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Biography of Fanon Flowers | | | Moniker(s) / | Mechanisms Industries, Laniman, Mode Selector, Rubycon, Reality Feedback, Slush |
Fanon Flowers
Fanon Flowers was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, exactly halfway between Detroit and Chicago, the birthplaces of techno and house music. A product of his environment, he grew up listening to Italian Disco, Chicago Acid House and Detroit Techno. At the age of 17, Fanon purchased his first synthesizer and drum machine and started buying dance 12" records. He soon developed a style which combined the funky, syncopated rhythms of techno with the soul of house music. He began to garner attention in 1994 when he appeared as Mode Selector on the "Elements of and Experiments with Sound" compilation on Detroit's seminal Planet E label. Subsequent EPs for such labels as Reference, Konsequent, Sheep, E-Com, and Holtzplatten established Flowers' reputation as a prominent American techno producer. In 1996, Fanon Flowers appeared under his Mode Selector alias on the "Detroit: Beyond the Third Wave" Compilation. Released on Astralwerks, Flowers appeared alongside Detroit techno stalwarts such as Claude Young, Ectomorph, Sean Deason, and Anthony "Shake" Shakir.
That same year, Flowers started his own techno imprint, Mechanisms Industries (distributed by Triple Vision Holland), to showcase his unique and funky approach to techno. With over 40 records produced and released on various labels, Fanon Flowers embarked on several European Tours and One-off events playing in Slovakia, Spain, Belgium, Germany and England. Fanon Flowers also launched a new label in 2009 called Studio Sound (distributed by Crosstalk International Chicago). The label’s focus is Acid Techno and pure Detroit Techno and the first released is called the “Acid Kush EP” by Fanon Flowers. The second release called “Detroit-Chicago” was released in 2010. The year 2009 saw the release of Mechanisms Industries monster remix 12”of the legendary Hard minimal Techno track “Dom” by Obscurum originally released in 1997 on E-Com Records Germany. The remix 12” includes remixes by Spanish Techno producers Exium, Reeko and Fanon Flowers. In 2011 the latest project to be released on Mechanisms Industries called “Antikythera Mechanism”, showcases the depths of the Mechanisms sound. Also in 2011 were releases on Modularz, Reaktor and Sect Records (UK).
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Selected discography of Fanon Flowers
Fanon Flowers Selected Discography
Artist Name – Title - Label
Mode Selector “Raindrops” from Elements of and Experiments with Sound (Planet-E)
Last Generation “First Trumpet DJ Track” (Sonic Mind)
Inventions and Dimensions “The Sleeper EP” (Phoq-U)
Fanon Flowers “Music for the Last Days” (Reference Analog Audio)
Mode Selector “Last Trip” from “Detroit: Beyond the Third Wave Compilation (Astralwerks)
Fanon Flowers “Trackmodes” (Exalt)
Fanon Flowers “Trackmodes 2: Treatment Structures” (E-Com)
Fanon Flowers “Detroit Grand Prix” (Konsequent)
Fanon Flowers "Shadows" (Konsequent)
Fanon Flowers “Mechanical Measures” (Holtzplatten)
Fanon Flowers vs Jay Denham “Duel EP” (Konsequent)
Fanon Flowers “Steelworks USA” (Sheep)
Fanon Flowers “Artic” (Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten)
Fanon Flowers “Diagnostic Check” (Treibsand)
Fanon Flowers (with DJ Rush & Mike Wade) “Kalamazoo-Chicago Connection” (Sheep)
Fanon Flowers & Cozmic Spore “Alien Artifacts” (Seismic)
Fanon Flowers & Cozmic Spore "Chemical Compounds EP" (Seismic)
Fanon Flowers vs. Cozmic Spore “Untitled” (Kombustion)
Fanon Flowers "Winter In Kalamazoo" (Sonic Mind)
Last Generation (with D. Knox & Aaron Bennett) “Saturday Sessions EP (Sonic Mind)
Fanon Flowers “NYLA” (Automat)
Fanon Flowers (with Christian Wunsch & Takaaki Itoh) "Body Electric" (Tsunami)
Fanon Flowers (with Christian Wunsch & Rumenige featuring Loktibrada) “Killing Game” (Nine)
Fanon Flowers (with Oscar Mulero, Exium & Loktibrada) “Slovakian Nights Remixes” (Numb)
Fanon Flowers (with Ritzi Lee, Michaelangelo, Stanislav Tolkachev) "Revelation EP" (Subsist)
Fanon Flowers “Introduction” from 1138: Music Inspired From The Film Compilation (6ONE6)
Fanon Flowers "Fall Back" from The Engine Roars Compilation (Miga Label)
Fanon Flowers "Blue Dreams EP" (Overflow Records)
Laniman "On The Right Track" (Sonic Mind Digital)
Fanon Flowers (with Oscar Mulero and Regis) “Implant EP” (Warm-Up)
Fanon Flowers (with Exium) “Andromeda” (Nheoma)
Fanon Flowers “Maschinenhaus EP” (Sect)
Fanon Flowers (with Silent Servant and Developer) “Revisted EP” (Modularz)
Fanon Flowers (with Victor Martinez and D-Knox) “It’s All For You" (Album Sampler 1) (Sect)
Fanon Flowers (with Leticia Castaneda, Nether Void a.k.a. DJ Lock, and Kike Pravda) “Dark Emissions EP” (Reaktor)
Fanon Flowers on Mechanisms Industries
Artist Name – Title – Matrix Number
Fanon Flowers "Hypnotic Future” M1971
Rubycon "The Muffler Man” M1973
Rubycon "Physical Plant" M1977
Slush "Automation" M1979
Fanon Flowers "Live From Zug Island" M1981
Fanon Flowers "Track Modes 3: Hardware Structures" M1985
Fanon Flowers "Slovakian Nights" M1986
Obscurum "The Dom Remakes" (Fanon Flowers Mix) M1989
Mechanisms Industries “Antikythera Mechanism” M1990
Fanon Flowers on Cetron Recordings
Artist Name – Title – Matrix Number
H&R “Interface” CE1
Fanon Flowers & Cozmic Spore "Astro Turf" CE2
H&R “Landscape” CE3
H&R “Weltempfaenger” CE4
H&R “Landscape Remakes featuring Paul Mac” CE6
H&R Consist of Sebastian Buchholz and Fanon Flowers.
Tracks Appear on:
Sheep Recrords Presents The Remix Series Vol. 1 (CD) “Steel Works USA” A1 (Sheep)
Collective Consciousness (2x12”) “Rockbox” (Sonic Mind)
Gazometertraxxx XXX12 (CD) “Mode 05” (XXX Records)
Lost Treasures 4- The Mandala Spirits (CD) “Mode 05” (Guardian Angel)
Mutual Exclusions Ver. 1.0 (12”) “Don’t Stop” (Mut3x Records)
Diabolus In Musiker (CD) “Shadow 1, Shadow 2” (Konsequent)
Sounds of Elevator Vol.1 (2xCD) “Dexterity Part 1” (Oxa)
The Crowbar Sessions Chicago- Mental House Therapy (CD) “Last Lap” (Mother Dance Tones UK)
The Techno Life 1 (CD) “Mode 05” (Play It Loud NL)
Sammlung 1 (CD) “Artic” (Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten)
Andy Blake Presnts Rollercoaster (CD) “Steel Curtain” (Millennium Records)
Endlich Funfzig (12”) Holz Remix (Holzplatten)
Schranz + Schredder – Techno Underground (2xCD) “Diagnostic Check” (Warner Special Marketing GmbH)
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