Mad Mike - The Illuminator - Underground Resistance

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[@Bendy2K]

The sense off loss in this record is overwhelming... almost unbearable. I can't imagine the pain that must lie behind it. Beautiful, Mike.

[@anarchistprincess]

this song got me through all the pain, isolation, and loss i experienced during my time in detroit.. no matter what i lost in my personal life, the beauty of the city prevailed to me. techno healed me

[@habichiblah7534]

I'd like to hear more of your story.

[@antonstefanov2146]

It's the things we love that help us making in through or kill us

[@pizzawar]

You coulda not gone to Detroit and come out even

[@AT32143]

cant have shit in detroit Fr

[@albertohernandez2540]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SajaWDH]

Damn it's 2023 now and I just discovered this track. this is soo tight. can't believe it is that old.

[@mmbyrner]

Aphex played this in Dublin. Still wiping the tears off my japanese eye

[@ceolbeats7182]

😭😂🤣

[@MegaMurmer]

🤣

[@brymilan]

You lived in a very very special place and moment in the history of our race in this universe.

[@damianlynch872]

Best comment on youtube

[@thedjnitenurse]

Yes Man 👍 Goosebump City!!! I've still got this on Wax from back then 😉👍👊

[@Lister81g]

I eneded up having a night drinking and partying with Mike Banks and DJ Skurge in Wellington New Zealand when the played there in 2009. True story. Really nice guys.

[@leststoner]

Still pumping in 2099.

[@persona83]

Is dubstep still awful in 2099?

[@elishaa2273]

You are in 2020 friend

[@robertputneydrake]

2020 or 2099 from within the K-Hole

[@wesgleeson]

Hundredth like gtfi

[@djournalism1621]

Doesn't matter the year, this always be good. Confirm in the year 2500, please future people.

[@colinbionic]

Mind blowing on so many levels, absolute machine soul genius. Techno doesn't get better than this, never get tired of listening to this..

[@METRORNORM]

Aujourd'hui encore c'est tellement beau. 😉

[@giuseppemiali7947]

What a beautiful track!

[@q-uetzac-oatl]

Timeless

[@MegaLakeStar]

nostalgic for a time that i have no frame of reference for (outside of this massive tune

[@Caboom11]

this is too much for me... how good is this man

[@cadmantheaviator]

Beautiful.

[@Futurekitty_]

AWAS KAMU YA KALAU KAMU GAMAU NYABU!!!!!

[@danielrico3006]

The best and most advanced techno song ever?!

[@bipolar5906]

track is timeless.....quality.

[@jamiestewart1644]

I forgot how beautiful this is.

[@tsubine]

At some point in my life I considered techno music to be unbearable so I never gave it the time of day .... and then it hit me !

[@TheTrancemaster90]

yes but this is Detroit, it's not that dull dark german techno for hipsters

[@tsubine]

@@TheTrancemaster90 also , not all german techno is bad :D

[@sukanyanicks4999]

Rip Davey ball a.k.a sonic insomniac. Played this at my mates funeral last week everyone in the crematorium danced the full 11 mins top send off for a top man

[@allyousawis]

Man, that would have been a deadly emotional 11 mins. I think I want this at my funeral. Thanks for sharing that.

[@MarcS4R]

Sorry for your loss man, what a great way to say good bye

[@terryfincham7252]

Im actually here looking for funeral tunes for a close mate who sadly passed this week

[@newwavex8665]

You played techno in a crematorium?

[@SPACESHARK420]

@@newwavex8665 why not ?

[@steveevans6241]

Mike Banks the man with so much soul it hurts 🙂

[@gorsefan]

Big big tune

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

One of the greatest techno songs ever undeniable masterpiece 🌍😇☀️👽👽

[@J43rv1]

nearly 20 years old and still sounds as futuristic as it did when it was released.

[@da23injulecz]

sadly its not music of the future, shitty composers are slowly taking over and with older generations dying its gonna eventually disappear :( its sad because im 93' and i always choose such classics over commercial tracks full of stolen ideas just composed in fl studio....but im just one in a thousand, i dont know any single person of my gen who shares the love for 90s electronica wih me

[@J43rv1]

da23injulecz The good stuff's still there, you just have to sift through a lot more rubbish to find it. Same goes with older records as well, just because they're from the 80's or 90's does not make them automatically great. Find your local scene and you'll meet others who share your taste, trust me.

[@teknastyk]

da23injulecz Oohh.. We do ;) But over time u will eventually like something fresh also.. in that sense - it might not allways be good 90s techno or house track ;) But yeah, the more of us, the merrier :) Cheerz!!

[@quentincaille6131]

da23injulecz calm down boy... ahah u feel sad because u think you are the only one who appreciate good music? ahah u so funny man. or very alone..

[@vboy13]

+Yeknom0913 spot on man! brand new future classic timeless american tech

[@Jim_KYB]

I wonder how Mike was sequencing his drums back then. Would be cool to know how he made this, almost sounds slightly out of sync in places. A magical track.

[@markkil]

when the music stirs a feeling in you so strong that it compels you to write a comment that gives voice to the feeling, but then the time comes and you really have no words for it.

[@fredericksirucka1071]

Loieber ichthyologist whilst first yuli beringer

[@juliaseppi2205]

Amazing track. Played at a Friends funeral. He was a top musician in his own right. This track will never get old X

[@deepak8586]

I want this track to be played at my funeral

[@benjamindugdale7685]

I've been pondering it for a fair few years now but, I think I can comfortably say this is my favourite tune. The twinkles, drums, ethereal gasps, it all just culminates into an otherworldly eleven minutes and 40 seconds. What.A.Fucking.Chugger!

[@triciamcquillan8011]

Such a magical tune, heard when my Babs passed in a bike accident. Filled me with such love and connection to all our souls. Thank you.

[@blac.god.almighty]

I was a kid when this was first out. I'm in my 30s now, and I hear the pulse of the street, the hood, the ghetto, all thru this. On some, we can party, but still get active, n run from the cops if need be

[@alanwoodcock3284]

One of the best tunes ever 🙂🙂🙂

[@antonstefanov2146]

The opening sounds like the awakening of the nature

[@ericburgos]

incredible music made by incredible people in an incredible city. long live detroit, underground resistance and mad mike banks!

[@zountwave8445]

My favorite thing is UR . The guys knew how to make a masterpiece out of nothing. And through time it is heard as a kind of revelation. A bunch of emotions and thoughts when listening. Turns the soul. Give something modern without soul and imagination. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- RUS:Моя любимая вещь UR. Ребята умели из ничего сделать шедевр. И сквозь время слушается как некое откровение. Куча эмоций и мыслей при прослушивании . Переворачивает душу. Дайте что нибудь современное без души и воображения. Отдаю вам должное, пацаны! Zountwave

[@harrylime22]

those fucking strings !!

[@harrylime22]

Cool thanks for that. Not sure how that works, but i guess it does.

[@TheDiscoPills]

Probably one of my favorite Detroit tracks ever. Timeless joint!

[@HellwingX1]

They play some damn good shit in Superdry lol

[@qaliqo]

"Mad" Mike Banks: Underground Resistance, Submerge, Somewhere In Detroit It's a name every techno listener should remember.

[@stephanechamotif_rblackwoo4528]

So right mate..... i lived this engraved records in real time. Hats down. Chicago music(call it juke as always or whatever... footwork...) is still elevating the thing we are into.

[@dmbassa]

Known that name for 30+ years, mate!

[@valves100able]

For me it's a recent discovery. Can't get enough of UR. Playing it via NAD amp, Biamp sound processor, Kramer matrix, etc. Love this kind of saturdays testing AV equipment, programming control systems and listening to this! 💖

[@joannabebel9016]

Thank You. The track is too good.

[@Scotia1234]

Awesome tune...was blasting this out on one of the last decent days of summer this year on an island on loch lomond-Scotland. Gave me chills...

[@punklockets1563]

No better way. I'm just outside Glasgow. Been to many underground party's in the highlands and loch lomond. Atmospheric tune.

[@haroldmcfarlane4160]

Campsites was a good throw seems like yesterday when you hear this

[@davidshepherd4451]

Never tire of hearing this, so many times has UR taken me to other dimensions in clubs or at home, eternal love 👌👌👌

[@brianwyse5810]

Yay

[@verapamil07]

What an absolutely masterpiece of the mid 90s techno music.

[@itchboo]

one of the best pieces of music ever released

[@JayLeePoe]

am I supposed to slow this down? because it really works slowed down

[@KuntaKinteToby]

Personally I don't particularly care for this song in terms of listening enjoyment; it doesn't make me want to dance, day dream, or get high, etc. and actually makes me kind of anxious. However there's one reason I love it and that's the sheer raw talent required to produce a track this layered with such a large soundscape at the time it was made, it is truly incredible. I wouldn't put this on a playlist but the fact that people produced songs like this when they did is amazing and it paved the way for the more refined sounds and sub-genres we have now. And for me the way I listen to music I like to explore the history of a genre via listening to what was actually made. I have a big appreciation for this era of music because it was the beginning of the best time in electronic music. Artists like Mad Mike, LTJ Bukem, CJ Bolland, Aphex Twin, Laurent Garnier and way too many other great ones to list here pioneered a sound that defined an entire generation. And to me that's cool. I don't know why I posted this long comment, I guess to see if anyone else feels the same? What are some of your favorite artists between 1994-2004 ?

[@eldridgewoolnough7454]

Mills, Hood, Surgeon, Regis, Oliver Ho, Bandulu.

[@sezhock6411]

Timeless classic electro, just beautiful. Thankyou

[@orthodium]

The depth of this theme is insatiable! ❤

[@jwild2349]

Crushingly emotional timeless beauty. Machine music at it's finest. MAGNIFICENT.

[@electriksoul4783]

Double pack promo a year ahead of release and 35 years ahead of it’s time on the patio of caffeine NYC

[@funksoulmonkeynut]

Unforgettable tune, love it and never managed to get my hands on a copy. It’s still something I keep an eye out for to this day. The strings always reminded me of the music in the Super Castlevania IV game.

[@gavinfaherty7085]

Recorded off the vinyl too, it's nice to hear a little bit of dust, it feels real.

[@livefromplanetearth]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@martgon8745]

May 10, 2022 sitting in my office with the ticket tool open and listening to Mad Mike....Detroit the city of cities❤️

[@TheLuvecerviere]

Where may I buy this track in digital lossless format? I've been looking for it quite a while. Could not find it anywhere in good quality.

[@deepologos]

lovely

[@tonyfusco6797]

I feel the sorrow in this beauty of a track, it touches me

[@edleroy7593]

Indeed.

[@Rennscobar]

This at the right time in the right place is phenomenal

[@pietu87]

Wow. Never heard before. Melody goes straight to the heart.

[@Kevin-im1gj]

It's hard to pick, but I think it's the best techno tune

[@fredericksirucka4529]

Got to love this track dancefloor memories flashes back Fred E ricK 🇦🇺

[@sandraturner12]

Clean and perfect.

[@timmyjohnslats]

Yes

[@franksquire2535]

Involved God Frank Squire 3 9144

[@porterhall27]

@@franksquire2535 what?

[@gabomasters]

I find this record 95 in the recordstore :) amazing timeless masterpiece !

[@loveulez]

nice

[@andrewmcmahon7351]

2020 now and still makes the hairs on arms and neck stand to attention. Love it, thank you Mike!!

[@GarlicToothpaste]

Bought this in Fopp on Byres Road. It stood out in the full grey cardboard cover. I thought this one will be a bit special, and it was.

[@buzzard720]

Did you frequent Industria? Pussypower?

[@raymondmurphyy]

big upz the ggow massive!

[@GarlicToothpaste]

@@buzzard720 yes. Went a few times to pussypower nights

[@dazhuddy]

Never ages....just pure class 👌🏼

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Ik this song right here is so lovely and beautiful 😊😎💫

[@sarahwelli2231]

I would like to be able to listen to this through spotify? Cannot find? Or related on spotify?

[@rudyrudy6882]

Thank you for your work and time 🇧🇪🙏

[@emilyperreault]

literally almost brings tears to my eyes still

[@PACKERMAN2077]

only strings of life can do that to me....

[@outtamaway]

Legend. Lifetime poetry.

[@RonaldvanEgmond]

Yeah great song ! The tunes are burned in my mind...long time ago

[@craigplatt4326]

Detroit rocks

[@mostlikely2509]

I remember when i discovered this TRACK.. my life was changed right there and then. Forever live UR!!!❤

[@graearea101]

as a youngster i thought UR was unnecesarily political, and drexciya being a bit too hyped among those "in the know".. i wish it was 1996 again so I could give these artists the credits they truly deserve. this hasnt aged one bit for the last 20 years.

[@reneg8392]

Tracks like these will stand all times.......what a beautifull flow, truly hypnotizing.....timeless...

[@slavestudios47]

had the wicked 2x12 when i was jus starting to get outside house & trance.. went to space & never looked back..

[@johnclark1061]

Motor City Soul

[@meerpat]

There’s a reason there isint even 1 dislike, because this tune is def!

[@GabrielCapanema]

best techno track ever

[@josef2012]

Detroit uber alles 🤘

[@daniellelindsell5135]

Masterpiece I'd say. ..👂👂👂

[@cubecubesson6779]

You're not wrong🕺🕺

[@samsule8339]

dream to produce nicely like this

[@davidshepherd4451]

One of best tracks ever!!!!!!!!!😊

[@papuzzzka]

absolute classic!

[@lateralshiftmusic]

Damn this has soul!! That high synth line iz luxe!

[@mammitnaamalle4603]

I love this song!

[@horscaste]

Quelle grâce. Seul un artiste peut composer une telle chose. Une musique qui élève, sensoriellement, spirituellement.

[@davidmarchal9509]

Amoureux du son détroit ???

[@jmhsound]

20 years ago… and it sounds just as good. Definition of a masterpiece.

[@clrndalvare]

We miss you luis :(

[@xci_highlectrix]

if I ever play this track I’m pretty sure I will cry.

[@d2vmusic]

Haven't heard this for at least 15 years but still makes the hairs on my arms stand on end. Used to go to the original Bugged Out! at Sankey's Soap in Manchester and James Holroyd always played it in his warm up set, this and Carl Craig - Home Entertainment. Good times, the best music.

[@V1nc3nt2009]

Shit, me too! Sankeys 🙌🏻

[@d2vmusic]

@@V1nc3nt2009 I've still got a promotional bar of Sankey's Soap and a metal dogtag somewhere - and an envelope full of Bugged Out! flyers. Laurent Garnier and Dave Clarke were my favourite DJ's.

[@V1nc3nt2009]

Both my favourites 😎 put some pics up if you get the chance and if that’s possible! 🙌🏻 x

[@d2vmusic]

@@V1nc3nt2009 Sorry, no pics. This was well before smartphones!

[@V1nc3nt2009]

Hahahaha!!!!! It was paper and pen back then! I meant are you able to take some photos 😂 of your memorabilia? And share with us your delights! They’d be worth a fortune 🎟 🧼 🎧 Did you ever come to Leeds to hear the delights back in the day? 😎

[@lawrencesauka7149]

Sublime egocentric palatial very interesting hipnotik different a masterclass in motion classic boundary

[@badegg3210]

I hear this and I wish the term EDM was never used again.

[@craigplatt4326]

Listening through my turtle beach 5.1 headphones WICKED, 3D sounds are the future ❤

[@alexandresantos-iv3vy]

FANTASTICCC

[@dstrktionlfcj8629]

Why listen to the same shit every day when there's so much music out there to hear.. time is short... spend it wisely 😵

[@MATRIX....]

Awsome tune it’s up there for sure

[@otto7577]

I can feel the crowd

[@listenloud5300]

Wow thanks. Been hunting this track. Without knowing anything apart from how it sounded. X techno came to save us all X