final Frontier
2009-04-21 by P Rice
Underground Resistance – The Final Frontier
Not suprisingly, this is not the first time we’ve heard from UR here on DC, what with most of us being long time Detroit fans. I’m pretty sure the Double K posted Journey of the Dragons some time ago, which is one of the finest pieces of electronic music ever produced imho.
I’ve known this tune for a long time, but for some reason did not know that it was a UR tune until recently. It made perfect sense when I found out as it has UR written all over it really. A dark brooding monster of a tune but, as you’d expect of a classic Detroit tune, heavily soulful , it hails from way back in 1991, which was the year I first discovered raving. My early rave experiences featured white gloves, whistles, vix vapo rub (which stung the eyes when it mingled with sweat and ran down into them) and lots of hardcore. This tune has worn better than most and is up there with UR’s finest finest moments.
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This is totally wicked – didn't know this one!
Quality stuff. I think it was me that posted journey of the dragons, right back in our first year. My posting rate has slowed a little since then…
On the subject of UR, check this Drexciya interview from 2002, apparently just months before he died…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-LoZho4HC8
And in case you missed it:
The Black Dog – One Hour with Underground Resistance DJ Mix
http://www.dogsquad.co.uk/tbd/?p=502
And the new Black Dog LP is out on Monday… oooh exciting!
Wooooo!
Final Frontier is one of my all-time favourite techno tracks. It's an amazing production with a bewildering amount of layers, especially considering when it was made. I find the Wrath Of Khan samples well cheesey now, but the tune itself is blissfully good.
It was also a fave of legendary mastering engineer Ron Murphy, who mastered something insane like 90% of the detroit classics. There was a fantastic interview with him on the very first Submerge podcast. He's dead now. :(