Doogatron’s self-titled album is out today.
With an electrifying new album and turbo-charged release party, Doogatron doesn’t miss a beat.
The Ypsilanti techno trio is celebrating a jam-packed day with the arrival of their self-titled debut album and an 8 p.m. release party tonight at Ziggy’s.
DoogaTron’s Stevie Tee and Kyle will perform together and host separate DJ sets while two of Yspilanti’s finest producers and DJs, Jason Hogans aka :brownstudy and Sleezy Hamilton, and DJ Sean Brocash will round out the release party.
Tonight’s release party serves as the ideal environment for hearing and experiencing Doogatron’s debut album live through a robust sound system built on a mix of analog and digital synthesizers and technology. Their techno sound encompasses heady machine-funk combined with synth freak-outs.
Today’s album drop and release party have been nearly four years in the making. Together, Tee (bass synths, additional textures, samples and occasional vocals) and Kyle (drum machines/samples) DJed as Doogatron for about two years before switching to a live PA setup. At the same time, Tee recorded techno music with Mike (lead/synth pads) as part of a separate project called Chill Spector.
Doogatron performs on Ypsilanti’s AM1700 radio in April 2016.
By 2014, Tee’s two projects merged into a techno trio that recorded and performed a series of live shows together locally. During the next three years, Doogatron compiled several recordings, revisited early arrangements and formed the raw tracks that would become their self-titled debut album.
What resulted is a nine-track disorienting synth-prog jam that’s built on techno rhythms from the disciples of Detroit’s electronic music. As Doogatron, they use improvisation to put the human touch in various strains of dance music. With old school analog synthesizers and new school digital technology, they acknowledge the past while aiming for the future of techno music.
Doogatron’s first single and video, “Death Hacks,” features fast-paced galactic beats against booming synths spiraling into a techno space fantasy. It serves as a beautiful electronic framework for a four-minute sonic escape wrapped in extraterrestrial enchantment.
A fluid production collective that has performed as a trio, duo and solo DJ sets, Doogatron is always seeking to collaborate and expand into new formations. Destined to be underappreciated in their own time, they’ll be a hip new discovery of trendy reissue labels 20 to 30 years from now.
Luckily, Doogatron will continue to serve as disciples of Detroit’s electronic music and redefine the burgeoning techno sound for future generations.
Event is free, but donations are welcome.